AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
A Proterozoic rift zone at Mount Isa, Queensland, and implications for mineralisation

The Leichhardt River Fault Trough (LRFT) near Mount Isa is thought to be an ensialic or continental margin rift structure formed about 1800-1650 m.y. ago. Extension in old (1865-1800 m.y.) acid volcanic and granitic basement was followed by deposition of up to 10 km of epicontinental clastics, minor dolomite and redbeds, and marginal fanglomerates, and up to 6 km of subaerial to shallow subaqueous basalt. The latter provides characteristic gravity and magnetic signatures, which define the subsurface extent of the rift. The rift fill is blanketed by an orthoquartzite-carbonate unit about 1750 m.y. old. Deformation and uplift 1680 m.y. ago were accompanied by basic to acid volcanicity, which was followed by intracontinental sedimentation, and finally by 4-6 km of Pb-Zn-bearing dolomitic shale basin deposits. A zone of central uplift (Mount Gordon Arch) divided the LRFT into two meridional basins. Igneous rocks from the LRFT are bimodal in composition, and typical of non-orogenic terrains. They range from basement rhyolite and dacite to tholeiitic basalt, granite and alkali granite, rhyolite and trachybasalt, and finally to tholeiitic dyke swarms. The fault trough formed by extension and sagging of continental crust. Mantle upwelling and subsequent deep rifting tapped basalt sources; magma withdrawal and basalt loading of the crust led to further sagging and epicontinental sedimentation. Heat from earlier mantle upwelling caused lower crustal fusion and subsequent granite intrusion of the rift pile. Genesis of major Cu and Pb-Zn deposits has been partly controlled by early and reactivated growth faults and by the movement of subsidiary crustal blocks within the fault trough.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, Published_External, QLD
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
L199 Yilgarn-Officer-Musgrave (YOM) deep reflection seismic survey, WA, 2011. Stacked and migrated seismic data and images for line 11GA-YO1

Geoscience Australia conducted the Yilgarn-Officer-Musgrave 2D Seismic Survey. The survey involves the acquisition of seismic reflection over the Yilgarn Craton, Officer Basin and Musgrave Province of Western Australia. The survey consisted of one line, totalling 484.2 kms. The project is a collaborative project between Geoscience Australia and the Geological Survey of Western Australia and is part of the ongoing cooperation under the National Geoscience Agreement (NGA). Funding of this project is through the Western Australian Government's Royalties for Regions Exploration Incentive Scheme and Geoscience Australia's Onshore Energy Security Program. The primary objective of the project is to image the western Officer Basin, one of the Australia's underexplored sedimentary basins. In addition this survey will gather new data to improve the understanding of the Yilgarn Craton and its boundary with the Musgrave Province.
Raw data for this survey are available on request from clientservices@ga.gov.au

Tags: AU-WA, HVC_144637, Published_External, Seismic Data seismic survey, Seismology and Seismic Exploration, geophysics, mineral exploration, seismic reflection, seismic sections
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
The Oaks 1:50 000 topographic map

Product Specifications Coverage: Partial coverage, predominantly in northern Australia, along major transport routes, and other selected areas. About 1000 maps have been published to date. Currency: Ranges from 1968 to 2006. Coordinates: Geographical and UTM. Datum: AGD66, new edition WGS84; AHD. Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator UTM. Medium: Paper, flat copies only.

Tags: 50K scale, AU-QLD, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Cue Kirkalocka Ninghan Yalgoo potassium grid geodetic

The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric method, measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays detected near the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose.
This radiometric potassium grid has a cell size of 0.00083 degrees (approximately 87m) and shows potassium element concentration of the Cue-Kirkalocka-Ninghan-Yalgoo-Badja-Kylie Hills merge, 1995-2004 in units of percent (or %). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1995 by the WA Government, and consisted of 124601 line-kilometres of data at a line spacing between 200m and 400m, and 60m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, K, NCI, Published_External, WA, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, potassium, rad, radiometrics, raster, spectrometry, survey 1341
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files: Cooper (sg52-10)

AUSGeoid98 data files contain a 2 minute grid of AUSGeoid98 data covering the Australian region, which you can use to interpolate geoid-ellipsoid separations for the positions required.You can use your own interpolation software, or you can use Geoscience Australia's Windows Interpolation software (Winter). The data files are text files in a standard format that cover the same area as standard topographic map areas. Files covering both 1:250,000 (approximately 100 x 150 km) and 1:1,000,000 (approximately 400 x 600 km) map areas are available. There is a 4 minute overlap on all sides of each area. Data format: AUSGeoid98 data files have a header record at the start of each file, to distinguish them from the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files. AUSGeoid98 data files show the geoid-ellipsoid separation to 3 decimal places, while the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files showed only 2 decimal places. AUSGeoid98 deflections of the vertical were computed from the geoid-ellipsoid separation surface, while the AUSGeoid93 deflections of the vertical were computed from OSU91A.

Tags: AU, AUSGeoid98, Geodesy, Geodetic Data, Published_External, dataset, geodesy
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Ardlethan 1:100 000 topographic map

At this scale 1cm on the map represents 1km on the ground. Each map covers a minimum area of 0.5 degrees longitude by 0.5 degrees latitude or about 54 kilometres by 54 kilometres. The contour interval is 20 metres. Many maps are supplemented by hill shading. These maps contain natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours, localities and some administrative boundaries. Product Specifications Coverage: Australia is covered by more than 3000 x 1:100 000 scale maps, of which 1600 have been published as printed maps. Unpublished maps are available as compilations. Currency: Ranges from 1961 to 2009. Average 1997. Coordinates: Geographical and either AMG or MGA coordinates. Datum: AGD66, GDA94; AHD Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator UTM. Medium: Printed maps: Paper, flat and folded copies. Compilations: Paper or film, flat copies only.

Tags: 100K scale, AU-NSW, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Self-Calibration of wet troposphere delay and clock phase variations for VLBI data analysis

The wet tropospheric component and clock phase variations are the most important factors that limit the accuracy of the geodetic VLBI products. These fast fluctuations can be introduced into the parametric model as a correlated stochastic noise and treated in a special way using the least square collocation method (LSCM). An a-priori covariance function is used to construct the non-diagonal covariance matrix. We have developed a procedure to calculate the wet troposphere delay and the clock offset for each observation epoch. The wet troposphere delays calculated by the LSCM are in perfect agreement with the water vapour radiometer (WVR) data, within the uncertainty of 2-3 mm. This information is then incorporated into the NGS data file and used in the second iteration. As a result, the procedure for analysing the VLBI data becomes simpler and faster, since the remaining observational error is Gaussian, and the matrix of the observational covariance can be treated as diagonal. For the calibrated VLBI data, the simple least squares method (without breaking the 24-hour experiment into small bins) is applied, followed by a reduction in the number of estimated parameters. All VLBI data between 1993 and 2023 were processed with pre-calibrated tropospheric and clock delays. The result was tested with two independent software packages, OCCAM and VieVS, and showed a good efficiency with respect to the traditional approach. The accuracy of the estimates reaches: 1 mm for VLBI site positions, 3 µas for UT1-UTC values, 40 mas for X- and Y-pole components. The formal error of the most observed ICRF reference radio source positions drops to 1-2 µas, and the ”floor” (or ”inflated”) error for the future ICRF realization would also be reduced. This paper shows that the new data analysis procedure produces results which align with the announced VGOS goals for the S/X VLBI data. Finally we report a detection of the negative parallax effect with an amplitude of −15.8(±0.5) µas.

Abstract presented at the 2024 13th General Meeting of the International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry (IVS), Tsukuba, Japan

Tags: Earth system sciences, Published_External, Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), astrometry, data analysis, geodesy
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Georgetown, Qld airborne geophysical survey, 1998 : operations report

The Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) flew an airborne geophysical survey
of 66 000 line km covering the Forest Home, Georgetown, North Head and Forsayth 1:100
000 map Sheet areas on the Georgetown 1:250 000 map Sheet area in north Queensland. The
area covered the highly prospective mineralised fields of the Georgetown Block.
This survey, which formed part of the National Geoscience Mapping Accord, was flown along
north-south flight lines 200 metres apart at an altitude of 80 metres above ground level. The
survey was flown from September to November 1998.
The total magnetic intensity, gamma-ray spectrometric and digital elevation model data
collected during the survey, have been processed and are available for purchase. These data
are sold as digital point located data, grids and hardcopy maps by the Australian Geological
Survey Organisation.

Tags: AU-QLD, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, geophysics
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AusBathyTopo (Torres Strait) 30m 2023 - A regional-scale depth model (20230006C)

The Australian Bathymetry and Topography (AusBathyTopo) Torres Strait dataset contains depth and elevation data compiled from all available data within the Torres Strait into a 30 m-resolution Digital Elevation Model (DEM). The Torres Strait lies at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the largest coral reef ecosystem on Earth, and straddles the Arafura Sea to the west and the Coral Sea to the east.
The Torres Strait area is bounded by Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Bathymetry mapping of this extensive reef and shoal system is vital for the protection of the Torres Strait allowing for the safe navigation of shipping and improved environmental management.
Over past ten years, deep-water multibeam surveys have revealed the highly complex continental slope canyons in deeper Coral Sea waters. Shallow-water multibeam surveys conducted by the US-funded Source-to-Sink program revealed the extensive Fly River delta deposits.  Airborne LiDAR bathymetry acquired by the Australian Hydrographic Office cover most of the Torres Strait and GBR reefs, with coverage gaps supplemented by satellite derived bathymetry. The Geoscience Australia-developed National Intertidal DIgital Elevation Model (NIDEM) improves the source data gap along Australia’s vast intertidal zone.
We acknowledge the use of the CSIRO Marine National Facility (https://ror.org/01mae9353 ) in undertaking this research.” The datasets used were collected by the Marine National Facility on 13 voyages (see Lineage for identification).
All source bathymetry data were extensively edited as point clouds to remove noise, given a consistent WGS84 horizontal datum, and where possible, an approximate MSL vertical datum.
The 30 m-resolution grid is a fundamental dataset to underpin marine habitat mapping, and can be used to accurately simulate water mixing within a whole-of-GBR scale hydrodynamic model.
This dataset is not to be used for navigational purposes.

Tags: AusSeabed, Chart-derived, Compilation, DEM, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth Science | Oceans | Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography | Bathymetry, HVC_146413, LiDAR, Lidar bathymetry, Multibeam, Published_External, SRTM, Satellite-derived Bathymetry, SeisDB, Singlebeam, bathymetry, bathymetry grid, continental shelf, elevation, marine data
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
SA Detailed Gravity Survey 81S1 (P198154), gravity point data

Gravity data measures small changes in gravity due to changes in the density of rocks beneath the Earth's surface. The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose.
 This SA Detailed Gravity Survey 81S1 (P198154) contains a total of 546 point data values acquired at a spacing between 200 and 8000 metres. The data is located in SA and were acquired in 1981, under project No. 198154 for None.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, SA, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 198154
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Frankfield 1:100 000 topographic map

At this scale 1cm on the map represents 1km on the ground. Each map covers a minimum area of 0.5 degrees longitude by 0.5 degrees latitude or about 54 kilometres by 54 kilometres. The contour interval is 20 metres. Many maps are supplemented by hill shading. These maps contain natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours, localities and some administrative boundaries. Product Specifications Coverage: Australia is covered by more than 3000 x 1:100 000 scale maps, of which 1600 have been published as printed maps. Unpublished maps are available as compilations. Currency: Ranges from 1961 to 2009. Average 1997. Coordinates: Geographical and either AMG or MGA coordinates. Datum: AGD66, GDA94; AHD Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator UTM. Medium: Printed maps: Paper, flat and folded copies. Compilations: Paper or film, flat copies only.

Tags: 100K scale, AU-QLD, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Sedimentology and Geomorphology of the East Marine Region: A Spatial Analysis

This report presents the geomorphology and sedimentology of the East Marine Region. The
three main outputs of the report include: 1) a review of previous geological research undertaken in
the East Marine Region (EMR); 2) the results of a quantitative study of seabed sediment texture and
composition for these regions; and 3) a synthesis of this information characterizing regional trends in
sedimentology, geomorphology and bathymetry. The study is a collaboration between Geoscience
Australia and the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) and is a
continuation of similar work conducted for the North West Marine Region (Potter et al., in press;
Baker et al., 2008) and the South West Marine Region (Richardson et al., 2005). By combining results
of previous qualitative work and quantitative information generated from existing and new data, this
report provides an improved understanding of sedimentology for the EMR. Information contained
within this report will contribute to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
national work program and will also assist in the marine bioregional planning for the East Marine
Region.
Previous sediment studies in the EMR have predominantly produced qualitative results at local scales.
Geomorphic, sedimentary and biological information has previously been utilised to develop a
National Bioregionalisation of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) (Department of the
Environment and Heritage (National Oceans Office), 2005; now the Department of the Environment,
Water, Heritage and the Arts) and substantive geomorphic features of the eastern continental margins
have already been identified and mapped (Heap and Harris, in press). This report adds
significantly to these previous studies by incorporating the information in a sedimentological
synthesis that includes a discussion of the implications for marine conservation in the EMR.
The physical characteristics of the seabed in the EMR, as described by the sediment texture and
composition data, can assist in determining the diversity of benthic marine habitats in the EMR. These
data represent enduring features which are elements of the physical environment that do not change
considerably and they are known to influence the diversity of biological systems. This is important
for marine conservation by contributing to the better definition and characterisation of benthic
habitats. Seabed texture and composition are easily measurable parameters that when combined with
other physical features can be used to create "seascapes" that serve as broad surrogates for benthic
habitats and biota (Whiteway et al., 2007). Seascapes have the potential to be used in informing the
marine bioregional planning process.

Tags: AU-NSW, AU-QLD, AU-VIC, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, geomorphology, marine, sedimentology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files: Cobourg Peninsula (sc53-13)

AUSGeoid98 data files contain a 2 minute grid of AUSGeoid98 data covering the Australian region, which you can use to interpolate geoid-ellipsoid separations for the positions required.You can use your own interpolation software, or you can use Geoscience Australia's Windows Interpolation software (Winter). The data files are text files in a standard format that cover the same area as standard topographic map areas. Files covering both 1:250,000 (approximately 100 x 150 km) and 1:1,000,000 (approximately 400 x 600 km) map areas are available. There is a 4 minute overlap on all sides of each area. Data format: AUSGeoid98 data files have a header record at the start of each file, to distinguish them from the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files. AUSGeoid98 data files show the geoid-ellipsoid separation to 3 decimal places, while the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files showed only 2 decimal places. AUSGeoid98 deflections of the vertical were computed from the geoid-ellipsoid separation surface, while the AUSGeoid93 deflections of the vertical were computed from OSU91A.

Tags: AU, AUSGeoid98, Geodesy, Geodetic Data, Published_External, dataset, geodesy
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Moreton 1:50 000 topographic map

Product Specifications Coverage: Partial coverage, predominantly in northern Australia, along major transport routes, and other selected areas. About 1000 maps have been published to date. Currency: Ranges from 1968 to 2006. Coordinates: Geographical and UTM. Datum: AGD66, new edition WGS84; AHD. Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator UTM. Medium: Paper, flat copies only.

Tags: 50K scale, AU-QLD, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Cusack Creek 1:50 000 topographic map

Product Specifications Coverage: Partial coverage, predominantly in northern Australia, along major transport routes, and other selected areas. About 1000 maps have been published to date. Currency: Ranges from 1968 to 2006. Coordinates: Geographical and UTM. Datum: AGD66, new edition WGS84; AHD. Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator UTM. Medium: Paper, flat copies only.

Tags: 50K scale, AU-NT, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Tennant Creek, NT, 1998 (P694), radiometric line data, AWAGS levelled

The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric method, measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays detected near the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose.
 This Tennant Creek, NT, 1998 (P694), radiometric line data, AWAGS levelled were acquired in 1998 by the NT Government, and consisted of 98200 line-kilometres of data at 200m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance. To constrain long wavelengths in the data, an independent data set, the Australia-wide Airborne Geophysical Survey (AWAGS) airborne magnetic data, was used to control the base levels of the survey data. This survey data is essentially levelled to AWAGS.

Tags: AWAGS, Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NASVD, NT, Published_External, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, potassium, radiometrics, spectrometry, survey 694, thorium, uranium, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Williambury 1:50 000 topographic map

Product Specifications Coverage: Partial coverage, predominantly in northern Australia, along major transport routes, and other selected areas. About 1000 maps have been published to date. Currency: Ranges from 1968 to 2006. Coordinates: Geographical and UTM. Datum: AGD66, new edition WGS84; AHD. Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator UTM. Medium: Paper, flat copies only.

Tags: 50K scale, AU-WA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
NE Queensland (Gilberton, Clarke River), Qld, 1982-84. (P483), magnetic line data, AWAGS levelled

Total magnetic intensity (TMI) data measures variations in the intensity of the Earth's magnetic field caused by the contrasting content of rock-forming minerals in the Earth crust. Magnetic anomalies can be either positive (field stronger than normal) or negative (field weaker) depending on the susceptibility of the rock. The data are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose.
 These line dataset from the NE Queensland (Gilberton, Clarke River), Qld, 1982-84. survey were acquired in 1982 by the QLD Government, and consisted of 30037 line-kilometres of data at 1500m line spacing and 150m terrain clearance. To constrain long wavelengths in the data, an independent data set, the Australia-wide Airborne Geophysical Survey (AWAGS) airborne magnetic data, was used to control the base levels of the survey data. This survey data is essentially levelled to AWAGS.

Tags: AWAGS, Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, Published_External, QLD, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, magnetic, magnetics, magnetism and palaeomagnetism, survey 483, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data