Authors / CoAuthors
Bain, J.H.C. | Butrovski, D.
Abstract
The information contained in the data set is fundamental to evaluation of the mineral potential of the Cape York Peninsula. In particular the geology layer provides the context for locating known mineral and energy deposits and potentially mineralised geological environments. Geology also provides important information underpinning the nature and distribution of landforms, regolith materials, soils and vegetation, and for managing catchment systems. Geology and regolith data was digitised off existing maps covering Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy (CYPLUS) project area.
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dataset
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31091
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Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
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- GIS Dataset250K scale
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- geology
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- regolith
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- AU-QLD
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
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- Earth Sciences
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- Published_Internal
Publication Date
1999-11-11T00:00:00
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The original reproduction film separates (geology and drainage layers) for the 16 full-colour printed paper maps (published BMR/GSQ 1:250,000 geological map series 1963-1978) covering the Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy (CYPLUS) project area were digitised by raster scanning on an Eagle Scanner and subsequent vectorising of the raster data was carried out. The data were then edited and cleaned for quality assurance, separated to AGSO's established (now obsolete) specifications, and converted to the Arc/Info system for the CYPLUS GIS in conformity with project standards and system procedures specified by the National Resource Information Centre (NRIC) and the AGSO data dictionary (now obsolete) for geological maps. Apart from depth to magnetic basement contours (equivalent to indicative thickness of the Mesozoic-Cainozoic sedimentary cover), more detailed up-to-date information from the National Geoscience Mapping Accord (NGMA) project has not been incorporated in this data set for technical reasons, although it has been made available to the team undertaking the CYPLUS mineral resource assessment. The accompanying 1:1 million scale and 1:2.5 million scale geological maps have been plotted from digital files in Arc/Info format that constitute the bedrock geology component of the CYPLUS GIS.
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[-16.47, -10.02, 141.47, 145.36]
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