AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Permian foraminifera of Australia

One hundred and six species of Permian foraminifera belonging to fortysix genera are discussed. Four new genera, Sacculinella, Hyperamminita, Pseudohyperammina, and Giraliarella are named, all belonging to the group of arenaceous foraminifera. Fifty-two new species are described. They include eighteen from the family Lagenidae. Since the publication of Foraminifera in the Permian Rocks of Australia (Crespin, 1947), Permian stratigraphy throughout the continent has received considerable attention from geologists engaged primarily in the search for oil and coal, but the only further publications on foraminifera have been by Crespin and Belford (1957) and Ludbrook (1957). Many stratigraphical sections have been closely studied, and the results of this work have led to the re-organization of ideas on the age and stratigraphical position of certain formations. In particular the Permian sequence in Western Australia has been mapped in some detail by geologists of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, oil companies, and the University of Western Australia, and large numbers or specimens have been examined by the author from both surface and subsurface sequences. In New South Wales, both coal and oil search have proved sources of prolific subsurface microfaunas in the Permian rocks. Surface mapping in the Hunter River area has also yielded good as assemblages of arenaceous foraminifera. Investigations in Western Australia revealed that the beds from which Ohapman and Parr (1937) described fusulinids (Neoschwagerina and Verbeekina) are not Permian but Triassic, and that the fusulinids are probably fish remains (Brunnschweiler, 1954). No rocks from New Guinea have been examined during the present work; two genera of Permian foraminifera (Pachypholia and Geinitzina) ,have been recorded from a limestone near Kuta, in the 'Western Highlands (Glaessner et al., 1950; Rickwood, 1955). Nearly all the species; included below have been studied by myself. Some I have been unable to examine personally; they are included, for completeness sake, but are described, if at all, by quotations from the original authors. During the preparation of this Bulletin, Dr. P. J. Coleman, Geology Department, University of Sydney, handed me an unfinished and undated manuscript by the late W. J. Parr and H. J. Ward on the Permian Foraminifera of the Callytharra Limestone , Western Australia. Coleman has not been able to find the specimens described in that paper; but from some of the descriptions it would seem that certain new species described in this Bulletin ,were recognized by Parr. Where it has been possible to recognize these forms, Parr's comments on them have been incorporated in the description of species.

Tags: AU, Bulletin, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, palaeontology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Density and susceptibility characterisation of the Minerie100,000 geology sheet: implications for detailed gravity inversion

Barlow, M., 2004b. Density and susceptibility characterisation of the Minerie100,000 geology sheet: implications for detailed gravity inversion. pmd*CRC internal report

Tags: AU-WA, Earth Sciences, PMD*CRC Publication, Project Y2 - Appendix 2, Published_External, pmd*CRC
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Point Austin 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
AUSGeoid98 v.1.0 data files:  Heard and McDonald Islands

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
Townsville 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
Tallara 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
Australian Operating Mines Map 2012

This map shows the locations of mines operating at the end of 2012, developing mines and mineral deposits in Australia. Developing mines are deposits with a proven minable resource and where mines site development has commenced or where a decision to mine has been announced. Mineral deposits highlight areas of know mineralisation with a proven or probable resource, that are not currently being mined or developed. Closed mines or mines not operating at the end of 2012 are not shown.

Tags: Earth Sciences, Published_External, Thematic Map
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Streaky Bay - U equivalent concentration grid (AWAGS, nasvd)

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 0.0004 degrees (approximately 41m) and shows uranium element concentration of the Streaky Bay Airborne Magnetic Radiometric and DEM survey, SA, 2018 in units of parts per million (or ppm). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2018 by the SA Government, and consisted of 90670 line-kilometres of data at 200m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance. To constrain long wavelengths in the grid, an independent data set, the Australia-wide Airborne Geophysical Survey (AWAGS) airborne magnetic data, was used to control the base levels of the survey grid.

Tags: AWAGS, Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, Published_External, SA, U, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, rad, radiometrics, raster, spectrometry, survey 1308, uranium
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
West Amadeus Basin Gravity Survey, 2014 (P201481), 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 West Amadeus Basin Gravity Survey, 2014 (P201481) contains a total of 8109 point data values acquired at a spacing between 500 and 4000 metres. The data is located in NT and were acquired in 2014, under project No. 201481 for Northern Territory of Australia (Northern Territory Geological Survey).

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, NT, Published_External, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 201481
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Bulman 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-NT, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Parkes (8531) 1:100,000 sheet digital geology data

The product comprises digital outcrop geology and interpreted basement geology layers in ArcInfo, MapInfo and ArcView formats.  The data were compiled from geological mapping of the Parkes 100K sheet from 1995 to 1998 by AGSO and the NSW Geological Survey under the NGMA.  The data layers are a subset of the Forbes 250K sheet GIS data package.

Tags: 100K scale, AU-NSW, Earth Sciences, GIS, GIS Dataset, Published_External, geology, mapping, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Mount Rennie 1:250 000 GIS Dataset

This data is part of the series of maps that covers the whole of Australia at a scale of 1:250 000 (1cm on a map represents 2.5km on the ground) and comprises 513 maps. This is the largest scale at which published topographic maps cover the entire continent. 
Data is downloadable in various distribution formats.

Tags: 250K scale, AU-NT, Earth Sciences, GIS Dataset, Published_External, dataset, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Pedirka and Western Eromanga Basins Energy Resource Assessments WMS

The AFER Project has adapted the conventional hydrocarbon play-based exploration workflow, developed by the petroleum industry over several decades, to develop a similar approach for assessing unconventional hydrocarbon resource potential and CO2 geological storage prospectivity. Play-based exploration is a method of building and leveraging an understanding of a basin and its sediment-hosted resources by systematically evaluating a series of play intervals using the best available geological data and models. Each play interval represents a regionally significant reservoir/aquifer for one or more resources (e.g. hydrocarbons, groundwater, CO2 storage intervals) often with an associated seal/aquitard. Various ‘risk elements’ that are essential for a resource to exist can be mapped and qualified with a probability of geological success. These risk elements are then spatially integrated (stacked) to generate common risk segment (CRS) or ‘heat’ maps for each play interval.

Tags: AFER, Australia, CO2 geological storage, EFTF, Earth Sciences, Exploring for the Future, Pedirka Basin, Published_External, WMS, conventional hydrocarbons, energy resource assessment module, web service, western Eromanga Basin
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
SMMSP - MagSpec - Honeysuckle Creek, Vic, 2001 (P907), 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 SMMSP - MagSpec - Honeysuckle Creek, Vic, 2001 (P907), radiometric line data, AWAGS levelled were acquired in 2001 by the VIC Government, and consisted of 14795 line-kilometres of data at 100m 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, VIC, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, potassium, radiometrics, spectrometry, survey 907, thorium, uranium, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Cobar magnetic and radiometric survey, NSW, 2021 (P5009), Extension 1, radiometric line data

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 Cobar magnetic and radiometric survey, NSW, 2021 (P5009), Extension 1, radiometric line data were acquired in 2021 by the NSW Government, and consisted of  line-kilometres of data at 200m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NASVD, NSW, Published_External, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, potassium, radiometrics, spectrometry, survey 5009, thorium, uranium, vector
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Coober Pedy 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-SA, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Terhan 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
Methodologies for multibeam seabed hardness mapping in the Timor Sea - Backscatter Local Moran I

This dataset contains backscatter local moran I data from seabed mapping surveys on the Van Diemen Rise in the eastern Joseph Bonaparte Gulf of the Timor Sea. The survey was conducted under a Memorandum of Understanding between Geoscience Australia (GA) and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in two consecutive years 2009 (GA survey number GA-0322 and AIMS survey number SOL4934) and 2010 (GA survey number GA-0325 and AIMS survey number SOL5117). The surveys obtained detailed geological (sedimentological, geochemical, geophysical) and biological data (macro-benthic and infaunal diversity, community structure) for the banks, channels and plains to investigate relationships between the physical environment and associated biota for biodiversity prediction. The surveys also provide Arafura-Timor Sea, and wider northern Australian marine region context for the benthic biodiversity of the Van Diemen Rise. Four study areas were investigated across the outer to inner shelf. Refer to the GA record 'Methodologies for seabed substrate characterisation using multibeam bathymetry, backscatter, and video data: A case study for the Eastern Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, Northern Australia' for further information on processing techniques applied (GeoCat: 74092; GA Record: 2013/11).

Tags: AU-NT, Backscatter Grid, Marine Data, Marine Geoscience, NERP, Published_External, backscatter, geoscience, marine, multibeam
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
GSNSW Exploration NSW Area G SE Darling Basin uranium 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 uranium grid has a cell size of 0.00097 degrees (approximately 100m) and shows uranium element concentration of the NSW DMR, Discovery 2000, 1995, S.E. Darling Basin, AREA G in units of parts per million (or ppm). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 1995 by the NSW Government, and consisted of 42604 line-kilometres of data at 400m line spacing and 80m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NASVD, NCI, NSW, Published_External, U, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, grid, rad, radiometrics, raster, spectrometry, survey 737, uranium
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Northern Australia Hydrogeochemical Survey: Data Release, Preliminary Interpretation and Atlas – Tennant Creek, McArthur River and Lake Woods Regions

July 2020:
The data in this product has been superseded, with the new dataset available here:
 https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/133388
However, the report in this product still presents valuable insights e.g., into the relationship between copper in the regolith and groundwater.
The mineral resources of Tennant Creek and Mt Isa have contributed tremendously to the economic development the Northern Territory and Queensland. Vast areas of poorly known mineral potential remain under explored between and around these two mining centres, with prospective solid geology covered by a relatively thin layer of transported sediments. Hydrogeochemical surveys utilise groundwater as a passive sampling medium to reveal the chemistry of the underlying geology including hidden mineralisation. These surveys also provide regional baseline groundwater datasets that can inform environmental monitoring and decision making.

Tags: EFTF, Exploring For The Future, Hydrogeochemistry, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Gravity Traverses 1999, NT, CR20010272 (P199981), 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 Gravity Traverses 1999, NT, CR20010272 (P199981) contains a total of 144 point data values acquired at a spacing between 500 and 2400 metres. The data is located in NT and were acquired in 1999, under project No. 199981 for None.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, NT, Published_External, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 199981
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Development of the open source MTPy package for magnetotelluric data analysis and visualisation

The magnetotelluric (MT) method is increasingly being applied to map tectonic architecture and mineral systems. Under the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program, Geoscience Australia has invested significantly in the collection of new MT data. The science outputs from these data are underpinned by an open-source data analysis and visualisation software package called MTPy. MTPy started at the University of Adelaide as a means to share academic code among the MT community. Under EFTF, we have applied software engineering best practices to the code base, including adding automated documentation and unit testing, code refactoring, workshop tutorial materials and detailed installation instructions. New functionality has been developed, targeted to support EFTF-related products, and includes data analysis and visualisation. Significant development has focused on modules to work with 3D MT inversions, including capability to export to commonly used software such as Gocad and ArcGIS. This export capability has been particularly important in supporting integration of resistivity models with other EFTF datasets. The increased functionality, and improvements to code quality and usability, have directly supported the EFTF program and assisted with uptake of MTPy among the international MT community.
Citation: Kirkby, A.L., Zhang, F., Peacock, J., Hassan, R. and Duan, J., 2020. Development of the open-source MTPy package for magnetotelluric data analysis and visualisation. In: Czarnota, K., Roach, I., Abbott, S., Haynes, M., Kositcin, N., Ray, A. and Slatter, E. (eds.) Exploring for the Future: Extended Abstracts, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, 1–4.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, EFTF, Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods in Geophysics, Exploring For The Future, GEOPHYSICS, INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES, MTPy, Mineral systems, PHYSICAL SCIENCES, Published_External, magnetotellurics, open source, software
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Santa Teresa 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-NT, Published_External, Topographic Map, Topology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data