AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Environmental and urban geology in Australia: workshop meeting of government engineering geologists, November, 1976

Environmental and urban geology is an expanding field in which the government geological surveys are inevitably becoming more involved. Throughout the world, pressures for urban development and the exploitation of resources are coinciding with a growing awareness of threats to the environment. Phillip (1976) has recently reviewed the status of environmental geology in Australia, and indicated its development particularly in relation to land-use planning. Several papers in the 25th International Geological Congress held at Sydney in August 1976, described geological contributions to environmental management in Australia. These papers included reports of the urban geology of Sydney (Burgess, in press); the environmental geology of the Western Australian coastal limestone (Gordon, 1976); landslides affecting urban development in Tasmania (Knights and Matthews, 1976); engineering geology for subdivisional planning in South Australia (Selby, 1976); environmental geological mapping for land-use planning in Queensland (Hofmann, 1976); geological aspects of the pollution of coastal lagoons in New South Wales (Albani and Brown, 1976); and quarry reclamation problems in Victoria (Bowen, 1976). Interest aroused at the Congress led to a workshop meeting of government survey geologists concerned with environmental and urban geology being held in Canberra, 15-17 November 1976. Participants included W. S. Chesnut and I. Wallace (New South Wales Geological Survey); K. G. Bowen and J. L. Neilson (Victorian Geological Survey); G. W. Hofmann (Geological Survey of Queensland); J. Selby (South Australian Geological Survey); P. C. Stevenson (Geological Survey of Tasmania); E. G. Wilson, G. Jacobson, P. D. Hohnen, P. H. Vanden Broek, G. A. M. Henderson and R. C. M. Goldsmith (BMR); J. C. Braybrooke (SMEC); and other Commonwealth government personnel. At the meeting, government activity in environmental and urban geology was reviewed; abstracts of these reviews are given below, and illustrate the wide range of investigations in this field currently being undertaken by the geological surveys. The meeting included discussion of specific problems encountered in environmental geology investigations (see below); and a field inspection of the urban geology of Tuggeranong, A.C.T.

Tags: AUS, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files:  (sl57-03)

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
North West Eromanga - Tibooburra (P200120), 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 North West Eromanga - Tibooburra (P200120) contains a total of 1419 point data values acquired at a spacing of 4000 metres. The data is located in NSW and were acquired in 2001, under project No. 200120 for None.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, NSW, Published_External, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 200120
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Thomson Complete Spherical Cap Bouguer geodetic

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 Thomson Complete Spherical Cap Bouguer geodetic is a complete spherical cap Bouguer anomaly grid for the Thomson Orogen Gravity Survey (P201041). This gravity survey was acquired under the project No. 201041 for the geological survey of QLD. The grid has a cell size of 0.007 degrees (approximately 734m). The data are given in units of um/s^2, also known as 'gravity units', or gu. A total of 7620 gravity stations were acquired to produce this grid.

Tags: Australia, Bouguer, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, QLD, complete, geophysical survey, geophysics, grav, gravity, grid, ground digital data, raster, spherical cap, survey 201041
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Finke 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-NT, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Australian Coastal Geomorphology Scale Guide WFS

The service contains the Australian Coastal Geomorphology Scale Guide, used to support a national coastal risk assessment. It includes the extents of various reclassified costal mapping products.

Tags: Earth Sciences, Published_External, WFS, beach, coast, coastal, dune, geomorphic, geomorphology, hazard, risk, shoreline, smartline, web service
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Cockeraga 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: Mount Ramsay (se52-09)

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
Whyalla 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
Soil genesis in a longitudinal dune-swale landscape, New South Wales, Australia

Dune soils in a longitudinal dune-swale landscape in the Kulwin Dunefield, east of the Darling River, in New South Wales, are classified as Xeric Haplargids in fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic families (siliceous sands Uc 1.23). They are paralleled in swales by fine, mixed thermic Xeric Hapl argids (solonised brown soils Uc 1.12. The very fine sands are mostly quartz. Weatherable minerals make up &lt;10 g/kg. Clays have cation-exchange capacities at pH 7.0 of about 50-60 cmol (+)/kg and clay mica in amounts of about 150 g/kg.  Textural differences in the two soils are in large part explained by differences in their aeolian parent materials. The dune sands are probably locally derived, whilst the fine material making up the swales is parna, of both local and regional origin. The winnowing action of eastwardmoving, converging helicoidal winds produces sandy dunes, while the parna is moved on. At the same time, the wind brings in more fines (in suspension) and coarse particles (by saltation), depositing them in both the dunes and swales. Some of the coarser dune material may have been eroded by runoff and deposited in the swales.  The dune-swale landscape is believed to have been formed at about 16-20 ka. The profile characteristics indicate that a common palaeosol exists below depths of about 195-200 cm in the dune profile and 40 cm in the swale profile. A calcic horizon with up to 23 per cent carbonate has formed in the swale soil below a depth of 40 cm. In the dune, the ground soi l has only traces of carbonate, but the upper part of the palaeosol apparently has been enriched with carbonate from the dune. Silt and fine sand size clay bodies (parna) occur in the Bt1 horizon of the swale soil and throughout the Bt horizons of the dune ground soil.  In the Bt1 horizon of the swale soil, insepic- skelsepic fabric occurs. lIIuviation argillans occur in voids and channels in the swale soil argillic horizon and on sands. In both the swale and the dune ground soils, illuviation argillans also bridge between sand grains. Pedogenic leaching of carbonate, pedoplasmation, and clay translocation thus have taken place in the soils during and since deposition of the parna. Because of the parna and salt additions (such as CaC03), the soils have adequate physical and chemical properties to be productive in the climate in which they occur.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, NSW, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Water supply and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: an overview

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have lived successfully on the Australian continent for at least 40 000 years.  Their quest for water, based on an intimate knowledge of their environment, particularly in arid Australia, was a skilled and specialised endeavour.  Following the European occupation over 200 years ago, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population decreased rapidly due to the ravages of colonisation.  Introduced infectious diseases, such as smallpox, typhoid fever, leprosy, and venereal disease, were a major factor in increased mortality and morbidity; tribal land displacement and massacre of some communities was another major factor.  The current health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is poorer than that of other Australians.  Their pattern of mortality and morbidity shows the burden of both infectious and lifestyle diseases.  This poor health status is associated with wide-ranging socioeconomic disadvantage.  The environmental living conditions of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people remains an impediment to major health improvement.  The lack of adequate and safe water supplies is an important factor in the continued poor health status of many communities.  A recent national survey of housing and infrastructure needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population centres has improved our understanding of the current water supply situation.  Providing a safe adequate water supply alone will not automatically result in any significant improvement in health.  Many other factors are involved.  However, safe water is the doorway to health and health is the prerequisite for progress, social equity and human dignity (Napalkov, 1992).  This paper examines the relationships between water and health and why the many national surveys and enquires have failed to secure a noticeable and sustainable benefit among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Andado Gravity (P196134), 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 Andado Gravity (P196134) contains a total of 318 point data values acquired at a spacing of 1609 metres. The data is located in NT and were acquired in 1960, under project No. 196134 for Geosurveys Australia Pty Ltd.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, NT, Published_External, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 196134
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Childara - ground elevation geoid grid (laser)

Digital Elevation data record the terrain height variations from the processed point- or line-located data recorded during a geophysical survey. This Childara - ground elevation geoid grid (laser) is elevation data for the Childara Airborne Magnetic Radiometric and DEM Survey, SA, 2017. This survey was acquired under the project No. 1301 for the geological survey of SA. The grid has a cell size of 0.0004 degrees (approximately 41m).  This grid contains the ground elevation relative to the geoid for the Childara Airborne Magnetic Radiometric and DEM Survey, SA, 2017. 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, Published_External, SA, digital data, geoid, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, raster, survey 1301, terrain
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Fossil woods from the Upper Permian Bainmedart Coal Measures, northern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica

Upper Permian silicified gymnospenn woods from the Bainmedart Coal Measures (Amery Group) near Beaver Lake, East Antarctica, are described as two new species, Australoxylon bainii and A. mondii, on the basis of morphometric and qualitative characters - including ray anatomy, tracheid shape, and cross-field pit structure. Australoxylon mondii has two forms, one of which is characterised by a distinctive ray architecture comprising semidetached rows of ray cells with intervening gaps bridged by sporadic joins. Wood of Vertebraria could not be distinguished from Australoxylon mondii on microanatomical characters, which suggests that these two organ taxa may represent different parts of the same glossopterid plant. Many characters used traditionally in wood taxonomy could not be applied owing to substantial variation or preservational differences both within and between specimens. Three types of presumed biogenic cavities occur in the woods.  Coprolite-containing cavities distributed in seasonal bands represent rare evidence for Permian wood-boring arthropods. Other, irregularly distributed cavities and appositions were probably fonned by pathogenic fungi.  Growth-ring analysis indicates a markedly seasonal climate with low to moderate interseasonal variation in wood production. Significant intraseasonal influences on growth are also evidenced by numerous false rings.

Tags: AAT, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Rockhampton 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
Cape York 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-QLD, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Alcoota 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-NT, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Willeroo 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