AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
New U–Pb geochronology for the South Nicholson region and implications for stratigraphic correlations

The Mesoproterozoic South Nicholson Basin sits between, and overlies, the Paleoproterozoic Mount Isa Province to the east and the southern McArthur Basin to the northwest. The McArthur Basin and Mount Isa Province are well studied and highly prospective for both mineral and energy resources. In contrast, rocks in the South Nicholson region (incorporating the Mount Isa Province, the Lawn Hill Platform and the South Nicholson Basin, and geographically straddling the Northern Territory and Queensland border) are mostly undercover, little studied and consequently relatively poorly understood. A comprehensive U-Pb sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) zircon and xenotime geochronology program was undertaken to better understand the stratigraphy of the South Nicholson region and its relationship to the adjacent, more overtly prospective Mount Isa Province and McArthur Basin. The age data indicate that South Nicholson Basin deposition commenced ca. 1483 Ma, with cessation at least by ca. 1266 Ma. The latter age, based on U-Pb xenotime, is interpreted as the timing of postdiagenetic regional fluid flow. The geochronology presented here provides the first direct age data confirming that the South Nicholson Group is broadly contemporaneous with the Roper Group of the McArthur Basin. Some rocks, mapped previously as Mesoproterozoic South Nicholson Group and comprising proximal, immature lithofacies, have detrital spectra consistent with that of the late Paleoproterozoic McNamara Group of the western Mount Isa Province; this will necessitate a revision of existing regional stratigraphic relationships. The stratigraphic revisions and correlations proposed here significantly expand the extent of highly prospective late Paleoproterozoic stratigraphy across the South Nicholson region, which, possibly, extends even further west beneath the Georgina and Carpentaria basins. Our data and conclusions allow improved regional stratigraphic correlations between Proterozoic basins, improved commodity prospectivity and targeted exploration strategies across northern Australia.
Citation: Carson, C.J., Kositcin, N., Anderson, J.R., Cross, A. and Henson, P.A., 2020. New U–Pb geochronology for the South Nicholson region and implications for stratigraphic correlations.. In: Czarnota, K., Roach, I., Abbott, S., Haynes, M., Kositcin, N., Ray, A. and Slatter, E. (eds.) Exploring for the Future: Extended Abstracts, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, 1–4.

Tags: Basins, EARTH SCIENCES, EFTF, GEOLOGY, Geochronology, Published_External, SHRIMP, South Nicholson, Stratigraphy, geochronology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
GSNSW Exploration NSW Area A3 Bancannia Trough total count grid geodetic

This GSNSW Exploration NSW Area A3 Bancannia Trough total count grid geodetic is an airborne-derived radiometric total count window countrate grid for the NSW DMR, Discovery 2000, 1994-95, AREA A3, Bancannia Trough survey. 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 total count (K), total count (U) and total count (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 GSNSW Exploration NSW Area A3 Bancannia Trough total count grid geodetic has a cell size of 0.00063 degrees (approximately 65m). The data are in units of counts per second (cps). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1995 by the NSW Government, and consisted of 21000 line-kilometres of data at 400m line spacing and 80m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NASVD, NCI, NSW, Published_External, TC, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, rad, radiometrics, raster, spectrometry, survey 730, total count, window countrate
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Tasmanian Detailed Gravity (P199371), 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 Tasmanian Detailed Gravity (P199371) contains a total of 527 point data values acquired at a spacing between 150 and 1500 metres. The data is located in TAS and were acquired in 1993, under project No. 199371 for None.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, TAS, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 199371
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Charters Towers 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_QLD, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Tasmania Offshore, TAS, 1994 (P630), 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 Tasmania Offshore, TAS, 1994 (P630), radiometric line data, AWAGS levelled were acquired in 1994 by the TAS Government, and consisted of 93301 line-kilometres of data at a line spacing between 400m and 800m, and 130m 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, Published_External, TAS, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, potassium, radiometrics, spectrometry, survey 630, thorium, uranium, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Clark 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-QLD, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Pingaring, WA,1993 (P1070), 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 Pingaring, WA,1993 survey were acquired in 1993 by the WA Government, and consisted of 7622 line-kilometres of data at 400m line spacing and 60m 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, Published_External, WA, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, magnetic, magnetics, magnetism and palaeomagnetism, survey 1070, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geoscience Australia Common Earth Model Version 2.2

The Common Earth Model is a collection of data collated by Geoscience Australia that aims to give a unified overview of the geology of Australia. The data are visualised in the Geoscience Australia 3D Data Viewer software and the intention is to give users a rich environment to explore diverse geological data.
Geoscience Australia has collated these datasets from a wide range of sources. Copyright in all content on the DVD remains with the originating organisations and individuals, and may not be reproduced without permission.
The 3D Data Viewer software itself is released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

Tags: Earth Sciences, HVC_144629, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
GSV Murray Basin Numurkah Vic pot tho ura totg 4band radiometric grid geodetic

This GSV Murray Basin Numurkah Vic pot tho ura totg 4band radiometric grid geodetic is an airborne-derived radiometric Potassium, Thorium and Uranium data over a sun shaded total count radiometric data for the Bendigo East (Burrumbeet, Numurkah), Vic, 1980 (GSV0188). 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 uranium (K), uranium (U) and uranium (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 GSV Murray Basin Numurkah Vic pot tho ura totg 4band radiometric grid geodetic has a cell size of 0.0005 degrees (approximately 50m). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1980 by the VIC Government, and consisted of 16417 line-kilometres of data at 250m line spacing and 80m terrain clearance. The grid was produced by applying the colours red to the Potassium ground concentration, green to the Thorium concentration and blue to the Uranium concentration. The colours were clipped to a 99% linear scale. These colours were transparent over a shaded Total Count. This clipping will necessarily introduce some artefacts into the ratio grids in areas of very low radioelement concentrations. The 3-band image was superposed on the sun shaded TC grid of the same survey to produce the final image.

Tags: 4-band, Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, K, NASVD, NCI, Published_External, TC, Th, U, VIC, airborne digital data, four band, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, image, potassium, rad, radiometrics, raster, spectrometry, survey 603, thorium, total count, uranium, window countrate
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Tanami 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-NT, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Kalarwoi 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
GSWA Naretha Eucla Basin 3 Magnetic Grid Geodetic

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.
This GSWA Naretha Eucla Basin 3 Magnetic Grid Geodetic has a cell size of 0.00042 degrees (approximately 43m). The units are in nanoTesla (or nT). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2009 by the WA Government, and consisted of 124870 line-kilometres of data at 200m line spacing and 50m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, TMI, WA, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, mag, magnetics, magnetism, palaeomagnetism, raster, survey 1210, total magnetic intensity
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Cooper 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-WA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Digital Geology and Lithology of the Quartz, Northern Territory 1:100 000 map sheet 5951

The data on this CDROM is a digital re-production of the 1st edition 1990 geological outcrop map of the Quartz 1:100,000 map sheet 5951. A scanned image of the hardcopy map was digitised using Microstation and ArcInfo software. Digital standards are based on Geoscience Digital Data Dictionary for GIS Products Version 2004.01 for Geology and Lithology layers. The finished product has been provided as ArcView shapefiles and ArcInfo export files on CD-ROM. Internal quality assurance has been performed on the coverages. Stratigraphic nomenclature used is current as of June 15, 2005.

Tags: 100K scale, AU-NT, Earth Sciences, GIS, GIS Dataset, Published_External, geology, mapping
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Predicted seabed mud content in the north-northwest region of the Australian continental EEZ 2013

This dataset provides the spatially continuous data of predicted seabed mud content (sediment fraction finer than 63 Âµm) expressed as a weight percentage ranging from 0 to 100%, presented in 0.0025 decimal degree (dd) resolution raster grids format and an ascii text file. The dataset covers the north-northwest region of the Australian continental EEZ. This dataset supersedes previous predictions of seabed mud content for the region with demonstrated improvements in accuracy. Accuracy of predictions varies based on density of underlying data and level of seabed complexity. Artefacts occur in this dataset as a result of insufficient samples in relevant areas. This dataset is intended for use at regional scale. The dataset may not be appropriate for use at local scales in areas where sample density is insufficient to detect local variation in sediment properties. To obtain the most accurate interpretation of sediment distribution in these areas, it is recommended that additional samples be collected and interpolations updated.

Tags: Marine Data, Marine Geoscience, NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Published_External, marine, seabed, sedimentology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Murray Basin Hydrogeological Project : progress report 18 for the half year ending 30 September 1987

This project is a long-term study which is being undertaken jointly by South Australian, Victorian and New South Wales geological surveys and water authorities and by the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics. It is coordinated by a Steering Committee comprising members of those organisations.
The Murray Basin is a geological structure with an areal extent of some 300 000 km2. In each of the three States, the basin sediments contain very large groundwater reserves. Where the groundwater has a low salinity it is increasingly being used for irrigation and town water supply purposes. In much of the basin, the water is suitable only for stock use and is extensively used for this purpose. In other parts of the basin, the groundwater is too saline for any use. There is a complex interaction between groundwater and surface water which may be beneficial, as in recharge areas in some parts of the basin, or harmful as in areas of saline groundwater discharge to rivers. In recent year, the states involved have stepped up the rate of assessment of the groundwater regime in the basin.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, hydrogeology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Gorrie 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-NT, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Townsville:  1: 1 Million General Reference Topographic Map

This map is part of a series which comprises 50 maps which covers the whole of Australia at a scale of 1:1 000 000 (1cm on a map represents 10km on the ground). Each standard map covers an area of 6 degrees longitude by 4 degrees latitude or about 590 kilometres east to west and about 440 kilometres from north to south. These maps depict natural and constructed features including transport infrastructure (roads, railway airports), hydrography, contours, hypsometric and bathymetric layers, localities and some administrative boundaries, making this a useful general reference map.

Tags: 1M scale, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, cartography, mapping, topography, tourism
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Visualisation and presentation of 3D geoscience information

Advances in computer technology have provided the opportunity to present geoscience information in new and innovative ways. The use of web-based three-dimensional interactive models, animations and fly-throughs significantly enhances our ability to communicate complex geometries and concepts not only to the geoscientific community but also, just as importantly, to the general public.
Projects within Geoscience Australia currently use a range of GIS, remote sensing, and modelling packages for visualisation of fundamental and derived data. In the main each of these packages also has the ability to produce, as an output, some form of model or animation sequence displaying the results of the visualisation. In most cases however, these outputs are generally not of sufficient quality or do not provide adequate functionality without further processing or editing. Geoscience Australia has adopted a multi-disciplinary approach to 3D visualisation encompassing cartography, GIS, remote sensing, graphic design, programming, web, and video editing to the post-processing of these visualisations.
This paper examines the benefits of using models and movies for the visualisation of geoscience and briefly discusses the current workflows and presentation techniques used by the Geo-Visualisation team within Geoscience Australia.

Tags: 3D model, Conference Paper, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Drummond and Galilee Qld, (Geomap 2005) GDI 1997/1998 (P793), 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 Drummond and Galilee Qld, (Geomap 2005) GDI 1997/1998 (P793), radiometric line data, AWAGS levelled were acquired in 1997 by the QLD Government, and consisted of 198262 line-kilometres of data at 400m line spacing and 80m 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, Published_External, QLD, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, potassium, radiometrics, spectrometry, survey 793, thorium, uranium, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data