AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Connecting Australians with geoscience  through a new exhibit, Rocks that Shape Australia

Output Type: Exploring for the Future Extended Abstract

Short Abstract: Geoscience Australia’s headquarters in Canberra welcome over 11,000 visitors each year to learn about the relevance of geoscience in their everyday lives and view the National Mineral and Fossil Collection. After substantial public consultation, a new exhibit, Rocks that Shape Australia, was installed in 2023 to help to contextualise the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program and Geoscience Australia’s work. The exhibit showcases the importance of understanding and mapping Australia’s geological features, highlighting their value and prompting visitors to consider which rocks might ‘shape’ Australia into the future. Rocks that Shape Australia sets a benchmark for the use of contemporary interpretive practices in Geoscience Australia’s public spaces. It will enable the thousands of future visitors to Geoscience Australia to explore geoscience and its importance in society as well as setting new best-practice standards for visitor-focused development of new public exhibits in Geoscience Australia’s public spaces.&nbsp;

Citation: Ryder, A., Soroka, L., Petkovski, S., Kennett, R. &amp; Hill, S., 2024. Connecting Australians with geology through a new exhibition, Rocks that Shape Australia. In: Czarnota, K. (ed.) Exploring for the Future: Extended Abstracts. Geoscience Australia, Canberra, https://doi.org/10.26186/149409 

Tags: Attitudes towards Earth science, Audience Research, EFTF – Exploring for the Future, Exhibition, Geoscience Knowledge Sharing, Other Education, Published_External, Science Communication
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Brisbane Absolute AFGN Survey (P200691), 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 Brisbane Absolute AFGN Survey (P200691) contains a total of 3 point data values acquired at a spacing of 7500 metres. The data is located in QLD and were acquired in 2006, under project No. 200691 for Geoscience Australia.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, QLD, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 200691
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Tennant Creek-Mt Isa (TISA) Gravity Surveys, Tennant East (CSCBA grid)

Gravity data measure 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 Tennant Creek-Mt Isa (TISA) Gravity Surveys, Tennant East (CSCBA grid) is a complete spherical cap Bouguer anomaly grid for the Tennant Creek-Mt Isa (TISA) Gravity Surveys, South West McArthur Barkley, Northern Territory, 2019. This gravity survey was acquired under the project No. 201901 for the geological survey of NT, QLD. The grid has a cell size of 0.00464 degrees (approximately 500m). The data are given in units of um/s^2, also known as 'gravity units', or gu. A total of 5855 gravity stations were acquired to produce this grid.

Tags: Australia, Bouguer, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, NT, Published_External, QLD, complete, geophysical survey, geophysics, grav, gravity, grid, ground digital data, raster, spherical cap, survey 201901
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Map Romer Card

These useful see-through map cards are great for reading bearings, distances and grid references on 1:100 000 and 1:250 000 scale maps. The romer can be purchased as part of the Map Reading Guide, or downloaded for reference.
A romer can be used for determining the last Easting and last Northing figures for a six-figure grid reference:  

Place the top right hand corner intersection of the romer lines over the point of interest.
Read the numbers from this point to the left to give the final Easting figure, and down to give the final Northing figure.
The number required is the last number read, before the grid line on the map crosses the romer.


Tags: Earth Sciences, Educational Product, Other, Published_External, geoscience education
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Ullala 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
Cobar P5009 EXT 1 digital elevation model radar grid

Digital Elevation data record the terrain height variations from the processed point- or line-located data recorded during a geophysical survey. This Cobar P5009 EXT 1 digital elevation model radar grid is elevation data for the Cobar Magnetic and Radiometric Survey, 2021. This survey was acquired under the project No. 5009 for the geological survey of NSW. The grid has a cell size of 0.00039074 degrees (approximately 40m).  This grid contains the ground elevation relative to the geoid for the Cobar Magnetic and Radiometric Survey, 2021. 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, NSW, Published_External, digital data, geoid, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, raster, survey 5009, terrain
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
MRTAS Gladstone potassium grid geodetic

The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric method, measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays detected near the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose.
This radiometric potassium grid has a cell size of 0.0005 degrees (approximately 49m) and shows potassium element concentration of the NETGOLD - Gladstone, 1985 in units of percent (or %). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1987 by the TAS Government, and consisted of 1778 line-kilometres of data at 125m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, K, NCI, Published_External, TAS, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, potassium, rad, radiometrics, raster, spectrometry, survey 784
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Kidson Area B, WA, 1996 (P771), 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 Kidson Areas A &amp; B, WA, 1996 survey were acquired in 1996 by the WA Government, and consisted of 128005 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 771, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Seabed environments and shallow geology of the Leveque Shelf, Browse Basin, Western Australia - Porosity measurements on seabed sediments.

Geoscience Australia undertook a marine survey of the Leveque Shelf (survey number SOL5754/GA0340), a sub-basin of the Browse Basin, in May 2013. This survey provides seabed and shallow geological information to support an assessment of the CO2 storage potential of the Browse sedimentary basin. The basin, located on the Northwest Shelf, Western Australia, was previously identified by the Carbon Storage Taskforce (2009) as potentially suitable for CO2 storage. The survey was undertaken under the Australian Government's National CO2 Infrastructure Plan (NCIP) to help identify sites suitable for the long term storage of CO2 within reasonable distances of major sources of CO2 emissions. The principal aim of the Leveque Shelf marine survey was to look for evidence of any past or current gas or fluid seepage at the seabed, and to determine whether these features are related to structures (e.g. faults) in the Leveque Shelf area that may extend to the seabed. The survey also mapped seabed habitats and biota to provide information on communities and biophysical features that may be associated with seepage. This research, combined with deeper geological studies undertaken concurrently, addresses key questions on the potential for containment of CO2 in the basin's proposed CO2 storage unit, i.e. the basal sedimentary section (Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous), and the regional integrity of the Jamieson Formation (the seal unit overlying the main reservoir). This dataset comprises total chlorin concentrations and chlorin indices from the upper 2cm of seabed sediments.

Tags: AU-WA, Marine Data, Marine Geoscience, Published_External, continental shelf, geochemistry, marine, marine environmental baselines, seabed
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Yalgoo-Badja, WA, 2004 (P1060), 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 Yalgoo-Badja, WA, 2004 survey were acquired in 2004 by the WA Government, and consisted of 16021 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 1060, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Camden Sound uranium grid

The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric method, measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays detected near the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose.
This radiometric uranium grid has a cell size of 0.00167 degrees (approximately 182m) and shows uranium element concentration of the Prince Regent, Camden Sound, Montague Sound, WA, 1994 in units of parts per million (or ppm). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1994 by the WA Government, and consisted of 61497 line-kilometres of data at 800m line spacing and 100m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NASVD, NCI, Published_External, U, WA, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, rad, radiometrics, raster, spectrometry, survey 614, uranium
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Wyloo (BHP), WA, 1973 (P585), 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 Wyloo (BHP), WA, 1973 survey were acquired in 1973 by the WA Government, and consisted of 15307 line-kilometres of data at a line spacing between 500m and 500m, 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, Published_External, WA, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, magnetic, magnetics, magnetism and palaeomagnetism, survey 585, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Mamalla 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-SA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
GSWA Merredin Bruce Rock North thorium grid geodetic

This GSWA Merredin Bruce Rock North thorium grid geodetic is an airborne-derived radiometric thorium window countrate grid for the Merredin-Bruce Rock, WA, 1997 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 thorium (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 GSWA Merredin Bruce Rock North thorium grid geodetic has a cell size of 0.0005 degrees (approximately 51m). The data are in units of counts per second (or cps). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1997 by the WA Government, and consisted of 27533 line-kilometres of data at 150m line spacing and 50m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NASVD, NCI, Published_External, Th, WA, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, rad, radiometrics, raster, spectrometry, survey 1064, thorium, window countrate
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Seascape classification layer from the Darwin Harbour 2011 Marine Survey (GA0333)

This dataset contains seascape classification layer derived from bathymetry and backscatter, and their derivative from seabed mapping surveys in Darwin Harbour. The survey was undertaken during the period 24 June to 20 August 2011 by iXSurvey Australia Pty Ltd for the Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport (NRETAS) in collaboration with Geoscience Australia (GA), the Darwin Port Corporation (DPC) and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) using GA's Kongsberg EM3002D multibeam sonar system and DPC's vessel Matthew Flinders. The survey obtained detailed bathymetric map of Darwin Harbour. Refer to the GA record ' Mapping and Classification of Darwin Harbour Seabed' for further information on processing techniques applied (GeoCat: 79212; GA Record: 2015/xx)

Tags: AU-NT, Marine Data, Marine Geoscience, Published_External, backscatter, bathymetry, marine environmental baselines, marine survey, multibeam
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Yathong Magnetic Gradient and Radiometric Survey, NSW, 2023, (P5023), Magnetic Line Data - Reduced

TOTAL MAGNETIC INTENSITY
 Total Magnetic Intensity (TMI) data measures variations in the intensity of the Earth's magnetic field, which includes the fields associated with the Earth's core and the magnetism of rocks in the Earth's crust. The data are 'reduced' to highlight those variations caused by the geology in the Earth's crust. TMI data can be used to interpret sub-surface geological structure and has applications in mineral, energy and groundwater studies.
HORIZONTAL MAGNETIC GRADIENT SURVEY
This dataset was acquired as part of a horizontal magnetic gradient survey, which uses three alkali-vapour magnetometers to measure longitudinal and transverse gradients. These gradients allow for a 'gradient enhanced' grid of the TMI data to be produced with improved near-surface information and reduced noise (such as that arising from diurnal changes in the magnetic field). 
LINE METADATA
 Line spacing: 200 m;
  Line direction: 90 degrees;
 Total line-kilometres: 65504 km;
 Nominal flying height (above ground level): 80 m;
 Acquisition Start Date: 2023-05-21;
 Acquisition End Date:  2023-09-14;

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NSW, Published_External, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, magnetic, magnetics, magnetism and palaeomagnetism, survey 5023, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Simpson Extensions -  McDills 1 , NT, 2004 (P1061), 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 Simpson Extensions, NT, 2004 survey were acquired in 2004 by the NT Government, and consisted of 34000 line-kilometres of data at a line spacing between 200m and 200m, 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, NT, Published_External, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, magnetic, magnetics, magnetism and palaeomagnetism, survey 1061, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Mackunda 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
Sir Samuel Throssell Gravity Survey P201460 GRS80HTM

Digital Elevation data record the terrain height variations from the processed point-located data recorded during a geophysical survey. This Sir Samuel Throssell Gravity Survey P201460 GRS80HTM is elevation data for the Sir Samuel Throssell Gravity Survey (P201460). This survey was acquired under the project No. 201460 for the geological survey of WA. The grid has a cell size of 0.00477 degrees (approximately 499m).  This grid contains the ground elevation relative to the ellipsoid for the Sir Samuel Throssell Gravity Survey (P201460). It represents the vertical distance from a location on the Earth's surface to the ellipsoid. 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, Published_External, WA, digital data, ellipsoid, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, raster, survey 201460, terrain
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Eildon 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-VIC, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Manguri 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: AU-SA, Orthophoto Map, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data