AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Fluid Inclusion Petrography and Microthermometry for MSFDD001

Geoscience Australia has undertaken (via the service provider FIT, SLB) fluid inclusion petrography and microthermometry analysis of samples for the drillhole MSFDD001 (Longitude 130.4428; Latitude -17.0478) located in the central Birrindudu Basin, Northern Territory. 

These data form part of a drill core analytical program undertaken as part of the Birrindudu Deep Dive project. This project is delivered under the Resourcing Australia's Prosperity initiative, the Australian Government’s 35-year precompetitive geoscience initiative, led by Geoscience Australia, to accelerate the discovery of critical minerals and other resources, to support Australia’s net zero transition and enable responsible management of all resources.

This eCat Record accompanies the report containing the results of fluid inclusion stratigraphy on this drillhole (eCat record 150510).

Tags: Birrindudu Deep Dive, Exploration geochemistry, Fluid inclusions (FI), Homogenization temperatures, Petrography and Microthermometry, Published_External, Resource geoscience, Resourcing Australia's Prosperity, Salinity
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Well correlations and age constraints reveal emerging resource potential in the Birrindudu Basin region

The Birrindudu Deep Dive (BDD) is one of the deep dive projects in the Resourcing Australia's Prosperity initiative led by Geoscience Australia. As part of BDD project, this study conducted the stratigraphic correlations for the Palaeo- and Mesoproterozoic successions anchored by geochronological ages from U-Pb zircon/monazite tests to reveal emerging resource potential in the Birrindudu Basin area. The stratigraphic correlations integrated the data from multiple sources, including HyLogger-derived mineral profiles, clay ratio, cumulative probability curves of petrophysical classes from self-organising map clustering, petrophysical logs, chemical elements of rocks and fluid inclusions, etc. The geochronological age-anchored stratigraphic correlation is particularly powerful in regions like the Birrindudu Basin region, where Paleoproterozoic sedimentary rocks interfinger with tuffs that preserve datable horizons capable of anchoring the chronostratigraphic framework. By integrating multi-well correlations with precise U–Pb geochronology, we resolve key mismatches in stratigraphic successions, extend mid-upper Limbunya equivalents into areas previously mapped as Tolmer Group, and delineate new corridors prospective for sediment-hosted base metals and graphite resources. These advances refine the basin model, revealing structural and stratigraphic patterns previously obscured by miscorrelation and significantly expanding the target space for future exploration efforts.

Tags: Birrindudu Basin region, Birrindudu Deep Dive, Limbunya Group, Published_External, Resourcing Australia's Prosperity, Stratigraphy (incl. biostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis), Tolmer Group, U–Pb monazite, U–Pb zircon, detrital zircon, exploration targeting, graphite, sediment-hosted base metals, well correlation
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Unlocking Australia's Re-mining Potential

Critical minerals and strategic materials, essential for modern technologies, are often found at low concentrations within Australian ore deposits. Conventional ore processing historically had limited recovery for these materials, allowing them to end up in mine waste. Assessment of re-mining potential supports sustainable recovery of critical minerals from mine waste, to realise more value from Australia’s already discovered mineral deposits.

Under the Australian Government’s 35-year Resourcing Australia's Prosperity initiative, Geoscience Australia is assessing Australia’s re-mining potential. In collaboration with Australia’s state and territory governments, RMIT University, and the University of Queensland, this project represents a pioneering effort to sustainably recover critical minerals from secondary sources and aims to enhance resilience, sustainability and efficiency in Australia's mineral resources sector. The project involves a national-scale assessment of mine waste, identifying new opportunities for critical minerals supply from previous mining and processing activities. It provides precise geospatial and technical information delivered via the digital Atlas of Australian Re-mining Potential (Geoscience Australia, 2024) and includes geochemical analyses of selected case study sites nationwide.

Future work will focus on understanding Australia's secondary resource potential through rapid estimations of critical mineral potential at selected sites, extrapolated from existing geochemical understanding and publicly reported resource information. Continued sampling, supported by geophysical surveys and geochemical analysis, will characterise additional sites and develop new methodologies and tools to support both the extraction and modern management of reprocessed mine waste.

Outcomes of assessing Australia’s re-mining potential will include a comprehensive view of the nation's minerals inventory, presenting commercial, strategic, and environmental benefits. Re-processing mining and mineral-processing wastes is a significant step towards realising a circular economy, affirming Australia as a reliable and responsible supplier of critical minerals to global partners.



References:

Geoscience Australia. (2024). Atlas of Australian Remining Potential, Geoscience Australia, Canberra. Retrieved 29 April 2025 from https://portal.ga.gov.au/persona/australian-remining-potential.

Presented at the 2025 Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) Conference

Tags: Atlas of Re-mining Potential, Inorganic Geochemistry, Mineral Intelligence, National resource assessments, Published_External, Re-mining Potential, Resourcing Australia's Prosperity, mine waste
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Recommended Procedures for Local Magnitude Estimation for Australian Earthquakes

The principal magnitude type calculated by Geoscience Australia’s National Earthquake Alerts Centre (NEAC) in real-time monitoring of Australian local earthquakes is the Australian local magnitude (<i>M</i>La).&nbsp;Successive changes to seismic analysis systems and methods of pre-processing seismic waveforms over the years have introduced inadvertent biases for the MLa estimation and for the Australian earthquake catalogue. The waveforms of 862 confirmed earthquakes between August 2023 – August 2024 were prefiltered to three high-pass corner frequencies (0.10 Hz, 0.50 Hz, and 0.75 Hz) from which the MLa was calculated, and quality selection criteria were applied targeting signal-to-noise ratios (SNR), minimum number and the maximum distance of contributing stations. The number of mean network <i>M</i>La estimates that met the quality selection criteria increased with increasing high-pass corner frequency filtering (445 earthquakes for the unfiltered MLa compared to 695 for MLa filtered to 0.75 Hz). This is attributed to the improvement of the SNR where prefiltering dampens background noise, which also resulted in a decrease in magnitude estimates. This Record provides recommendations to determine a more robust and consistent method of estimating <i>M</i>La for Australian earthquakes in real-time operations in the NEAC. Earthquakes and their associated magnitudes recorded in the NEAC are ingested into the national earthquake catalogue. Therefore, these recommendations will also improve seismic hazard assessments in Australia.

Tags: Australian earthquakes, Published_External, Seismology and Seismic Exploration, earthquake catalogue, earthquake magnitude
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Botanical Gardens and Arboretums

The Botanical Gardens and Arboretums dataset presents the spatial locations, in area format, of all known botanical gardens and arboretums within Australia and its territories.

Tags: Arboretum, Australia, Botanic, Botanical, Botanical Gardens, Forest, Foundation Data, Garden, Geospatial, Land Use and Environmental Planning, National, Nature, Open space, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Marine Samples Collection

The collection consists of seabed samples collected by Geoscience Australia and other organizations since the 1950s. Samples consist of various shallow cores types, rocks derived from dredging, and sea bed sediments collected by grab and dredge methods.  A large proportion of samples are refrigerated.

Tags: AU-EEZ, Earth Sciences, Published_External, Resource, marine, marine survey, seabed, sedimentology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Electricity Infrastructure

The Electricity Infrastructure dataset presents the spatial locations of Power Lines, Substations and Major Power Stations within Australia. Power Lines are line data type, Substations and Major Power Stations are point data type.

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Tags: Australia, Electricity, Foundation Data, Geospatial, Infrastructure, MapServer, National, Power Lines, Power Stations, Published_External, Substations, Urban informatics, WFS, WMS, Web Service
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Image Collection - RV Investigator Voyage IN2018_V06 - Status and recovery of deep-sea coral communities on seamounts in iconic Australian marine reserves

This data set contains the imagery collected on the Marine National Facility (MNF) RV Investigator voyage IN2018_V06, titled "Status and recovery of deep-sea coral communities on seamounts in iconic Australian marine reserves." The voyage took place from Hobart (TAS) to Hobart between November 23 and December 19, 2018, collecting imagery of benthic habitats together with oceanographic data.

Instrument(s) used to collect this data:
MRI Towed camera (MRITC)

Datasets include: 
Video (oblique forward view)
Stereo stills (oblique forward view)
Navigational data

Organization: CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Seabird and marine mammal tracking data from the Tasman Fracture Marine Park

Biotelemetry devices, including satellite transmitters and archival Global Positioning System (GPS) loggers, were deployed on shy albatrosses, short-tailed shearwaters, and both Australian and long-nosed fur seals. Tags were deployed during the breeding season to maximise data on foraging behaviour and habitat use.

This record currently contains tracking data from breeding adult shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta). Additional tracking data from migratory short-tailed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris), the endemic Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus), and long-nosed fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) will be added at a later date.

The shy albatross collection includes raw tracking data, and filtered processed tracks fitted with a state space model (Jonsen et al., 2023). These data include the following variables: birdID, breeding phase, tracker type, date/time, locations in latitude and longitude (for both the raw and fitted), and uncertainty metrics.

<strong><em>EMBARGO NOTE</em></strong> Data is currently embargoed - to be released late 2026.

Tags: Arctocephalus forsteri, Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus, Ardenna tenuirostris, Tasman Fracture Australian Marine Park, Thalassarche cauta, biotelemetry, pinnipeds, seabirds
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - National Mooring Network Facility

The National Mooring Network Facility (formerly known as the Australian National Mooring Network (ANMN)), is a series of national reference stations and regional moorings designed to monitor particular oceanographic phenomena in Australian coastal ocean waters. 

There are nine current sub-facilities, including five regional sub-facilities. Inactive sub-facilities include: Ningaloo Moorings - WA, Deep Water Waves - Qld, Larval Fish and Acoustic Observatories.

The current sub-facilities are:
a) Queensland and Northern Australia
b) New South Wales
c) Southern Australia
d) Western Australia
e) Victoria
f) National Reference Stations (Coordination and Analysis)
g) Acidification Moorings
h) Wave Buoys
i) Marine Microplastics

The National Reference Stations were first established in the 1940’s and are the backbone component of the observing system.  Extended by IMOS from three to nine sites around the entire Australian continent, the stations report integrated biological, chemical and physical oceanography time series observations, upon which more intensive local and regional scale studies can be referenced against. The regional moorings monitor the interaction between boundary currents and shelf water masses and their consequent impact upon ocean productivity (e.g. Perth Canyon Upwelling; Kangaroo Island Upwelling) and ecosystem distribution and resilience (e.g. Coral Sea interaction with the Great Barrier Reef ). Operation of the network is distributed between several operators and coordinated nationally.

The Acidification Moorings are co-located (or nearby) at three of the National Reference Stations, and provide key observations to help us understand and address the problem of increasing ocean acidification.

Tags: Acoustic Observing Station, Biosphere | Microbiota | Plankton, Buoys | Moored Buoys, CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Profilers), Current Meters/Profilers | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Deepwater Mooring, Fluorometers, Oceans | Bathymetry | Water Depth, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Alkalinity, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Carbon Dioxide, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Inorganic Carbon, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Nutrients, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Oxygen, Oceans | Ocean Circulation | Ocean Currents, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Fluorescence, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Oceans | Ocean Optics | Turbidity, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/density | Conductivity, Passive Acoustic Listening Stations, Passive Acoustic Observing System, Shelf Mooring, Slope Mooring, Thermistors
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
IMOS - AusCPR: Phytoplankton Colour Index (PCI)

The Australian Continuous Plankton Recorder (AusCPR) survey is a joint project of CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR) and the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) to measure plankton communities as a guide to the health of Australia's oceans. The phytoplankton colour index data are analysed as per Richardson et al 2006. It is advised that anyone using the data should first read this methodology or contact the project contact person. The aims of the AusCPR survey are to: * map plankton biodiversity and distribution * develop the first long-term plankton baseline for Australian waters * document plankton changes in response to climate change * provide indices for fisheries management * detect harmful algal blooms * validate satellite remote sensing * initialise and test ecosystem models Servicing and maintenance of the CPRs and analysis of the samples for the AusCPR survey will be carried out by staff based at the CMAR laboratories in Queensland and at the AAD in Hobart. The project was funded by the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) and falls with the Ships of Opportunity facility. Data storage and access is planned to be interoperable with other national and international programs through the IMOS Infrastructure. Results from the AusCPR survey are available through the AODN portal: https://portal.aodn.org.au. This data is freely available but please acknowlegment all relevant parties, as detailed in acknowledgement section. Additional information for this dataset may be available via the original MarLIN metadata entry: https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/e210cb45-910a-79c2-e043-08114f8c7800 

<strong>This dataset has been superseded by the "IMOS - Phytoplankton Abundance and Biovolume (CPR)" collection that is available at  https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8e594cd1-363a-4b58-b741-9fa3624adb77 (this collection was removed from the AODN Portal in March 2022).</strong>

Tags: Countries | Australia, Countries | New Zealand, Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean, Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean, Oceans | Marine Biology | Marine Microbiota, Oceans | Ocean Chemistry | Organic Matter, Oceans | Ocean Temperature | Water Temperature, Oceans | Salinity/Density | Salinity, Regional Seas | Arafura Sea, Regional Seas | Coral Sea, Regional Seas | Tasman Sea, Regional Seas | Timor Sea, States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales, States, Territories (Australia) | Northern Territory, States, Territories (Australia) | Queensland, States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia, States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania, States, Territories (Australia) | Victoria, States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
GIS dataset from the Murray Basin Hydrogeological Map series

This product delivers, in a GIS accessible format, information from the GIS dataset from the Murray Basin Hydrogeological Map series. The dataset provides a summary of understanding and interpretation of groundwater systems in the Murray Basin in the 1990’s. These maps were originally published in a hardcopy print format, with no accompanying GIS accessible data.

Tags: Deep dive projects, Delamerian Deep Dive, GEOLOGY, Geology, Groundwater salinity, Groundwater systems, Hydrogeology, Published_External, Resourcing Australia's Prosperity, Water levels
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
One Tree Island Air Pressure From 18 Nov 2008 To 11 Jun 2021

The 'Wireless Sensor Networks Facility' (formerly known as Facility for The Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems (FAIMMS)), part of the Great Barrier Reef Ocean Observing System project (GBROOS), is a facility of the Australian 'Integrated Marine Observing System' (IMOS) project. This data set was collected by the Great Barrier Reef Wireless Sensor Network.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
BRUVS (TM) - Fish and Benthic survey of James Price Point 2009-10-11 to 2009-10-16

The dataset comprises 8149 individuals from 122 species of fishes, sharks, rays and sea snakes observed at around James Price Point using 154 baited remote underwater video stations (BRUVS(TM)). 1324 images were captured from these cameras.

Approximately 3500 of the best images from all BRUVS (TM) projects are stored in a reference library.

Data recorded concern:
- classification of the habitat in the field of view (topography, sediments, benthos)
- the identity of fish and CAABCODES
- their time of arrival
- their behaviour (8 categories, including feeding on the bait)
- their maturity (adult or juvenile)
- their relative abundance (as MaxN = the maximum number visible at one time, or distinguishable at different times as separate individuals e.g. much larger/smaller, male/female)
- the time elapsed before MaxN and feeding occurs.

A custom interface has been developed by AIMS staff, using Microsoft Access, for reading and analysis of BRUVS(TM) tapes.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Enhancing Coral Survival on Deployment Devices With Microrefugia

This study examined the effects of microhabitat features on the survival of Acropora tenuis spat in a year-long experimental field deployment of two types of artificial settlement devices.

Fragments of mature gravid Acropora tenuis (Dana 1846) colonies were collected from Backnumbers Reef on the central mid shelf of the Great Barrier Reef ahead of coral spawning in Nov 2018. The corals were transported back to the Australian Institute of Marine Science National Sea Simmulator (SeaSim) facility and kept in temperature controlled outdoor aquaria. Egg-sperm bundles were collected during spawning from six colonies and cross-fertilized. Larvae were maintained in the culture tank until used in the experiment.

Two types of experimental settlement devices&mdash;lattice-grids and grooved-tiles&mdash;were designed and manufactured to test larval settlement choice and post-settlement survival. Prior to settlement, all experimental devices were conditioned in the SeaSim for approximately 4 weeks to develop a biofilm and recruit crustose coralline algae (CCA) for larval settlement induction.

Eight days after fertilization larvae were left to settle on the devices for 4 days. Images of the lattice-grids and grooved-tiles racks were taken 9 and 11 days after larval introduction (approx. 5-7 days after settlement).

The settlement devices were then deployed at Backnumbers Reef onto three replicate racks on a shallow, central mid-shelf reef of the Great Barrier Reef. Survival of A. tenuis recruits was tracked by assessment of in situ images, taken on SCUBA, of the upper- and under-sides of each device. Images were taken at 41, 95, 185, 246, and 311 days and then imaged again upon retrieval from the field on 16th December 2019 at the final time point of 376 days post settlement.

Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
2019 Hydrographic surveys of Freycinet, Huon and Tasman Fracture Marine Parks for Parks Australia

IMAS/CSIRO undertook a multibeam mapping campaign in eastern and Southern Tasmania to map shelf waters of the Freycinet, Huon and Tasman Fracture Marine Parks and several reference areas for the Tasman Fracture Park, including waters around Pedra Brancha and South-west Cape. The dataset includes a post-processed transit along the mid-shelf i=of Western Tasmania. The dataset includes raw mutibeam outputs and post-processed data, including Caris Files, xyz data and geotiffs. A data report for this has been produced by CSIRO. The study was intended to increase knowledge of the distribution of habitats within the SE Australian Australian Marine Park network, and at nearby reference areas with similar habitat. This information is required to underpin subsequent biological monitoring of key habitats within the AMP network, and to contrast the observations within parks with nearby fished locations to determine the extent that changes in biological communities are driven by natural vs anthropogenic pressures.

Tags: Bluefin
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Biodiversity Conservation Trust Annual Report 2021-22

This report provides a summary of the services, achievements and performance of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust for the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022. In addition, the report contains the audited financial statements and appendices as required by legislation. The report also incorporates the Annual Report of the Biodiversity Stewardship Payments Fund for the year ending 30 June 2022, which the BCT is required to provide in its role as fund manager under s6.37(1) of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.

Tags: Biodiversity Conservation Trust, biodiversity, private land conservation, trust
Organization: NSW Government