AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Philippines Marine Seismic Survey Project Cruise Report : Project 123.03 (Survey 109)

During March to May 1992, the Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR)and the Philippine Office of Energy Affairs (OEA) conducted a joint marineseismic and sniffer survey in four Philippine offshore sedimentary basins. Theproject was funded by the Australian International Development AssistanceBureau (AIDAB), and the survey was conducted using the Australiangovernment's geoscience research vessel Rig Seismic. A total of 2750 km of192-channel seismic data, plus geochemical sniffer, gravity, magnetic andbathymetric data was obtained jointly. This comprised 580 km in the NEPalawan Shelf, 730 km over the Cuyo Platform, 490 km in Tayabas Bay, and950 km in Ragay Gulf. Because of the extensive fishing activities at night time,particularly in Ragay Gulf, acquisition of seismic data after dark was abandonedin the latter part of the survey. During these hours the geochemical sniffer program was continued over identified anomalies, and an additional 900 km of sniffer, gravity and bathymetry data were recorded.

Although not a lot can be deduced before the seismic data are processed, theship-board seismic monitors show plenty of structuring, and deep depocentreswith up to 4 seconds of stratified section. Because the weather during thesurvey period was very calm and therefore conducive to the collecting of low-noise data, the quality of the processed sections is expected to be excellent.

Geochemical anomalies were recognised in the NE Palawan Shelf and in RagayGulf. These were particularly significant in Ragay Gulf and were related to: (1)previously identified prospects (ie R-1 and R-2 in the 0EA-World Bank Report,and the Alibijaban prospect identified by Far East Resources); (2) faults; and (3)deep diapir structures. They fall into two distinct anomaly types: type 1 is
characterised by high methane, ethane and propane with traces of butane andpentane, indicating dry to wet thermogenic gas; type two has high methane andtraces of C2+, indicating very dry gas.

In order to better understand the flux rate of hydrocarbon release and thecomponent fractionation and magnitude of the source of the seep, Ragay Gulfwas revisited after the seismic shooting was completed. Here, eightgeochemical vertical profiles were recorded and 28 gas samples collected forisotope analysis. In one example, hydrocarbons were concentrated under thethermocline at about 140 m water depth.

The newly acquired data will be processed in BMR, integrated with existing seismicand well data from previous industry sources, interpreted and analysed for petroleumpotential. The final analysis, together with basic data, will then be presented to theexploration industry, initially in the Philippines and Australia, and laterinternationally, in order to promote further exploration.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, marine, marine survey, petroleum exploration, seismics
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
BMR Research Newsletter 15

Titles in this newsletter:
Development of new play concepts using sequence stratigraphy: Devonian- Carboniferous, Canning Basin, Western Australia
Ashmore-Cartier prospectivity study, Bonaparte Basin: Ashmore Platform, Vulcan Sub-basin, and Jabiru Terrace
Multidisciplinary studies in the Vulcan Sub-basin,Timor Sea
Browse Basin Petroleum Prospectivity Study
Absolute magnitude of Neogene sea-level fluctuations
Eyre Sub-basin: structural framework and hydrocarbon potential
Enhanced oil recovery: results and opportunities
Towards a balanced future BMR marine program: new basins, new approaches, new ideas
Seismic interpretation and mapping of the western Tasmanian margin
Age control on sedimentary sequences
A prospective sequence in the northern Arafura Basin, NT
Preliminary interpretations of BMR and industry seismic from sedimentary basins in eastern Australia
Controls on composition of oils and source rocks
Palaeogeographic, palaeoenvironmental and age controls on the composition of petroleum source rocks and their derived oils
Current development of the BMR National Petroleum Database

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Research Newsletter
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Effects of a major earthquake near Bougainville, 20 July 1975

On 20 July 1975 a major earthquake (MS7.9) shook the northern islands of the Solomon Islands chain. Damage amounting to at least $300,000 (Australian) occurred in the southern Bougainville/Shortland Islands region, where earthquake intensities were estimated to be MMVII-VIII. A tsunami with maximum amplitude of about two metres followed the earthquake and caused further damage. The earthquake caused landsliding, liquefaction, subsidence, slumping of roads and wharfs, and damage to villages, small government and mission buildings, and to the mining installations at Panguna. Aftershock epicentres were in a roughly elliptical area of 12 500 square kilometres off the southwestern coast of Bougainville. Focal depths were in the range 30-70 km. A fault-plane solution and the pattern of aftershocks indicate that the principal earthquake was associated with underthrusting of the Solomon Sea crust beneath Bougainville, in a northeasterly direction and with a dip of about 37Â°. The faulting associated with the 20 July 1975 earthquake appears to be the extension of faulting associated with a 1974 earthquake series. An aseismic zone, centred at 6Â°S, 154Â°E, exists immediately northwest of the 1975 earthquake fault zone, between zones where major earthquakes have occurred since 1970. It is considered to be a likely place for a major earthquake in future.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, PNG, Published_External, marine
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Miocene volcanic seamounts on northern Lord Howe Rise: lithology, age, ferromanganese crusts, and origin

Multibeam sonar swath-mapping has revealed small submarine volcanic cones on the northeastern Lord Howe Rise (LHR), a submerged ribbon continent. Two such cones, aligned NNW and 120 km apart, were dredged at 23-24Degrees S. Water depth is about 1150 m nearby: the southern cone rises to 750 m and the northern to 900 m. Volcanic rocks dredged from the cones are predominantly highly altered hyaloclastites with minor basalt. The clasts are mostly intensely altered vesicular brownish glass with lesser basalt, in zeolitic, clayey, micritic or ferruginous cement. Lavas and hyaloclastites contain altered phenocrysts of olivine and plagioclase, and fresh clinopyroxene. The latter have compositions between acmite and Ti-augite, and match well clinopyroxene phenocrysts in undersaturated intraplate basanitic mafic lavas. 

Interbedded micrites in the volcaniclastics represent calcareous ooze that was deposited with (or later than) the volcanic pile. Foraminifera indicate that the oldest micrite is late Early Miocene (~16 Ma), and that the original ooze was deposited in cool water. Late Miocene to Pliocene micrites, presumed to be later infillings, all contain warm water forms. This evidence strongly suggests that both cones formed in pelagic depths in the Early Miocene. Ferromanganese crusts from the two cones are up to 7 cm thick and similar physically, but different chemically. The average growth rate is 3 mm/m.y.. Copper, nickel and cobalt content are relatively high in the north, but copper does not exceed 0.08 wt %, nickel 0.65% and cobalt 0.25%. The Mn:Fe ratio is high in the south (average 13.7) suggesting strong hydrothermal influence.

Such small volcanic cones related to intraplate hotspot-type magmatism may occur in extensive fields like those off southern Tasmania. On Lord Howe Rise, the known small volcanic cones coincide with broad gravity highs in areas of shallow continental basement. The highs probably represent Neogene plume-related magmatism. The thick continental crust may dissipate and spread the magma widely, whereas plumes may penetrate thin oceanic crust more readily and build larger edifices. The correspondence of the ages derived from micropalaeontology and from extrapolating from nearby dated hotspot traces support such a genesis. Accordingly, gravity highs in the right setting may help predict fields of small volcanic seamounts.

Tags: AU-EEZ, Abstract, Earth Sciences, External Publication, Published_External, marine
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Upper Triassic spongiomorph and coral association dredged off the northwestern Australian shelf

Upper Triassic corals and spongiomorphs dredged during BMR Cruise 95 from the Rowley Terrace, offshore Canning Basin of northwestern Australia, indicate possible new occurrences of reef facies. These are comparable to counterparts known from the Northern Limestone Alps of central Europe.  A branching spongiomorph, represented by the genus Spongiomorpha sp. and two coral taxa, Pamiroseris rectilamellosa (Winkler) and Retiophyllia tellae (Stoppani), are reported herein. Collectively, these fossils indicate a Late Triassic (Norian- Rhaetian) age. Although different in taxonomic composition, the fauna compares with one previously reported from a Late Triassic ODP reef site (sitc 764) on the Wombat Plateau, some 350 km to the west. The Rowley Terrace occurrences may represent an eastward extension of the Wombat reefs, developed along the rifted margin of Gondwana.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, Published_External, WA, marine
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geomorphic Features 2006

The data set provides outlines for the maximum extent of geomorphic units for Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone, including the offshore island territories, but not the Australian Antarctic Territory. These data were compiled as part of Geoscience Australia's integrated digital information system to provide improved accessibility and knowledge relating to the environmental management of Australia's oceans resources. The geomorphic units are to be used as surrogates for benthic habitats and can be best applied to the construction of bioregionalisations of the seabed. The data set also includes the name of units in the attribute table, where known, the source(s) of the names, feature codes and province codes as well as the area and perimeter of each unit. The data are accompanied by Geoscience Australia Record 2003/30.  Updated October 2006.

Tags: AU-EEZ, Earth Sciences, GIS Dataset, National, National dataset, Published_External, geomorphology, marine
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Sedimentology and Geomorphology of the South West Planning Region of Australia: A Spatial Analysis

A quantitative synthesis of the sedimentology and geomorphology of the South West Planning Region of Australia.  Sediment data used was sourced from previous and new quantitative carbonate and grainsize data generated from surficial seabed sediment samples.  All sample information and assays are available in the MARS database.  The report and new assays were generated as part of an MOU with the Department of Environment and Heritage (National Oceans Office) and the results are reported in a format appropriate for use in regional marine planning.

Tags: AU-SA, AU-WA, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, geomorphology, marine, seabed, sedimentology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Marine Survey - Geomorphology WMS

The Marine Survey Geomorphology Web Map Service contains the local scale (1:10 000) interpreted geomorphology maps available for download on Geoscience Australia's website. These interpreted geomorphology maps have been produced for numerous marine survey programs conducted in Australian mainland and Antarctic waters by both Geoscience Australia and our collaborators. Layers are grouped by survey or region and where available include both the Geoscience Australia and vessel survey identification numbers that contributed to each dataset.

Tags: Earth Sciences, Published_External, WMS, environment, geomorphology, marine, multibeam, offshore, seabed, web service
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Surat Basin hydrogeological inventory

This Surat Basin dataset contains descriptive attribute information for the areas bounded by the relevant spatial groundwater feature in the associated Hydrogeology Index map. Descriptive topics are grouped into the following themes: Location and administration; Demographics; Physical geography; Surface water; Geology; Hydrogeology; Groundwater; Groundwater management and use; Environment; Land use and industry types; and Scientific stimulus.

The Surat Basin is a sedimentary basin with approximately 2500 m of clastic fluvial, estuarine, coastal plain, and shallow marine sedimentary rocks, including sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, and coal. Deposition occurred over six cycles from the Early Jurassic to the Cretaceous, influenced by eustatic sea-level changes. Each cycle lasted 10 to 20 million years, ending around the mid-Cretaceous.

Bounded by the Auburn Arch to the northeast and the New England Orogen to the southeast, it connects to the Clarence-Moreton Basin through the Kumbarilla Ridge. The Central Fold Belt forms its southern edge, while Cenozoic uplift caused erosion in the north.

The basin's architecture is influenced by pre-existing faults and folds in the underlying Bowen Basin and the nature of the basement rocks from underlying orogenic complexes. Notable features include the north-trending Mimosa Syncline and Boomi Trough, overlying the deeper Taroom Trough of the Bowen Basin and extending southwards.

The Surat Basin overlies older Permian to Triassic sedimentary basins like the Bowen and Gunnedah Basins, unconformably resting on various older basement rock terranes, such as the Lachlan Orogen, New England Orogen, and Thomson Orogen. Several Palaeozoic basement highs mark its boundaries, including the Eulo-Nebine Ridge in the west and the Kumbarilla Ridge in the east.

Paleogene to Neogene sediments, like those from the Glendower Formation, cover parts of the Surat Basin. Remnant pediments and Cenozoic palaeovalleys incised into the basin have added complexity to its geological history and may influence aquifer connections.

Overall, the Surat Basin's geological history is characterized by millions of years of sedimentation, tectonic activity, and erosion, contributing to its geological diversity and economic significance as a source of natural resources, including coal and natural gas.

Tags: Basin Analysis, EARTH SCIENCES, ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, Environmental Management, Exploring for the Future, GEOLOGY, Groundwater, Hydrogeology, Land Use and Environmental Planning, National Groundwater Sytems, National Hydrogeological Inventory, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE, Published_External, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy)
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Australian Marine Physical Environmental Data - Descriptions and Metadata

This report provides detailed metadata for the 37 marine physical environmental variables that were collated or specifically generated by the Marine Biodiversity Hub, which is part of the Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities Program. The work was done at Geoscience Australia and the Marine and Atmospheric Division of CSIRO. The data are required for use in the Hub's surrogacy and predictive modelling research. Bathymetry, geomorphology, seabed sediment and seabed exposure data were produced by Geoscience Australia. Bottom-water and surface-water parameters were produced by CSIRO. For each variable there is a general description, comprehensive metadata and a distribution map. All data were transformed to a common datum, WGS84, and converted to a grid with a cell size of 0.01 degrees. The metadata reports conform to ANZLIC standards.

The data fall into five categories:
1. Bathymetry and geomorphology, derived from the 250 m resolution National Bathymetry Grid at Geoscience Australia;
2. Seabed sediments, derived from the MARS database at Geoscience Australia;
3. Seabed exposure, produced from the output of a seabed shear stress model, GEOMACS, at Geoscience Australia;
4. Bottom-water nutrients and temperature, extracted from the CARS database at CSIRO;
5. Surface-water parameters, derived from satellite images at CSIRO.

Tags: AU, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, continental shelf, marine, marine jurisdiction, marine zone, metadata
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
National Gravity Compilation 2019 includes airborne (free air grid)

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 National Gravity Compilation 2019 includes airborne (free air grid) is a free air anomaly grid for the 2019 Australian National Gravity Grids B series. This gravity survey was acquired under the project No. 202008. This gravity anomaly grid is derived from ground observations stored in the Australian National Gravity Database (ANGD) as at September 2019, supplemented with offshore data sourced from v28.1 of the Global Gravity grid developed using data from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego. Airborne gravity and gravity gradiometry data were also included to provide better resolution to areas where ground gravity data was not of a suitable quality. Out of the approximately 1.8 million gravity observations, nearly 1.4 million gravity stations in the ANGD together with Airborne Gravity surveys totaling 345,000 line km and 106,000 line km of Airborne Gravity Gradiometry were used to generate this grid. The grid shows free air gravity anomalies over Australia and its continental margins. The ground and airborne gravity data used in this grid has been acquired by the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments, the mining and exploration industry, universities and research organisations from the 1940's to the present day. Station spacing varies from approximately 11 km down to less than 1 km, with major parts of the continent having station spacing between 2.5 and 7 km. Airborne surveys have a line spacing ranging from 0.5 km to 2.5 km. The grid has a cell size of 0.00417 degrees (approximately 435m). The data are given in units of um/s^2, also known as 'gravity units', or gu.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, None, Published_External, free air, geophysical survey, geophysics, grav, gravity, grid, ground digital data, raster, survey 202008
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Stable carbon and hydrogen isotopic compositions of Paleozoic marine crude oils from the Canning Basin; comparison with other west Australian crude oils

This study focuses on the stable carbon (13C) and hydrogen (D) isotopic compositions of bulk, saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons in 17 Paleozoic marine crude oils from the Canning Basin, Western Australia. The stable carbon isotopic composition of crude oils is primarily dependent upon the source of the organic matter. Comparison to other Australian and global marine oils and source rocks demonstrates systematic changes in the bulk stable carbon isotopic composition throughout the Paleozoic. From the Early to the Late Paleozoic, Australian oils have become isotopically more enriched in 13C. The most depleted 13Csat value (-32.0') is from the saturated hydrocarbon fraction of a Cambrian oil-stain in the Arafura Basin whereas in the Canning Basin the oldest oils are Ordovician with 13Csat values of about -31'. Late Devonian marine oils from this basin exhibit slightly more enriched values (mean 13Csat = -29.2'), and Mississippian (early Carboniferous) marine oils from both the Canning and Bonaparte basins have mean 13Csat values in the order of -28'.
Carbon and hydrogen isotopic compositions of individual C7+ n-alkanes obtained for the three major oil families from the Canning Basin, as determined by biomarker analyses, corroborate previous findings and emphasise both facies variations and differences in the level of thermal maturation attained by their source rocks. The n-alkane-specific ?13C isotopic profiles of the Paleozoic marine oils from the Canning and Bonaparte basins characteristically follow the same trend as the bulk 13C isotopic values. The n-alkane-specific D isotopic profiles of the oils typically complement those of the carbon isotopic profiles; however, there are differences because organic matter produced by photosynthetic organisms in the source rocks is influenced by both water chemistry and thermal maturity, and as a result the oils show a greater range of values than the carbon isotopic data. The isotopic data has been used to refine the characterisation of oil families and petroleum systems of the Canning Basin. The similarities of the n-alkane-specific D isotopic profiles of the Ordovician-sourced Canning Basin oils with those of Early Triassic-sourced oils of the Perth Basin demonstrates that the typing of oil families should not be undertaken exclusively on a single parameter.

Tags: AU-NT, AU-WA, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Other Publication, Published_External, geochemistry, geology, marine, petroleum geology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2012 - Revised

Australia's Identified Mineral Resources is an annual national assessment that takes a long-term view of Australian mineral resources likely to be available for mining.  The assessment also includes evaluations of long-term trends in mineral resources, world rankings, summaries of significant exploration results and brief reviews of mining industry developments. This entry is for the revised (minor edits - 2014) version of AIMR 2012 GeoCat #75326

Tags: AU, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Report, marine, resource assessment
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Preliminary Post-cruise Report : BMR Survey 91 : RV Rig Seismic Investigation of the Offshore Maryborough Basin, Southern Queensland Continental Margin and Northern Tasman Basin - Structure, Stratigraphy and Petroleum Resource Potential

Legacy product - no abstract available

Tags: AU-QLD, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, geophysics, marine, marine survey
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data