AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files: Newcastle Waters (se53-05)

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 Data format: AUSGeoid98 data files have a header record at the start of each file, to distinguish them from the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files. AUSGeoid98 data files show the geoid-ellipsoid separation to 3 decimal places, while the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files showed only 2 decimal places.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
Water resources development in the Northern Territory's arid zone

The arid zone of the Northern Territory is one of the worlds more sparsely populated areas, with an estimated population of only 45,000 in 12% of Australia s land mass.  The region depends mainly on groundwater for provision of water supplies.  Annual water usage for all purposes is estimated at 45,000 ML. Compared with the estimated divertible groundwater resources of 2,870,000 ML, the rate of extraction is insignificant. Problems of resource overuse are of growing concern, due to the spatial distribution of readily usable water sources, and the difficulty of matching these to development requirements and community expectations.  Climatic realities make the concept of greening the red heart unattainable, but intensive and sustainable water-dependent development is possible, given rigorous assessment of both water source potential and site economics, and sound resource management.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, NT, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Kopperamanna 1:250 000 topographic map

This map is part of the series that covers the whole of Australia at a scale of 1:250 000 (1cm on a map represents 2.5 km on the ground) and comprises 513 maps. This is the largest scale at which published topographic maps cover the entire continent. Each standard map covers an area of 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude or about 150 kilometres from east to west and 110 kilometres from north to south. There are about 50 special maps in the series and these maps cover a non-standard area. Typically, where a map produced on standard sheet lines is largely ocean it is combined with its landward neighbour. These maps contain natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours (interval 50m), localities and some administrative boundaries. The topographic map and data index shows coverage of the sheets. Product Specifications Coverage: The series covers the whole of Australia with 513 maps. Currency: Ranges from 1995 to 2009. 95% of maps have a reliability date of 1994 or later. Coordinates: Geographical and either AMG or MGA (post-1993) Datum: AGD66, GDA94, AHD. Projection: Universal Traverse Mercator (UTM) Medium: Paper, flat and folded copies.

Tags: 250K scale, AU-SA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files:  (sj57-09)

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
Hamersley Province seismic survey 1997: operational report

In 1997, AGSO - Geoscience Australia (GA) and the Tectonics Special Research Centre (TSRC) at the University of Western Australian (UWA) and Curtin University conducted a joint research project to image the crustal setting of the Hamersley Province of northern Western Australia. This joint research was aimed at investigating the shallow structure of the Hamersley Province, the regions deeper basement structure and in so doing, developing an understanding of the region's tectonics and possible fluid migration pathways.
The project's objectives were to obtain a better understanding of sub-surface geology of the Hamersley Province at both a regional scale and a mine scale. In particular, the project's objectives were to provide more information on:
* regional crustal thickness and major features,
* stratigraphic architecture of the regions mineral system,
* structural architecture of the mineral system,
* timing and locations of fluid migration pathways 
The seismic survey obtained 132 km of nominally 10 fold CMP (common midpoint) deep reflection seismic data along two transects over approximately 5 weeks of acquisition.

Tags: AU-WA, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, seismics, stratigraphy, structural geology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Coastal Environment Geoscience of Cape York Peninsula

The NR14, Coastal Environment Geoscience Survey project utilises a wide variety of information and techniques to compile the basic coastal geoscientific information necessary for the development of a land use strategy for Cape York Peninsula. The report therefore provides a statement of the methodology employed, together with results of the data analyses undertaken and coastal geoscience GIS coverages completed to date.
The project was undertaken to produce a geoscientific synthesis of the evolution and character of the coastal zone of Cape York Peninsula to include:

assessment of the oceanographic and meteorological processes affecting the coastal area;
documentation of the character of coastal environments and the nature of sedimentary deposits within them;
analysis of Holocene evolution of the coastal zone;
identification of areas of significant instability; and
consideration of issues relevant to sustainable use.


Tags: AU-QLD, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Report, marine
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
The 2018 National Seismic Hazard Assessment for Australia: Model input files

This Geoscience Australia Record contains technical data and input files that, when used with the Global Earthquake Model’s (GEM’s) OpenQuake-engine probabilistic seismic hazard analysis software (Pagani et al., 2014), will enable end users to explore and reproduce the 2018 National Seismic Hazard Assessment (NSHA18) of Australia (Allen et al., 2018a). This report describes the NSHA18 input data only and does not discuss the scientific rationale behind the model development. These details are provided in Allen et al. (2018a) and references therein.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, HVC_144647, NSHA18, OpenQuake, Published_External, earthquake hazard, hazard modelling
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Potential geologic sources of seismic hazard in Australia’s south-eastern highlands: what do we know?

Many mapped faults in the south-eastern highlands of New South Wales and Victoria are associated with apparently youthful topographic ranges, suggesting that active faulting may have played a role in shaping the modern landscape.  This has been demonstrated to be the case for the Lake George Fault, and may reasonably be inferred for the poorly characterised Murrumbidgee, Khancoban, Tantangara, Berridale Wrench and Tawonga faults.
More than a dozen nearby faults with similar relief are uncharacterised.  In general, fault locations and extents are inconsistent across scales of geologic mapping, and rupture lengths and slip rates and behaviours remain largely unquantified.  A more comprehensive understanding of these faults is required to support safety assessments for communities and large infrastructure.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, Published_External, earthquake geology, eastern highlands, fault, neotectonic
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files:  (sl51-06)

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
Mclarty Hills 1:250 000, R502 historical topographic map

The R502 series of maps has been replaced by the National Topographic Map Series (NTMS). The R502 series consists of 542 map sheets and covers Australia at a scale of 1:250,000. It was compiled from aerial photography, but only about one quarter of the series was contoured. The standard sheet size is 1 degree of latitude by 1.5 degrees of longitude. Transverse Mercator map projection and Clark 1858 datum were used. Coverage of the country was completed in 1968.

Tags: 250K scale, AU_WA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geospatial Data and Deep Learning Expose ESG Risks to Critical Raw Materials Supply: The Case of Lithium

Disruptions to the global supply chains of critical raw materials (CRM) have the potential to delay or increase the cost of the renewable energy transition. However, for some CRM, the primary drivers of these supply chain disruptions are likely to be issues related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) rather than geological scarcity. Herein we combine public geospatial data as mappable proxies for key ESG indicators (e.g., conservation, biodiversity, freshwater, energy, waste, land use, human development, health and safety, and governance) and a global dataset of news events to train and validate three models for predicting “conflict” events (e.g., disputes, protests, violence) that can negatively impact CRM supply chains: (1) a knowledge-driven fuzzy logic model that yields an area under the curve (AUC) for the receiver operating characteristics plot of 0.72 for the entire model; (2) a naïve Bayes model that yields an AUC of 0.81 for the test set; and (3) a deep learning model comprising stacked autoencoders and a feed-forward artificial neural network that yields an AUC of 0.91 for the test set. The high AUC of the deep learning model demonstrates that public geospatial data can accurately predict natural resources conflicts, but we show that machine learning results are biased by proxies for population density and likely underestimate the potential for conflict in remote areas. Knowledge-driven methods are the least impacted by population bias and are used to calculate an ESG rating that is then applied to a global dataset of lithium occurrences as a case study. We demonstrate that giant lithium brine deposits (i.e., >10&nbsp;Mt Li2O) are restricted to regions with higher spatially situated risks relative to a subset of smaller pegmatite-hosted deposits that yield higher ESG ratings (i.e., lower risk). Our results reveal trade-offs between the sources of lithium, resource size, and spatially situated risks. We suggest that this type of geospatial ESG rating is broadly applicable to other CRM and that mapping spatially situated risks prior to mineral exploration has the potential to improve ESG outcomes and government policies that strengthen supply chains.

Citation: Haynes M, Chudasama B, Goodenough K, Eerola T, Golev A, Zhang SE, Park J and Lèbre E (2024) Geospatial Data and Deep Learning Expose ESG Risks to Critical Raw Materials Supply: The Case of Lithium. Earth Sci. Syst. Soc. 4:10109. doi: 10.3389/esss.2024.10109

Tags: Australia’s Resources Framework, Data engineering and data science, Data mining and knowledge discovery, EFTF – Exploring for the Future, ESG, Environmental, Environmental Sciences, Governance, Human geography not elsewhere classified, Published_External, Resource geoscience, Social, conflict, critical minerals, deep learning, lithium, machine learning, sustainable development
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Paling 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: AU-SA, Orthophoto Map, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Stanley Island 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
GSQ Cooper Basin North doserate 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. The terrestrial dose rate grid is derived as a linear combination of the filtered K, U and Th grids. A low pass filter is applied to this grid to generate the filtered terrestrial dose rate grid.
This GSQ Cooper Basin North doserate grid geodetic has a cell size of 0.00083 degrees (approximately 88m) and shows the terrestrial dose rate of the Cooper Basin North, Qld, 2008. The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2008 by the QLD Government, and consisted of 168416 line-kilometres of data at 400m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, K, NASVD, NCI, Published_External, QLD, Th, U, airborne digital data, dose, dose rate, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, potassium, rad, radiometrics, raster, rate, spectrometry, survey 1176, thorium, uranium
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Australian National Gravity Data Collection

Gravity data measure small changes in gravity due to changes in the density of rocks beneath the Earth's surface. The gravity data collection contains both onshore and offshore data acquired on geophysical surveys conducted by Commonwealth, State &amp; NT Governments and the private sector. 
Value: Gravity used to infer (model) the presence and position of different rock types in the subsurface. Used in resource assessment 
Scope: Australia continent and some data from marine surveys in region

Tags: DC2020, EARTH SCIENCES, Geophysics, Gravimetrics, Gravity, Gravity Digital Data, Grid, Ground Gravity, HVC - High Value Collection, HVC_144634, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Gooch Range 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-WA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Progress in the development of a water-care ethic for the Pilbara region of Western Australia

Mining towns in the Pilbara region of Western Australia have daunting problems that hamper efforts to apply water-conservation techniques: compacted heavy clay water-shedding soils, an evaporation rate ten times the mean annual rainfall (less than 300 mm), summer temperatures above 40Â°C, and long periods without rain.  Town water supplies are drawn mainly from underground sources. Until recently, domestic consumption was heavily subsidised, and water was used copiously to create gardens reminiscent of a less harsh environment.  Since the boom times, mining companies have adopted more realistic policies on private and public water use. With the introduction of home-ownership schemes, they replaced water subsidies with generous incentives to convert gardens to low-water use. Major reductions in water consumption were achieved: 50 per cent in Dampier (entire town) between 1985 and 1990; 38 per cent in Karratha (households only) between 1980-81 and 1990; and 39 per cent in Wickham (households only) between 1984 and 1990.  Some important community-based initiatives were developed in the 1980s: native-plant nurseries, arid landscaping for remote Aboriginal communities, demonstration garden projects, and horticultural courses and programs to help disadvantaged people to acquire work skills.  Recent government water-care initiatives have included establishing the Pilbara Water Conservation Advisory Committee, the first of its kind in Western Australia.  With support from the Water Authority in Karratha, the committee is undertaking a community education program.  The support of industry, through funding and personal involvement, contributes to the success of local projects.  Professionals could contribute further by applying their skills and experience to public education, research, trials, demonstrations, and workshops. The funding of regional and local projects and research, the establishment of water-conservation committees, liaison with local groups, and promotion of a holistic environmental ethic are all appropriate activities for the State and Federal Governments.  The approach to land care provides a good model for the development of a water-care ethic for the Pilbara region. The problems which made land care, and now water care, necessary have their roots in attitudes to the whole environment. The issue of water conservation cannot be tackled in isolation from other conservation issues .

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, Published_External, WA
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Escape River 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
The late Cainozoic East Antarctic ice sheet

A review, mainly of East Antarctic late Cainozoic (post 40 Ma) geological and geomorphological evidence, supports the hypothesis of the continuous presence of an ice sheet, of about the present size, since the late Miocene.  Evidence is presented and the view advanced that, during the late Wisconsin maximum of isotope stage 2, ice was not nearly as thick or extensive over the continental shelf as required by the model of  maximum Antarctic glaciation, Some of the factors influencing the contribution of Antarctica to post-glacial sea-level rise are discussed. It is considered that Antarcticas contribution was probably considerably less than previously estimated.

Tags: AAT, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Oorindi 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