Marine Sediments (MARS) Database

• Other Authors: Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) (distributor), Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) (pointOfContact), Manager Client Services (pointOfContact), Nichol, S. (author), Nichol, S. (pointOfContact), Place, Space and Communities Division (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: geoscientificInformation; Database; Oracle Database; marine survey; data; sedimentology; National dataset; marine; AU-EEZ; EARTH SCIENCES; DC2020; Published_External; HVC_144639; Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Territory; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/marine-sediments-mars-database/682808; https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/69869

Maintenance and Update Frequency: weekly Statement: The Marine Sediments database webservice was originally developed as a static webservice in 2018. The Marine Sediments (MARS) webservice was migrated to new infrastructure and republished in 2021 as part of a webservice upgrade. This resulted in a change to the service endpoint URL to https://warehouse.ausseabed.gov.au/geoserver/wms or https://warehouse.ausseabed.gov.au/geoserver/wfs with the featuretype ‘ausseabed:Seabed_Sediments_Collection’. The webservice provides data from Geoscience Australia’s MARS database and is now updated weekly. The MARine Sediment (MARS) database contains detailed information on seabed sediment characteristics for samples collected from Australia's marine jurisdiction, including the Australian Antarctic Territory. It is an important scientific resource that includes sediment properties from seabed and sub-seabed samples spanning coastal, continental shelf and deep sea locations. Analytical properties include grain size, carbonate content, mineralogy, geochemical properties and age determinations. MARS currently holds approximately 100,000 sample records and new data are being added as they become available. Please contact us at [e-mail] if you wish to contribute marine sediment data to the MARS database.