AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Early Upper Cambrian fossils from Queensland

A selection of early Upper Cambrian trilobites from Queensland is described to lay a basis for zoning of the sequence and to gain knowledge of forms which are, or may become, useful in palaeogeography and in interprovincial correlation. The taxonomy and organization of the same fossils are studied. The zones of the sequence are conveniently grouped in two stages-the Idamean (above) and the Mindyallan (below). The basal Idamean fauna with Olenus ogilviei, and the uppermost with Irvingella tropica, are presented exhaustively. Lesser attention is paid to the Mindyallan fauna, which is rather large and which is studied separately. The paper is written essentially for readers concerned with the stratigraphy, correlation, and palaeontology of the Upper Cambrian of Australia. Some items of a more general interest, however, are also included. These are a discussion of the concepts of zones and stages and their nomenclature, and some problems of organization and suprageneric classification of trilobites. The source of material is the Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra. The fossils from the Glenormiston area were collected by a party of Bureau geologists led by J. N. Casey, and the writer participated in this enterprise. The fossils from the Selwyn Range and Pomegranate Creek area were collected by the writer. The complete specimens of Erixanium illustrated on Plate 9 were collected by Mr R. B. Leslie and party, Frome-Broken Hill Co. Pty Ltd, and kindly released for description by the Management of that Company.

Tags: AU-QLD, Bulletin, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, geology, palaeontology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Tanami, NT, 1989 (P572), 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 Tanami, NT, 1989 survey were acquired in 1989 by the NT Government, and consisted of 40179 line-kilometres of data at 500m line spacing and 90m 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, NT, Published_External, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, magnetic, magnetics, magnetism and palaeomagnetism, survey 572, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files:  (sb54-14)

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
Talawanta 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
GSWA South Canning 1 Madley Herbert Thorium 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 thorium grid has a cell size of 0.00083 degrees (approximately 88m) and shows thorium element concentration of the Madley-Herbert, WA, 2010 (South Canning 1) in units of parts per million (or ppm). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2010 by the WA Government, and consisted of 96079 line-kilometres of data at 400m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NASVD, NCI, Published_External, Th, WA, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, rad, radiometrics, raster, spectrometry, survey 1228, thorium
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Mcdills 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_NT, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
3D Basin Architecture & Mineral Systems in the Mount Isa Western Succession, introductory presentation at Final Sponsors Meeting, Mount Isa (March, 2005)

3D Basin Architecture &amp; Mineral Systems in the Mount Isa Western Succession, introductory presentation at Final Sponsors Meeting, Mount Isa (March, 2005).

Tags: AU-QLD, Earth Sciences, PMD*CRC Publication, Project I1-Appendix 1, Published_External, pmd*CRC
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Hydrogeological mapping pilot study: Ballarat 1:250 000 sheet area

The work presented is the outcome of a pilot program of 2 1/2 month's duration involving the preparation by Australian Groundwater Consultants (AGC) of a hydrogeological map of the Ballarat 1: 250 000 scale sheet, with accompanying explanatory notes. 
The pilot program was initiated by Bureau of Mineral Resources through funding provided by the Commonwealth Department of Resources and Energy,and was based on recommendations contained in a report to theDepartment by AGC on the National Groundwater Data Base Inventory 5 Year Forward Program. The pilot program report to BMR by AGC had three parts: volume 1 described the approach and methodology, the second part (volume 2) consisted of a copy of the Victorian Department of Industry, Technology and Resources (DITR) database used to compile the map, and the third part comprised the map and explanatory notes. In the present record the approach and methodology form part 1, and the explanatory notes and map part 2; only representative examples of the database files are included in part 1.

Tags: AU-VIC, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, groundwater, hydrogeology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
SI 1008 Gulf St Vincent North, SA. (HIPP) Bathymetry Acquisition (20200022S)

The Gulf St Vincent North bathymetry survey was acquired for the Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO) onboard the MV Pacific Conquest during the period 27 August – 21 December 2020. This was a contracted survey conducted for the Australian Hydrographic Office by Fugro Australia Marine as part of the Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program. The survey area encompases an area North of Gulf St Vincent, South Australia. Bathymetry data was acquired using a Kongsberg EM2040 and processed using CARIS HIPS &amp; SIPS processing software. The dataset was then exported as a 30m resolution, 32 bit floating point GeoTIFF grid of the survey area.
This dataset is not to be used for navigational purposes.

Tags: AusSeabed, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth Science | Oceans | Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography | Bathymetry, HIPP, HVC_144641, Marine, Oceans, Published_External, bathymetric grids, bathymetry, multibeam
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Catfish Lagoon 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
Roper River International Map of the World (IMW) 1:1 000 000 topographic map

The International Map of the World (IMW) series is no longer maintained, and printed copies of this map are no longer available. The Australian portion of the series consists of 49 maps. They were produced to an international specification using the R502 series at 1:250,000 scale as source material. Production commenced in 1926 and was completed in 1978. The maps were revised from time to time and the last reprint was undertaken in 2003. Each standard map sheet covers 4 degrees of latitude by 6 degrees of longitude and was produced using a Lambert Conformal Conic projection with 2 standard parallels. The series has recently been superseded by the 1:1 000 000 topographic map general reference.

Tags: 1M scale, AU_NT, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Wierbolla 1:100 000 unpublished 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.

Tags: 100K unpublished, AU-QLD, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Costello Range 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
Patchawarra Seismic, Gravity (P196943), 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 Patchawarra Seismic, Gravity (P196943) contains a total of 720 point data values acquired at a spacing between 250 and 400 metres. The data is located in SA and were acquired in 1970, under project No. 196943 for Bridge Oil Ltd.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, SA, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 196943
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
ORGCHEM - Organic geochemical database

In response to numerous enquiries by petroleum exploration personnel on the availability of geochemical information, a new data base – ORGCHEM – has been created.
This new database is based on the relational database management system ORACLE. ORGCHEM integrates non-BMR and BMR-generated geochemical data. Within ORGCHEM the locality data includes basin, well, formation, and depth, while the geochemical data information covers Rock-Eval, organic carbon content, and vitrinite reflectance values. This is basic data relevant to organic maturation levels, source richness, and source type, and is of primary importance to petroleum exploration personnel involved in assessing the petroleum prospectiveness of an area or modelling petroleum generation.
The bulk of the non-BMR-generated information is derived from well-completion reports acquired by BMR through past and present Government regulatory Acts, PSSA, and PSLA (pre-1980 offshore wells only). From these sources over 12,000 records have been compiled. The Organic Geochemistry Facility within the Onshore Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology Program has undertaken the task of extracting the remaining geochemical data from post-1980 PSLA-acquired well-completion reports.
ORGCHEM also contains all organic geochemical and isotopic information produced within the BMR since 1982. The principle source of this information is from organic geochemical investigations undertaken within the Organic Geochemistry Facility. Already ORGCHEM contains over 4000 records of ‘in-house’ generated data.
Concurrently with this data accumulation phase, links with PEDIN (Petroleum Data Exploration Index) are being developed to enable interested persons to perform user-pay customised retrieval of open-file geochemical data for specific, basinal, or regional studies.
Published in the BMR Research Newsletter 13.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, HVC_144673, Published_External, Research Newsletter
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Brunette Downs 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_NT, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Megafossils from two bores in the Ponds Creek area

The material, which has been submitted by geologists of the Bureau of Mineral Resources working in the Hunter Valley, N.S.W., consists of cores from two bores in the Ponds Creek area - Ponds Creek No. 14 (T) and another bore the labels of which were burnt in the fire of April, 1953. The samples consist of grey siltstones with occasional pebbles and few fossils.

Tags: AU-NSW, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, palaeontology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Jarmura Gravity (P196739), 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 Jarmura Gravity (P196739) contains a total of 1322 point data values acquired at a spacing between 500 and 5000 metres. The data is located in WA and were acquired in 1967, under project No. 196739 for French Petroleum Co.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, WA, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 196739
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Prince Charles Mountains 1970: Field Notebook 2

The Antarctic field notebooks contain the geological observations recorded by Bureau of Mineral Resources geologists during their trips to Antarctica between 1948 – 1980s. Files include a scanned copy of the original handwritten field notebook, transcription of the notebook’s contents transcribed by volunteers and validated by an experienced geologist, and a csv file of the transcription with Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) tags. The original Antarctic field notebooks are held at the N.H. (Doc) Fisher Geoscience Library at Geoscience Australia, Canberra.

Tags: Antarctica, Earth Sciences, Geology, Notebook, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
The major rare-earth-element deposits of Australia: geological setting, exploration, and resources

Rare-earth elements (REE: lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium, and yttrium) have unique chemical, magnetic, and luminescent properties that make them critical to several high-technology industries. Their applications in many emerging technologies associated with the transport, information, environment, energy, defence, nuclear, and aerospace industries have gained rapid momentum in recent years. This, together with a narrow global supply base, has led to price increases for the REE, and so they are becoming an increasingly attractive commodity for the mineral industry. 
This report describes the distribution, geological characteristics, and resources of Australia's major REE deposits as a stimulus for further research into their geological characteristics. The information and main messages presented are intended to inform the public, students, and professionals.

Tags: AU, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Monograph, Published_External, commodities, geochronology, metallogenesis, mineral deposits, prospectivity
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Darwin Harbour Habitat Mapping Program: Predicted surface of Total CO2 Flux in sediments

This resource contains a predicted total CO2 flux grid for the greater Darwin Harbour region as part of a baseline seabed mapping program of Darwin Harbour and Bynoe Harbour. This project was funded through offset funds provided by an INPEX-led Ichthys LNG Project to the Northern Territory Government’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NTG-DENR) with co-investment from Geoscience Australia (GA) and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). The intent of this program is to improve knowledge of the marine environments in the Darwin and Bynoe Harbour regions by collating and collecting baseline data that enable the creation of thematic habitat maps and information to underpin marine resource management decisions. The predicted total CO2 flux grid was derived from a compilation of multiple surveys undertaken by GA, AIMS and NTG-DENR between 2011 and 2017, including GA0333 (Siwabessy et al., 2015), GA0341 (Siwabessy et al., 2015), GA0351/SOL6187 (Siwabessy et al., 2016), GA4452/SOL6432 (Siwabessy et al., 2017), GA0356 (Radke et al., 2017), and GA0358 and GA0359 (Radke et al., 2018), adding to those from previous surveys GA4425 and GA0333 collected by GA, AIMS, NTG-DENR and Darwin Port Authority.

Tags: Exclusive Economic Zone, Geochemistry, Marine Environmental Baselines, Marine Survey, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Pinderi Hills 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-WA, Orthophoto Map, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Spillen 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
SA Semi-Detailed Gravity Survey 93A6 (P199376), 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 Semi-Detailed Gravity Survey 93A6 (P199376) contains a total of 2856 point data values acquired at a spacing between 50 and 600 metres. The data is located in SA and were acquired in 1993, under project No. 199376 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 199376
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data