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Bulk Source Rock Database Table

<div>The bulk source rock database table contains publicly available results from Geoscience Australia's organic geochemistry (ORGCHEM) schema and supporting oracle databases for the bulk properties of sedimentary rocks that contain organic matter and fluid inclusions taken from boreholes and field sites. The analyses are performed by various laboratories in service and exploration companies, Australian government institutions, and universities, using a range of instruments. Sedimentary rocks that contain organic matter are typically referred to as source rocks (e.g., organic-rich shale, oil shale and coal) and the organic matter within the rock matrix that is insoluble in organic solvents is named kerogen. Data includes the borehole or field site location, sample depth, stratigraphy, analytical methods, other relevant metadata, and various data types including; elemental composition, and the stable isotopes of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and sulfur. Results are also included from methods that separate the extractable organic matter (EOM) from rocks into bulk components, such as the quantification of saturated hydrocarbon, aromatic hydrocarbon, resin and asphaltene (SARA) fractions according to their polarity. The stable carbon (<sup>13</sup>C/<sup>12</sup>C) and hydrogen (<sup>2</sup>H/<sup>1</sup>H) isotopic ratios of the EOM and derivative hydrocarbon fractions, as well as fluid inclusion oils, are presented in delta notation (i.e., &delta;<sup>13</sup>C and &delta;<sup>2</sup>H) in parts per mil (‰) relative to the Vienna Peedee Belemnite (VPDB) standard.</div><div><br></div><div>These data are used to determine the molecular and isotopic compositions of organic matter within rocks and associated fluid inclusions and evaluate the potential for hydrocarbon generation in a basin. Some data are generated in Geoscience Australia’s laboratory and released in Geoscience Australia records. Data are also collated from destructive analysis reports (DARs), well completion reports (WCRs), and literature. The bulk data for sedimentary rocks are delivered in the Source Rock Bulk Properties and Stable Isotopes web services on the Geoscience Australia Data Discovery Portal at https://portal.ga.gov.au which will be periodically updated.</div>

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Date (Creation)
2024-03-28T07:00:00
Date (Publication)
2024-08-12T01:24:39
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149385

Citation identifier
Digital Object Identifier/https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/149385

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Author

Edwards, D.

Internal Contact
Author

Buckler, T.

Internal Contact
Author

Cherukoori, R.

External Contact
Author

Grosjean, E.

Internal Contact
Author

Boreham, C.

Internal Contact
Author

Sedgmen, A.

Internal Contact
Purpose

Release of the bulk source rocks database table and web services in the Geoscience Australia Data Discovery Portal at https://portal.ga.gov.au

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Resource provider

Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division

External Contact
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Point of contact

Edwards, D.

Internal Contact
Spatial representation type
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

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Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Protocol

FILE:DATA-DIRECTORY

Name of the resource

Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Description

Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

Project
  • EFTF – Exploring for the Future

Project
  • Energy Systems

Project
  • Onshore Energy Systems

Keywords
  • Source rocks

Keywords
  • stable isotopes

Keywords
  • bulk composition

Keywords
  • elemental composition

Keywords
  • laboratory analyses

Keywords
  • saturated hydrocarbon

Keywords
  • aromatic hydrocarbon

Keywords
  • extractable organic matter (EOM)

Keywords
  • ORGCHEM schema

Keywords
  • Sedimentary rocks

Keywords
  • carbon isotopes

Keywords
  • hydrogen isotopes

Keywords
  • nitrogen isotopes

Keywords
  • sulfur isotopes

Keywords
  • saturated, aromatic, resin, asphaltene (SARA) fractions

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
  • Exploration geochemistry

  • Isotope geochemistry

  • Organic geochemistry

  • Data Management And Data Science

  • Information Systems

Keywords
  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Alternate title

CC-BY

Edition

4.0

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
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Any

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License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2024

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified
Classification system

Australian Government Security Classification System

Associated resource

Association Type
Larger work citation
Title

Organic Geochemistry (ORGCHEM) Schema. Australian Source Rock and Fluid Atlas

Citation identifier
149422

Citation identifier
bf620624-861f-4717-96a0-77379b89b932

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149422

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice facsimile
OnLine resource

Link to Geoscience Australia Data Discovery Portal

Link to Geoscience Australia Data Discovery Portal

Distribution format
OnLine resource

Link to Geoscience Australia Data Discovery Portal - Source Rock and Fluid Atlas

Link to Geoscience Australia Data Discovery Portal - Source Rock and Fluid Atlas

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Statement

<div>The bulk source rock database table was created in the ORGCHEM schema to release the bulk properties of sedimentary rocks that contain organic matter and fluid inclusions taken from boreholes and field sites.&nbsp;Data are collated from Geoscience Australia records, destructive analysis reports (DARs), well completion reports (WCRs) and literature. These data are released in the Source Rock Bulk Properties and Stable Isotopes web services on the Geoscience Australia Data Discovery Portal at https://portal.ga.gov.au which will be periodically updated.</div>

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/GDA94 / geographic 2D (EPSG: 4283)

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/7fd712a4-bfb7-4952-bcd5-a880101c161e

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GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
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UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Point of contact

Edwards, D.

Internal Contact

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/149385

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/7fd712a4-bfb7-4952-bcd5-a880101c161e

Date info (Creation)
2024-08-12T00:57:24
Date info (Revision)
2024-08-12T00:57:24

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

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Keywords

EFTF – Exploring for the Future Energy Systems Onshore Energy Systems
theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
Data Management And Data Science Exploration geochemistry Information Systems Isotope geochemistry Organic geochemistry

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