AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Jundah 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
Bonaparte Basin, Northern Territory (NT), Western Australia (WA), Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands Adjacent Area (AC), Joint Petroleum Development Area (JPDA)

This report contains data on the 68 petroleum accumulations discovered in the Bonaparte Basin to December 2002.  It provides summaries of the regional setting, evolution and stratigraphy of the basin and discusses the hydrocarbon habitat and development of the producing accumulations.
For the purpose of this report, a discrete, measured recovery of petroleum on test from an exploration well qualifies as a discovery?. Petroleum accumulations inferred from wireline log interpretations (and where petroleum has not been recovered on test) are referred to asshows?. Small quantities of gas recovered on test in three wells included in this report may represent `solution gas? -  indicating these wells may not have intersected a petroleum pool.

Tags: AU-NT, AU-WA, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Report, hydrocarbons, petroleum exploration, petroleum geology, petroleum reserves, sedimentary basins
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Blinman, Wertaloona, Martin's Well Gravity (P198061), 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 Blinman, Wertaloona, Martin's Well Gravity (P198061) contains a total of 132 point data values acquired at a spacing between 1500 and 1600 metres. The data is located in SA and were acquired in 1980, under project No. 198061 for Department of Mines and Energy South Australia (SADME).

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, SA, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 198061
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Balfour Downs 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_WA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
SA Detailed Gravity Survey, 2002A22 (P200288), 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 SA Detailed Gravity Survey, 2002A22 (P200288) contains a total of 968 point data values acquired at a spacing between 200 and 400 metres. The data is located in SA and were acquired in 2002, under project No. 200288 for None.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, SA, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 200288
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
BMR Research Newsletter 11

Titles in this newsletter:
Mike Etheridge on 'Recent and Future Trends in Geoscience Mapping' 
Irian Jaya full-colour geoscientific maps released
Dr Stan Ozimic
Recognising sinters in epithermal gold deposits
Plotting spatial data held in an RDBMS
Present-day formation waters provide clues to origins of Canning Basin Zn-Pb deposits
Geoscience Mapping Towards the 21 st Century: 1989 BMR Research Symposium, 7-9 November, Canberra
The airship and the earth scientist
Abolition of the Resource Assessment Division and the transfer of functions 
World graphite resources report
New study completed on Bonaparte Basin petroleum accumulations
Regional seismic profiling provides new information on tectonic evolutionand possible petroleum plays in the Amadeus Basin, central Australia
National Geoscience Mapping Accord
Recent publications, maps and data releases 
BMR publications, maps and data releases and how to obtain them
News briefs

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Research Newsletter
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Detailed Groundwater Science Inventory Geology, hydrogeology and groundwater systems in the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Basin

This was the fourth of five presentations held on 31 July 2023 as part of the National Groundwater Systems Workshop - Detailed Groundwater Science Inventory Geology, hydrogeology and groundwater systems in the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Basin.

Tags: Detailed groundwater inventory, EFTF – Exploring for the Future, Groundwater hydrology, Lake Eyre Basin, National Groundwater Systems, National Hydrogeological Inventory, Published_External, groundwater hydrology, kati thanda-Lake eyre basin
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
The CO2CRC Otway shallow CO2 controlled release experiment: Geological model and CO2 migration simulations

CO2CRC is undertaking a feasibility study for a planned CO2 controlled release and monitoring experiment on a shallow fault at the CO2CRC Otway Research Facility. In the first phase of the project, a series of geophysical surveys and groundwater permeability assessments were conducted at the Otway Research Facility to characterise the prospective experimental site and confirm the presence of a shallow fault. The data from the surveys have been integrated into a 3D model of the upper faulted shallow geology of the CO2CRC Otway site.  Five properties (hydrostratigraphic unit, horizontal permeability, vertical permeability, fault permeability and P-velocity from refraction tomography) were populated in the 3D grid to produce the final static model.  The model has been developed to assist with designing the experiment and conceptualising the shallow stratigraphy and fault structure at the Otway site. Dynamic modelling simulations based on the static model suggest that under certain scenarios it is possible that CO2 could migrate up the fault to the base of the Hanson Plain Sand if injected at approximately 30 m depth. This suggests that the planned fault injection experiment is feasible but additional data is required to validate the geological model and better constrain the modelling simulations.
Abstract submitted to and presented at 14th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT-14 2018.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, Published_External, fault, fracture, geological storage, geosequestration, monitoring
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Seafloor environments of the eastern Timor Sea, Northern Australia: Mineral specific surface areas of seabed sediments.

The Timor Sea and its tropical marine environment support significant and growing economic activity including oil and gas exploration. To reduce uncertainty in decision making regarding the sustainable use and ongoing protection of these marine resources, environmental managers and resource users require sound scientific information on the composition and stability of seabed environments and their biological assemblages. Surveys SOL4934 and SOL5117 to the eastern Joseph Bonaparte Gulf were undertaken in August and September 2009 and July and August 2010 respectively, in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Marine Science, with research collaborations from the RAN Australian Hydrographic Office, the Geological Survey of Canada and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. The purpose of these surveys were to develop biophysical maps, and deliver data and information products pertaining to complex seabed environment of the Van Diemen Rise and identify potential geohazards and unique, sensitive environments that relate to offshore infrastructure. This dataset comprises mineral specific surface area measurements made on seabed sediments.
Some relevant publications are listed below:

Heap, A.D., Przeslawski, R., Radke, L., Trafford, J., Battershill, C. and Shipboard Party. 2010. Seabed environments of the eastern Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, Northern Australia: SOL4934 Post Survey Report. Geoscience Australia Record 2010/09, pp.81.
Anderson, T.J., Nichol, S., Radke, L., Heap, A.D., Battershill, C., Hughes, M., Siwabessy, P.J., Barrie, V., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Tran, M., Daniell, J. &amp; Shipboard Party, 2011b. Seabed Environments of the Eastern Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, Northern Australia: GA0325/Sol5117 - Post-Survey Report. Geoscience Australia, Record 2011/08, 58pp.
Radke, L.C., Li, J., Douglas, G., Przeslawski, R., Nichol, S, Siwabessy, J., Huang, Z., Trafford, J., Watson, T. and Whiteway, T. Characterising sediments of a tropical sediment-starved continental shelf using cluster analysis of physical and geochemical variables. Environmental Chemistry, in press


Tags: AU-NT, Continental Shelf, Marine Data, Marine Geoscience, Published_External, geochemistry, marine, marine survey, seabed
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Wondai 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
Arunta Complex (Lake Mackay, Mt.Doreen), NT, 1976 (P438), 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 Arunta Complex (Lake Mackay, Mt.Doreen), NT, 1976 (P438), radiometric line data, AWAGS levelled were acquired in 1976 by the NT Government, and consisted of 28352 line-kilometres of data at 1500m line spacing and 100m 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 438, thorium, uranium, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
The Mw 5.9 Woods Point Earthquake: A Preliminary Investigation of the Ground Motion Observations

The 22 September 2021 (AEST) moment magnitude MW 5.9 Woods Point earthquake was the largest in the state of Victoria’s recorded history. The ground motions were felt throughout the state of Victoria and into neighbouring states New South Wales and South Australia. Minor damage was reported in the city of Melbourne and in some regional towns close to the epicentre. This event was captured on many high-quality recorders from multiple sources, including private, university, and public stations. These recordings provide a rare opportunity to test the validity of some ground motion models thought to be applicable to the southeast region of Australia. This paper presents spectral acceleration and attenuation comparisons of the Woods Point earthquake event to some ground motion models. The results of this paper provide further evidence that the attenuation characteristics of southeastern Australia may be similar to that in central and eastern United States, particularly at shorter distances to the epicentre.
This paper was presented at the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2021 Virtual Conference, Nov 25 – 26.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, Earthquake Engineering, Natural Hazards, Published_External, attenuation, ground-motion model, models, seismic
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Chambers 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-NT, Orthophoto Map, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Macnamara 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
Interpreting aeromagnetic data in areas of limited outcrop

Interpretation of aeromagnetic data in areas of limited outcrop requires the use of all relevant data enhancement techniques for accurate positioning of geological boundaries and magnetic sources.  Where no outcrop calibration exists, magnetic sources must be characterised by physical adjectives relating to their form, depth and relative magnetisation.  The final stage of the interpretation process is to apply geological reasoning, in the context of the area being interpreted, to deduce the rock types causing the magnetic responses and the structural relationships of the lithological units.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Journal, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Petroleum Exploration and Development in Australia : Activity and Results, 1988

This report has been prepared by the staff of the Petroleum Branch of the Resource Assessment Division of Bureau of Mineral Resourses. The functions of the Petroleum Branch include the monitoring of petroleum exploration and development activity, the preparation of estimates of petroleum reserves and resources and their availability through time, and the provision of technical advicein relation to Commonwealth legislation and policies concerning petroleum exploration, development and production.
The report provides a preliminary summary of petroleum exploration and development activity in Australia during 1988. It also summarises BMR's assessment of Australia's identified petroleum resources (reserves) and undiscovered petroleum resource potential.
In addition to a summary of activity in 1988 in each of the major onshore and offshore sedimentary basins, the report includes a summary of the number of wells and metres drilled to the end of 1988, a table of discoveries of petroleum in 1988, and a list of the major events in the history of the Australian petroleum industry.

Tags: AU, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, petroleum exploration
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
GSWA Musgrave Extensions doserate 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. The terrestrial dose rate grid is derived as a linear combination of the filtered K, U and Th grids. A low pass filter is applied to this grid to generate the filtered terrestrial dose rate grid.
This GSWA Musgrave Extensions doserate grid geodetic has a cell size of 0.00083 degrees (approximately 88m) and shows the terrestrial dose rate of the Musgrave Extensions, WA, 2006. The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2006 by the WA Government, and consisted of 83777 line-kilometres of data at 400m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, K, NASVD, NCI, Published_External, Th, U, WA, airborne digital data, dose, dose rate, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, potassium, rad, radiometrics, raster, rate, spectrometry, survey 1135, thorium, uranium
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Toompine 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
L041 Timbury Hills No. 2 Bore Seismic survey, QLD, 1960

On 30th March 1960, a seismic velocity survey was made in the A.A.O. Timbury Hills No. 2 bore, jointly by the Bureau of Mineral Resources and Associated Australian Oilfields N.L. The bore had been drilled to a depth of 4400 ft and was surveyed to a depth of 4304 ft below the rotary table. There remains a doubt whether the breaks recorded on the well geephone were, in fact, cable breaks, particularly between 2300 and 3305 ft below the rotary table. The interpretation has boon made with the belief that true breaks wore recorded. Average and interval velocities were computed and are acceptable geologically. Sandstones, particularly cemented ones, have Renerally higher velocities than shale. The average velocity of the Mesozoic sequence is about 9800 ft/sec. A velocity of 17,980 ft/sec was measured at the bottom of the bore and corresponds to the Timbury Hills Formation of unknown age. The Moolayember Shale has a low velocity calculated as 8360 ft/sec.

Tags: AU-QLD, HVC_144637, Published_External, Seismic Data seismic survey, Seismology and Seismic Exploration, geophysics, petroleum exploration, seismic reflection, seismic velocity
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
NETGOLD - Gladstone, 1985 (P784), 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 NETGOLD - Gladstone, 1985 (P784), radiometric line data, AWAGS levelled were acquired in 1987 by the TAS Government, and consisted of 1778 line-kilometres of data at 125m 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, NASVD, Published_External, TAS, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, potassium, radiometrics, spectrometry, survey 784, thorium, uranium, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Paget 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