AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Strathmay 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
Barkly - Cape Crawford, NT, 2001 (P1018), 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 Barkly - Cape Crawford, NT, 2001 (P1018), radiometric line data, AWAGS levelled were acquired in 2001 by the NT Government, and consisted of 301463 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, NT, Published_External, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, potassium, radiometrics, spectrometry, survey 1018, thorium, uranium, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Gairdner - 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 Gairdner Airborne Magnetic Radiometric and DEM survey, SA, 2018 survey were acquired in 2018 by the SA Government, and consisted of 104788 line-kilometres of data at 200m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, DEM, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, Elevation, GADDS2.0, Published_External, SA, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, survey 1309, terrain, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
The Australian Geospatial Reference System: The Foundation for Positioning Australia

The Positioning Australia program is a $225 million commitment from the Australian Government to provide 10 cm accurate positioning to all Australians. This is a significant improvement from the 5-10 m accuracy you can currently achieve using GPS enabled devices. 
In anticipation for the growing use and reliance on positioning technology, Geoscience Australia has led the upgrade of Australia's Geospatial Reference System (collection of datums, reference frames, models, infrastructure and standards) to ensure Australian's can maximise the benefits of precise positioning. 
This talk will explain why the Australian Geospatial Reference System is the foundation for the Positioning Australia program.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, Positioning Australia, Published_External, Wednesday Seminar, positioning
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files: Kirkalocka (sh50-03)

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
Thargomindah 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-QLD, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Possible underground evaporite deposits in Western Australia: report on a reconnaissance trip in September and October, 1949

The possibilities of finding evaporite deposits in Western Australia were investigated by C.L. Knight and E.K. Sturmfels on a reconnaissance trip from 12th September until 14th October, 1949. The localities in which primary gypsum beds or other indications of evaporites at depth were found or from which they are reported, are classified on the following pages according to the geological formations, and their position is shown on two accompanying maps.

Tags: AU-WA, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, mineral deposits, mineral exploration
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Curnamona 20m cell 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 Curnamona 20m cell magnetic grid geodetic has a cell size of 0.00021 degrees (approximately 21m). The units are in nanoTesla (or nT). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1995 by the SA Government, and consisted of 62542 line-kilometres of data at a line spacing between 100m and 400m, and 60m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, SA, TMI, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, mag, magnetics, magnetism, palaeomagnetism, raster, survey 628, total magnetic intensity
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Mount Vincent 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
The Granites Mt Solitaire Highland Rocks Mt Theo elevation grid

Digital Elevation data record the terrain height variations from the processed point- or line-located data recorded during a geophysical survey. This The Granites Mt Solitaire Highland Rocks Mt Theo elevation grid is elevation data for the The Granites, Mt Solitaire, Highland Rocks, Mt Theo, NT, 1993. This survey was acquired under the project No. 599 for the geological survey of NT. The grid has a cell size of 0.001 degrees (approximately 100m).  This grid contains the ground elevation relative to the geoid for the The Granites, Mt Solitaire, Highland Rocks, Mt Theo, NT, 1993. It represents the vertical distance from a location on the Earth's surface to the geoid. The data are given in units of meters. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose.

Tags: Australia, DEM, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, Elevation, GADDS2.0, NCI, NT, Published_External, digital data, geoid, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, raster, survey 599, terrain
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geophysical interpretation of the central Olympic Cu-Au province 1:500 000 map

The Olympic Cu-Au Province, of the eastern Gawler Craton, lies beneath the sedimentary sequences of the Stuart Shelf. Rocks of the basement  are Late Archaean metamorphics, and the Proterozoic Donington Suite, Hutchison Group,  Wallaroo Group, Hiltaba Suite granitoids and mafic intrusives, and the Gawler Range Volcanics.
Except for parts of the Gawler Range Volcanics, none of the basement crops out and is covered by sequences exceeding 3 km thickness, in places. Interpretation of units and structures was via gravity and airborne magnetic data. Some geological calibration was done by checking exploration drill logs or by examining the core. When core was examined, petrophysical properties were measured and used to constrain the interpretation.
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Geophysical   interpretation of the central Olympic Cu-Au province - GIS Dataset

Tags: 500K scale, AU-SA, Geological Map, Geology, Published_External, geology, geophysics, mapping
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
1:15M Australia General Reference Map (A3)

This map is a compact general reference map (A3 size, approximate 1:15 million scale) that has been designed for inclusion in publications requiring a simple, small size, multicoloured map of Australia. The map depicts a selection of the major geographic and cultural features that helps the user quickly familiarise themselves with the continent. This is a smaller scale version of the Australia 1:9 Million Compact General Reference Map, Edition 2.

Tags: National, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geoscience Australia Science Principles

This Science Principles document sets out the six principles that underpin Geoscience Australia's scientific activities. They describe how Geoscience Australia does science. These principles form part of, and are embedded into, our long-term strategic planning and day-to-day operations. 
The principles reflect the fact that:
  - Our reputation and effectiveness depend on the timely delivery of outputs that meet client needs; and 
  - our agency provides leadership in a range of geoscientific domains to ensure that such information is trusted, broadly used and valued.
The six Science Principles are:
  1. Relevance to Government 
  2. Collaborative science 
  3. Quality science 
  4. Transparent science 
  5. Communicated science 
  6. Sustained science capability.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, marine
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geology of northern Jetty Peninsula, MacRobertson Land, Antarctica

Northern Jetty Peninsula, incorporating Else Platform (~140 km2) and Kamenistaja Platform (~15 km2), represents a mostly ice-free low-lying region located on the western flanks of the Lambert Graben. The region is underlain by granulite-facies Proterozoic gneisses and unmetamorphosed Permian sediments.
Metamorphic rock types include quartzo-feldspathic, pelitic and semi-pelitic metasedimentary rocks of probable Mesoproterozoic age (Kamenistaja Paragneiss and Else Gneiss). Minor intercalated ultramafic and calc-silicate bodies are also present. Neoproterozoic (ca. 940-1000 Ma) syn-tectonic felsic intrusives (megacrystic Chistoe Granite, Melkoe Granite and Soyuz Leucogranite) are also widespread.
Proterozoic rocks are subsequently intruded by Paleozoic Jetty Granite Dykes and felsic Stagnant Pegmatites (ca. 500 Ma), alkaline mafic dykes (ca. 308-320 Ma) and Mesozoic alkaline stocks and pipes (ca. 130-150 Ma). The Toploje Member of the Amery Group (a sequence of Permo-Triassic fluvial siliciclastic rocks, which outcrop extensively on the southern and western flanks of Beaver Lake) is exposed on southwestern Kamenistaja Platform and appears fault-bounded against the high-grade Proterozoic rocks. 
Together with adjacent high-grade rocks in Kemp and Mac.Robertson Lands to the west, the rocks of northern Jetty Peninsula form part of an extensive Meso-Neoproterozoic high-grade mobile belt (the 'Rayner Orogeny'; ca. 900-1100 Ma). During this event, on Else Platform, peak metamorphic conditions reached pressures as much as ~6.5 to 7.5 kbar at temperatures ~ 800Âº C and resulted in the development of a pervasive gneissosity (the dominant form surface, S1). Localized high-strain zones (S2) developed during latter stages of the high-grade metamorphic evolution, conditions during which are estimated at ~5 to 6 kbar at temperatures ~ 700Âº C.
The intrusion of north-trending Jetty Granite Dykes (and their subsequent deformation) at ca. 500 Ma occurred at probable upper amphibolite-facies, indicating that an early Palaeozoic event (which reached granulite-facies in Prydz Bay, ~ 200-300 km to the northeast) significantly affected the Jetty Peninsula region. 
Minor northwest-trending steeping dipping mylonites and vertical north-trending brittle faults cut all rock types, except the massive quartz 'blows' and veins. These quartz pods are locally abundant (e.g. near Soyuz station), and, together with the late brittle faults, are thought to be related to incipient rifting of the Lambert Graben during the breakup of Gondwana.

Tags: 25K scale, AQ, Antarctic data, Geological Map, Geology, Published_External, geology, mapping
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Ellendale 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
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files:  (sk56-14)

AUSGeoid98 data files contain a 2 minute grid of AUSGeoid98 data covering the Australian region, which you can use to interpolate geoid-ellipsoid separations for the positions required.You can use your own interpolation software, or you can use Geoscience Australia's Windows Interpolation software (Winter). The data files are text files in a standard format that cover the same area as standard topographic map areas. Files covering both 1:250,000 (approximately 100 x 150 km) and 1:1,000,000 (approximately 400 x 600 km) map areas are available. There is a 4 minute overlap on all sides of each area. Data format: AUSGeoid98 data files have a header record at the start of each file, to distinguish them from the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files. AUSGeoid98 data files show the geoid-ellipsoid separation to 3 decimal places, while the superseded AUSGeoid93 data files showed only 2 decimal places. AUSGeoid98 deflections of the vertical were computed from the geoid-ellipsoid separation surface, while the AUSGeoid93 deflections of the vertical were computed from OSU91A.

Tags: AU, AUSGeoid98, Geodesy, Geodetic Data, Published_External, dataset, geodesy
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Australian Seismological Report 2010

The Australian Seismological Report 2010 provides a summary of earthquake activity for Australia for 2010. It also provides a summary of earthquakes of Magnitude 5+ in the Australian Region, as well as an summary of Magnitude 6+ earthquakes worldwide. It has dedicated state and territory earthquake information including: largest earthquakes in the year; largest earthquakes in the state; and tables detailing all earthquakes detected by Geoscience Australia during the year. There are also contributions from PIRSA describing Seismic Networks and providing Earthquake locations for South Australia.

Tags: AU, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, earthquakes, seismology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Blackall-Barcaldine Gravity (P196550), 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 Blackall-Barcaldine Gravity (P196550) contains a total of 4765 point data values acquired at a spacing between 100 and 700 metres. The data is located in QLD and were acquired in 1965, under project No. 196550 for American Overseas Petroleum.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, QLD, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 196550
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Lort 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
The Biogeochemistry of Iron

For our understanding of interactions between living organisms and the solid earth it is fascinating to investigate the reactivity of iron at the interface of the bio- and geosphere. Similar to manganese (chapter 11) iron occurs in two valence states as oxidized ferric iron, Fe(III), and reduced ferrous iron, Fe(II). Two principal biological processes are of importance: Microorganisms such as magnetotactic bacteria and phytoplankton (see chapter 2 and section 7.3) depend on the uptake of iron as a prerequisite for their cell growth (assimilation). Others conserve energy from the reduction of Fe(III) to maintain their metabolic activity (dissimilation). In this case ferric iron serves as an electron acceptor which is also termed oxidant. Apart from biotic reactions manifold abiotic reactions occur depending on thermodynamic and kinetic conditions. Due to redox-reactions dissolution and precipitation of iron-bearing minerals may result which has great influence on the sorption/desorption and co-precipitation/release behavior of various components such as phosphate and trace metals. From a geologic point of view it is striking to find discrete iron enriched layers such as black shales or strata of the banded iron formation, which challenge geochemists to reconstruct the environmental conditions of their formation.

Tags: Article, Earth Sciences, External Publication, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Mount Vernon 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
Wigunda 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-SA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Daly River 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