AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
OPGGSA 2006 WMS

Petroleum Blocks cut to the AMB 2014a epoch. The service contains the Blocks as defined under Section 33 (3) of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006. Coverage includes indicative areas of coastal waters and land, within the constitutional limits of the States and territories.

Tags: Australia, Earth Sciences, OPGGS Act, Published_External, WMS, legislation, petroleum blocks 2014a, web map service, web service
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files:  (se48-16)

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 Data format: AUSGeoid98 data files have a header record at the start of each file, to distinguish them from the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files. AUSGeoid98 data files show the geoid-ellipsoid separation to 3 decimal places, while the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files showed only 2 decimal places.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
Perth 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 Unpublished maps are available as compilations.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
Mount Peake 1:250 000 GIS Dataset

This data is part of the series of maps that covers the whole of Australia at a scale of 1:250 000 (1cm on a map represents 2.5km on the ground) and comprises 513 maps. This is the largest scale at which published topographic maps cover the entire continent. 
Data is downloadable in various distribution formats.

Tags: 250K scale, AU-NT, Earth Sciences, GIS Dataset, Published_External, dataset, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Nowthanna 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-WA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Improved Assessment of Flood Impact: An Urban Stormwater Case Study of a City of Sydney Catchment - Poster

The flood risk in many urban catchments is poorly understood. Legacy stormwater infrastructure is often substandard and anticipated climate change induced sea level rise and increased rainfall intensity will typically exacerbate present risk. In a Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE) funded collaboration between Geoscience Australia (GA) and the City of Sydney, the impacts on the Alexandra Canal catchment in the City of Sydney local government area have been studied. This work has built upon detailed flood hazard analyses by Cardno Pty Ltd commissioned by the City of Sydney and has entailed the development of exposure and vulnerability information. Significantly, the case study has highlighted the value of robust exposure attributes and vulnerability models in the development of flood risk knowledge.
The paper describes how vulnerability knowledge developed following the 2011 Brisbane floods was extended to include key building types found in the inner suburbs of Sydney. It also describes the systematic field capture of building exposure information in the catchment area and its categorisation into 19 generic building types. The assessment of ground floor heights from street view imagery using the Field Data Analysis Tool (FiDAT) developed at Geoscience Australia is also presented.
The selected hazard scenario was a 100 year Annual Recurrence Interval (ARI) event with 20% increased rainfall intensity accompanied by a 0.55m sea level rise in Botany Bay. The impact from the selected scenario was assessed in terms of monetary loss for four combinations. The combinations consist of two vulnerability model suites (GA and NSW Government) and two floor height attribution methods (assumed 0.15m uniformly and evaluated from street view imagery).
It was observed that the total loss is higher in the case of assumed floor heights compared to FiDAT processed floor heights as the former failed to capture increased floor heights for newer construction. However, the loss is lower when only two vulnerability models developed by NSW Government are applied for the entire building stock in the region as two models produced a coarser modelling of the variety in the whole building stock.
Abstract &amp; Poster presented at Floodplain Management Association National Conference 2013:http://www.floodplainconference.com/papers2013.php

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Poster/Image, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Croydon 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
GSWA Eucla Basin 4 Madura 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 0.00042 degrees (approximately 43m) and shows potassium element concentration of the Madura, WA, 2010 (Eucla Basin 4) in units of percent (or %). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2010 by the WA Government, and consisted of 103672 line-kilometres of data at 200m line spacing and 50m 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 1222
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Kalangadoo Gravity (P196439), 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 Kalangadoo Gravity (P196439) contains a total of 537 point data values acquired at a spacing between 804 and 6436 metres. The data is located in SA and were acquired in 1964, under project No. 196439 for Alliance Oil Development NL.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, SA, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 196439
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Lithospheric architecture and mantle metasomatism linked to iron oxide Cu-Au ore-forming systems: multidisciplinary evidence from the Olympic Dam region, South Australia

The role of lithospheric architecture and the mantle in the genesis of iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits is controversial. Using the example of the Precambrian Gawler Craton (South Australia), which hosts the giant Olympic Dam IOCG deposit, we integrate recently acquired geophysical data (passive seismic tomography, magnetotellurics) with geological and geochemical data to develop a new interpretation of the lithospheric setting of these deposits. Spatially, IOCG deposits are located above the margin of a mantle lithospheric zone with anomalously high electrical conductivities (resistivity &lt;10 ohm.m, top at ~100-150 km depth), low seismic shear-wave velocities (horizontal component, Vsh &lt;4.6 km/s), and unusually high ratios of compressional- to shear-wave velocities (Vp/Vsh&gt;1.80). The high conductivity cannot be explained by water-bearing olivine-rich rock alone. Relatively fertile and metasomatised peridotitic mantle with additional high-Vp/Vs phases, e.g., clinohumite, hydrous garnet and/or phlogopite, could explain the anomalous velocity and conductivity. The top of this high-Vp/Vsh zone marks a mid-lithospheric discontinuity at ~100-130 km depth that is interpreted to reflect locally orthopyroxene-rich mantle. A sub-Moho zone with high Vp/Vsh at ~40-80 km depth correlates spatially with primitive Nd isotope signatures and arc-related ~1620-1610 Ma magmatism, and is interpreted as the eclogitic root of a magmatic arc. Mafic volcanics contemporaneous with ~1590 Ma IOCG mineralisation have geochemistry suggesting derivation from subduction-modified lithospheric mantle. We suggest that Olympic Dam formed inboard of a continental margin in a post-subduction setting, related to foundering and partial melting of previously refertilised and metasomatised lithospheric mantle. Deposits formed during the switch from compression to extension, following delamination-related uplift and exhumation.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, Gawler Craton, IOCG deposits, Olympic Dam deposit, Published_External, lithospheric architecture, mantle metasomatism, tectonic setting
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
The Granites Mt Solitaire Highland Rocks Mt Theo total count grid

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 The Granites Mt Solitaire Highland Rocks Mt Theo total count grid has a cell size of 0.001 degrees (approximately 100m) and shows the terrestrial dose rate of the The Granites, Mt Solitaire, Highland Rocks, Mt Theo, NT, 1993. The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1993 by the NT Government, and consisted of 108984 line-kilometres of data at 500m line spacing and 90m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, K, NASVD, NCI, NT, Published_External, Th, U, airborne digital data, dose, dose rate, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, potassium, rad, radiometrics, raster, rate, spectrometry, survey 599, thorium, uranium
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Bowen Basin Seismic Survey 1989: Operational Report

The Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology &amp; Geophysics (BMR) (now Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO)), Department of Primary Industries &amp; Energy, Australian Government, conducted the Bowen Basin Seismic Survey during July to October 1989. The major aim of the seismic survey was to record deep seismic reflection data across the northern part of the Bowen Basin, to test geological (extensional) models for the formation of the Bowen Basin.
The locations of the seismic lines were determined in consultation with exploration companies and the Department of Resources Industries (now Dept. of Minerals &amp; Energy),Queensland State Government. The requirement that the seismic lines be targeted andconstrained to follow a proposed geological corridor was a controlling factor in thepositioning of the seismic lines.
The deep seismic reflection survey by the BMR recorded 254 km of 8-fold CDPseismic data, along three seismic lines. Line BMR89.B01, 157 km in length, crossed major features including the Comet Ridge, Bowen Basin, Duaringa Basin and Gogango OverfoldedZone. Line BMR89.B02 was recorded as an easterly extension of Line BMR89.B01, positioned further north due to ease of access. Line BMR89.B03 was positioned to providea north-south line crossing inferred transfer faults of the geological corridor followed by LineBMR89.B01. One expanding spread consisting of 9 shots was recorded on Line BMR89.B01centred at SP 2025 with maximum offsets of 25.6 km. Gravity observations were made at 480 m intervals on all seismic lines.

Tags: AU-QLD, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, seismics
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Basement Inliers penetrating the Great Artesian Basin

Boundary of basement inliers penetrating the Great Artesian Basin. These were used to delineate areas of no data in the dataset 'Water table elevation of the Great Artesian Basin' (Geoscience Australia dataset, catalogue #75830).
Data is available in Shapefile format
This GIS data set was produced for the Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment and used in watertable maps in:
Chapter 6 of Ransley TR and Smerdon BD (eds) (2012) Hydrostratigraphy, hydrogeology and system conceptualisation of the Great Artesian Basin. A technical report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment. CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, Australia.
Regional watertable section of Smerdon BD, Welsh WD and Ransley TR (eds) (2012) Water resource assessment for the Carpentaria region. A report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment. CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, Australia, plus Figure 10 in the associated summary report.
Regional watertable section of Smerdon BD and Ransley TR (eds) (2012) Water resource assessment for the Central Eromanga region. A report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment. CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, Australia, plus Figure 13 in the associated summary report.
Regional watertable section of Smerdon BD and Ransley TR (eds) (2012) Water resource assessment for the Surat region. A report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment. CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, Australia, plus Figure 14 in the associated summary report.
Regional watertable section of Smerdon BD, Welsh WD and Ransley TR (eds) (2012) Water resource assessment for the Western Eromanga region. A report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment. CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, Australia, plus Figure 12 in the associated summary report.
This dataset and associated metadata can be obtained from www.ga.gov.au, using catalogue number 75841.

Tags: AU-NSW, AU-QLD, AU-SA, GIS Dataset, Hydrogeology, Published_External, geology, groundwater
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Kuerschner 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-NT, Orthophoto Map, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Beswick 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
Contract Helicopter Gravity (P196612), 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 Contract Helicopter Gravity (P196612) contains a total of 818 point data values acquired at a spacing between 4000 and 10000 metres. The data is located in QLD and were acquired in 1966, under project No. 196612 for None.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, QLD, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 196612
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Pemberton 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
Geoscience Australia at NT Resources Week – Uncovering East Tennant

This package contains presentations given during NT Resources week, at the Uncovering East Tennant workshop held in Darwin on September 3, 2019, and Mining the Territory, September 5, 2019. 
The presentation given by Andrew Heap at the Mining the Territory forum is a high level overview of the data collection and activities of GA and it's collaborative partners across Northern Australia in conjunction with the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program. 
The workshop, held in collaboration with the Northern Territory Geological Survey, outlined new mineral exploration opportunities in the East Tennant area, which lies beneath the Barkly Tableland and extends approximately 250 km east of Tennant Creek. The East Tennant area has been the focus of geochemical, geological and geophysical data acquisition as part of Geoscience Australia's Exploring for the Future program. This free event showcased new science insights for the East Tennant area and how this under-explored region has opportunities for greenfield mineral discoveries.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, EFTF, Exploration, Geoscience, Northern Territory, Published_External, Resources
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Airstrip preparation and ground ties for 1967 Isogal survey

Between 11th April and 1st July 1967 a ground survey party of the Bureau of Mineral Resources inspected a number of abandoned airfields in the Gr~t Victoria Desert, the Gibson Desert, and the Great Sandy Desert for their suitability as Isogal stations in the extension to the west coast of Isogal flight-lines EW7A, EW5A, and EW4.A. For the same reason a number of homestead airfields were visited between Anna Plains and Hamelin Pool in Western Australia. Two authorised landing areas (Warri and Lake Yeo) were constructed in areas where no airstrip existed. Iosgal groundwork was prepared on twenty-nine airfields.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Nickel Resources and Potential of Australia

Nickel is an important industrial commodity that is  used in the manufacture of stainless steel, super-alloys and in rechargeable batteries. Australia holds the world's largest economic resources of nickel, with approximately 25% of global resources (based on latest data from United States Geological Survey, 2012). The bulk of Australia's nickel resources occur in laterite deposits (69%). However, most (82%) of Australia's nickel production is from sulfide deposits hosted by ultramafic volcanic and intrusive rocks (komatiites), within the Archean Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia. Although komatiite-hosted deposits dominate Australian production, this deposit type ranks only fourth in global nickel production (18%), after deposits hosted by large igneous provinces (LIPs) (30%, e.g., Norilsk, Russia), astrobleme (20%, Sudbury, Canada) and tholeiitic intrusion-hosted or 'basal sulfide' deposits (20%, e.g., Voisey's Bay, Canada and Jinchuan, China). Tholeiitic intrusion-hosted nickel sulphide deposits are highly sought exploration targets due to their potential size and co-products of platinum-group elements (PGE) and copper. This brochure highlights Australia's current resources and potential for tholeiitic intrusion-hosted nickel sulphide deposits.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Joint GSQ-GA NGA geochronology project: New England Orogen and Drummond Basin, 2008

This report presents new SHRIMP U–Pb zircon results for 10 samples from the New England Orogen and Drummond Basin (Table 1) carried out under the auspices of the National Geoscience Agreement (NGA) between Geoscience Australia and the Geological Survey of Queensland during the 2007–2008 financial year. A companion report completed under the same agreement (Carson &amp; others, 2009) contains the results of 11 new SHRIMP U–Pb zircon results from the Mount Isa region. The data and age interpretations contained in these reports are available in the OZCHRON database, maintained by Geoscience Australia (http://www.ga.gov.au/oracle/ozchron/index.jsp).
Bibliographic Reference: Cross, A.J., Purdy, D.J., Bultitude, R.J., Dhnaram, C.R. &amp; von Gnielinski, F.E., 2009: Joint GSQ-GA NGA geochronology project, New England Orogen and Drummond Basin, 2008. Queensland Geological Record 2009/03.

Tags: Drummond Basin, EARTH SCIENCES, Geochronology, New England Orogen, Published_External, SHRIMP, zircon dating
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data