AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Mount Isa 1:500,000 regolith-landform map CRC LEME

The Mount Isa 1:500,000 regolith-landform map illustrates the distribution of regolith materials and the landforms on which they occur, described using a generalised scheme

Tags: 500K scale, AU-NT, AU-QLD, Geological Map, Geology, Published_External, landforms, regolith
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
GSWA Boorabbin Multiclient 1996 1997 (P1071), elevation line data

The Digital Elevation Model represents ground surface topography between points of known elevation. The elevation data was calculated using the altimeters and Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor used for the benefit of airborne magnetic and radiometric data on the same survey. The elevation is the height relative to the Australian Height Datum GDA94 (AUSGEOID09). The processed elevation 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 Boorabbin, Lk Johnstn Fugro multi-client surveys,WA, 1983-85,96,97 survey were acquired in 1987 by the WA Government, and consisted of 50598 line-kilometres of data at a line spacing between 200m and 400m, and 60m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, DEM, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, Elevation, GADDS2.0, Published_External, WA, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, survey 1071, terrain, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geological framework of the concealed East Tennant area constrained by SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology: Implications for Paleoproterozoic stratigraphic correlations in northern Australia

The fundamental geological framework of the concealed Paleoproterozoic East Tennant area of northern Australia is very poorly understood, despite its relatively thin veneer of Phanerozoic cover and its position along strike from significant Au–Cu–Bi mineralisation of the Tennant Creek mining district within the outcropping Warramunga Province. We present 18 new U–Pb dates, obtained via Sensitive High Resolution Ion Micro Probe (SHRIMP), constraining the geological evolution of predominantly Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary and igneous rocks intersected by 10 stratigraphic holes drilled in the East Tennant area. The oldest rocks identified in the East Tennant area are two metasedimentary units with maximum depositional ages of ca. 1970 Ma and ca. 1895 Ma respectively, plus ca. 1870 Ma metagranitic gneiss. These units, which are unknown in the nearby Murphy Province and outcropping Warramunga Province, underlie widespread metasedimentary rocks of the Alroy Formation, which yield maximum depositional ages of 1873–1864 Ma. While parts of this unit appear to be correlative with the ca. 1860 Ma Warramunga Formation of the Warramunga Province, our data suggest that the bulk of the Alroy Formation in the East Tennant area is slightly older, reflecting widespread sedimentation at ca. 1870 Ma. Throughout the East Tennant area, the Alroy Formation was intruded by voluminous 1854–1845 Ma granites, contemporaneous with similar felsic magmatism in the outcropping Warramunga Province (Tennant Creek Supersuite) and Murphy Province (Nicholson Granite Complex). In contrast with the outcropping Warramunga Province, supracrustal rocks equivalent to the 1845–1810 Ma Ooradidgee Group are rare in the East Tennant area. Detrital zircon data from younger sedimentary successions corroborate seismic evidence that at least some of the thick sedimentary sequences intersected along the southern margin of the recently defined Brunette Downs rift corridor are possible age equivalents of the ca. 1670–1600 Ma Isa Superbasin. Our new results strengthen ca. 1870–1860 Ma stratigraphic and ca. 1850 Ma tectono-magmatic affinities between the East Tennant area, the Murphy Province, and the mineralised Warramunga Province around Tennant Creek, with important implications for mineral prospectivity of the East Tennant area.
Appeared in Precambrian Research Volume 383, December 2022.

Tags: Barkly-Isa-Georgetown, EARTH SCIENCES, EFTF, East Tennant area, Exploring for the Future, Geochronology, Murphy Province, North Australian Craton, Published_External, SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology, Tennant Creek, Warramunga Province
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Canada's 6th Generation Seismic Hazard Model, as prepared for the 2020 National Building Code of Canada

Canada's 6th Generation seismic hazard model has been developed to generate seismic design values for the 2020 National Building Code of Canada (NBCC2020). The model retains most of the seismic source model from the 5th Generation, but updates the earthquake sources for the deep inslab earthquakes under the Straits of Georgia and adds the Leech River - Devil’s Mountain fault near Victoria. The rates of magnitude ~9 Cascadia earthquakes are also increased to match new paleoseismic information. Two major changes in the ground motion model (GMM) are A) replacement of most of the three-branch representative suite used in 2015 by suites of weighted GMMs, and B) use and adaptation of various GMMs to directly calculate hazard on various site classes with representative Vs30 values, rather than providing hazard values on a reference Class C site and applying F(T) factors as in 2015. Computations are now also being performed with the OpenQuake engine, which has been validated through the replication of the 5th Generation results. Seismic design values (on various Soil Classes) for PGA, and for Sa(T) for T = 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 5.0, and 10.0 s are proposed for NBCC2020 mean ground shaking at the 2% in 50-year probability level. The paper discusses chiefly the change in Site Class C values relative to 2015 in terms of the changes in the seismic source model and the GMMs, but the changes in hazard at other site classes that arise from application of the direct-calculation approach are also illustrated.

Tags: Canada, Cascadia, EARTH SCIENCES, National Building Code, Published_External, probabilistic, seismic hazard
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Majari 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
Arunta Complex(Mt Peake,Napperby,Hermannsburg,Al.Springs),NT, 1976 (P437), 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 Arunta Complex(Mt Peake,Napperby,Hermannsburg,Al.Springs),NT, 1976 (P437), radiometric line data, AWAGS levelled were acquired in 1976 by the NT Government, and consisted of 38658 line-kilometres of data at 1500m line spacing and 100m 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 437, thorium, uranium, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Great Lake North engineering geophysical surveys, Tasmania, 1951-1959

Between 1951 and 1959 four engineering geophysical surveys were made in the Great Lake North District of Tasmania. Gravity, magnetic, seismic, resistivity, and radiometric methods were used to investigate geological conditions and rock properties along the line proposed for tunnels and other works for a hydroelectric scheme. The surveys provided much information that was of value in both planning and construction of the scheme. This Bulletin incorporates the description of the four surveys and the results obtained by them. During the period of the geophysical surveys more diamond-drill holes were drilled by the Commission. In this Bulletin, the region surveyed will be referred to as the Great Lake North District and the separate parts as the Intake Tunnel Area, the Outlet Portal Area, the Penstock Line Area, and the Tailrace Tunnel Area.

Tags: AU-TAS, Bulletin, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, geophysics
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files:  (sk53-04)

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
Fugitive methane emissions - the next hurdle in a low carbon world

Fugitive methane emissions, in particular relating to coal seam gas (CSG),has become an emerging issue in Australia over the last few years. There has been significant controversy in US regarding the magnitude of fugitive emissions during production from unconventional gas wells, with large differences in emissions reported between studies using different measurement approaches. . Preliminary research into a small number of Australia's unconventional fields suggest the average fugitive emissions per well are lower than that found in the US. 
The primary challenge is that the techniques for quantifying methane leakages are still at an early stage of development. Current methods for the small to medium scale use chamber based approaches or vehicles installed with fixed sampling lines and high precisions gas analysers. These technologies are promising, but generally have not been ground truthed in field conditions against known emission rates to estimate effectiveness. They also have limited application in environments where vehicle access is not possible.
The Ginniderra facility is being upgraded to support a methane controlled release experiment in 2015. This will enable testing of and verifying methods and technologies for measuring and quantifying methane emissions. To address the absence of suitable techniques for emmission measurement at medium scales, several BOREAL lasers will be deployed which work at scales of 20-1000 m. It is also envisaged airborne techniques utilising laser and hyperspectral will be deployed, along with tomography work utilising multiple concurrent concentration measurements.
Presented at the 2014 CO2CRC Research Symposium

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, Published_External, coal seam gas - CSG, methane emissions, methane leakage
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Limbunya 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-NT, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
GSQ Central Bowen Basin Qld dose rate 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 Central Bowen Basin Qld dose rate grid geodetic has a cell size of 0.00096 degrees (approximately 102m) and shows the terrestrial dose rate of the Central Bowen Basin, Qld, 2003. The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2003 by the QLD Government, and consisted of 65476 line-kilometres of data at 400m line spacing and 80m 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 929, thorium, uranium
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Oil and Gas Resources of Australia 2010

This Oil and Gas Resources of Australia 2010 publication is the successor to Oil and Gas Resources of Australia 2009 and continues as the definitive reference on exploration, development and production of Australia's petroleum resources.  
The tables describe:
- wells drilled
- seismic surveys
- petroleum discoveries
- petroleum reserves
- production and development, including forecasts of crude oil and condensate and a listing of offshore facilities

Tags: AU, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, gas, petroleum exploration, petroleum reserves
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
National Geochemical Survey of Australia: Particle Size Dataset

The National Geochemical Survey of Australia: The Geochemical Atlas of Australia was published in July 2011. Released along with this publication was a digital copy of the geochemical dataset that included basic particle size data. This dataset includes extended particle size data for NGSA samples.

Tags: Data Package, Earth Sciences, Published_External, geochemistry, sedimentology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Y4 Presentation of introduction to Targeting and the terrane-scale targeting (presented to sponsors at the final PDT Meeting in Kalgoorie May 2007)

Y4 Presentation of introduction to Targeting and the terrane-scale targeting (presented to sponsors at the final PDT Meeting in Kalgoorie May 2007)

Tags: Earth Sciences, PMD*CRC Publication, Project Y4-Appendix 2, Published_External, mineral exploration
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
GSNSW Exploration NSW Area J Cobar Nymagee Part1 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 0.00049 degrees (approximately 50m) and shows thorium element concentration of the NSW DMR, Discovery 2000 Area J,Cobar-Nymagee, NSW, 1998 in units of parts per million (or ppm). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1998 by the NSW Government, and consisted of 46744 line-kilometres of data at 250m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NASVD, NCI, NSW, Published_External, Th, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, rad, radiometrics, raster, spectrometry, survey 741, thorium
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Forearc basin dynamics and sedimentation controls, Tamworth belt, eastern Australia

The eastern margin of the Australian continent was the site of convergent plate interaction for much of the Palaeozoic Era. The Tamworth Terrane, a forearc complex resulting from this interaction, occurs in the northeastern corner of New South Wales. This forearc basin, now preserved as a complex erosional and tectonic remnant in the Tamworth belt and Hastings block, originally formed a relatively linear belt before terrane dispersal resulting from Permian orogenesis. Tectonic-subsidence curves derived from thirteen well-exposed sections show that subsidence began abruptly, continued for approximately 50 Ma, and then ceased just as abruptly. Total tectonic subsidence was 4- 6 km at either end of the basin, and 2- 3 km in the intervening areas of the southern Tamworth belt.  Depositional patterns were controlled largely by sediment supply and subsidence; the preserved sedimentary rocks form a large-scale upward-shallowing succession. In detail, the effects of eustatic sea level change are also apparent, particularly around the basin margins and in the shallower water associations. The continuous interaction among these three major variables produced a basin that changed in morphology both spatially and temporally.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, NSW, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Manara 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-NSW, Earth Sciences, GIS Dataset, Published_External, dataset, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Sandercock 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
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files:  (sk53-12)

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
Mount Winnecke 1:100,000 regolith-landform map CRC LEME

The Mount Winnecke 1:100,000 regolith-landform map illustrates the distribution of regolith materials and the landforms on which they occur, described using the RTMAP scheme developed by Geoscience Australia

Tags: 100K scale, AU-NT, Geological Map, Geology, Published_External, landforms, regolith
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Looingnin 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
AU 420 Norfolk Island Nearshore and Coastal Area Bathymetry Acquisition (20210019S)

The Norfolk Island Nearshore and Coastal Habitat Mapping was acquired by Ocean Infinity Pty Ltd onboard the M/V Offshore Solution from the 21st to the 24th July 2021, using a Kongsberg EM2040 Mark II. This survey was part of the Norfolk Island Nearshore and Coastal Habitat Mapping project in partnership with Deakin University’s Marine Mapping Group, University of Wollongong, Tellus4D Geoimaging, University of Newcastle, University of New South Wales, University of Tasmania and Geoscience Australia to obtain high resolution bathymetric grid (1m) and to define the morpho-bathymetry of the survey area based on the bathymetric grid and derived products such as slope aspect map, ruggedness map, bathymetry position index and backscatter map. This dataset contains a 1m-resolution 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF file of the bathymetry in the study area, derived from the processed EM2040 Mark II bathymetry data, using Qimera and CARIS HIPS and SIPS software. A detailed report on the survey is provided in: Ocean Infinity Pty Ltd. 2022. Report of Survey: Norfolk Island Nearshore and Coastal Habitat Mapping. Ocean Infinity Group Limited. This dataset is not to be used for navigational purposes. This dataset is published with the permission of the CEO, Geoscience Australia.

Tags: AusSeabed, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth Science | Oceans | Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography | Bathymetry, HVC_144641, Marine, Oceans, Published_External, bathymetric grids, bathymetry, multibeam
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data