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We present a new, 5 min sediment thickness grid for the Australian-Antarctic region (60°E-155°E, 30°S-70°S). New seismic reflection and refraction data have been used to add detail to the conjugate Australian and Antarctic margins and intervening ocean floor where regional sediment thickness patterns were poorly known previously. On the margins, sediment thickness estimates were computed from velocity-depth functions from sonobuoy/refraction velocity solutions ground-truthed against seismic reflection data. For the Southeast Indian Ridge abyssal plains, sediment thickness contours from Geli et al. (2007) were used. The new regional minimum sediment thickness grid was combined with the global National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) sediment grid to create an updated global grid. Even using the minimum estimates, sediment accumulations on the extended Australian and Antarctic continental margins are 2 km thicker across large regions and up to 9 km thicker in the Ceduna Basin compared to the global NGDC compilation of sediment thickness data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3297-3305
Number of pages9
JournalGeochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Volume14
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2013

    Research areas

  • sediment thickness, Southern Ocean

    Scopus subject areas

  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Geophysics

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