GSNSW Exploration NSW Area Y Murray Riverina thorium grid geodetic  


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Geophysical Acquisition & Processing Section

Abstract

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 thorium grid has a cell size of 0.00098 degrees (approximately 100m) and shows thorium element concentration of the Murray - Riverina, NSW, 2003 (Area Y) in units of parts per million (or ppm). The data used to produce this grid was acquired in 2003 by the NSW Government, and consisted of 160619 line-kilometres of data at 400m line spacing and 60m terrain clearance.

Product Type

dataset

eCat Id

142440

Contact for the resource

  Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

Keywords

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
  • EARTH SCIENCES
( Data centre )
  • NCI
( Discipline )
  • Earth sciences
( Discipline )
  • geophysics
( Feature type )
  • grid
( Place )
  • Australia
( Place )
  • NSW
( Project )
  • survey 1027
( Theme )
  • GADDS2.0
( Theme )
  • radiometrics
( Theme )
  • NASVD
( Theme )
  • thorium
( Theme )
  • airborne digital data
( Theme )
  • geophysical survey
( Theme )
  • rad
( Theme )
  • Th
( Theme )
  • gamma-ray
( Theme )
  • spectrometry
( Theme )
  • grid
( Theme )
  • raster
  • Published_External

Publication Date

2020-03-07T00:00:00

Creation Date

2020-03-07T00:00:00

Security Constraints

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem    

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence    

Access - license

Use - license

Status

completed

Purpose

Maintenance Information

notPlanned

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

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This GSNSW Exploration NSW Area Y Murray Riverina thorium grid geodetic is an airborne-derived radiometric thorium grid for the Murray - Riverina, NSW, 2003 (Area Y). The survey was acquired under the project No. 1027 for the geological survey of NSW. The grid has a cell size of 0.00098 degrees (approximately 100m). A total of 160619 line-kilometres of data at a line spacing of 400m and 60m terrain clearance were acquired to produce this grid. This radiometric thorium grid shows thorium element concentration of the Murray - Riverina, NSW, 2003 (Area Y) in units of parts per million (or ppm). Noise-adjusted singular value decomposition (NASVD) has been applied to the data. NASVD is a spectral component analysis procedure for the removal of noise from gamma-ray spectra. Details of the specifications of individual airborne surveys can be found in the Fourteenth Edition of the Index of Airborne Geophysical Surveys (Percival, 2014). This Index is also available online at http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/79134. Reference: Percival, P.J., 2014. Index of airborne geophysical surveys (Fourteenth Edition).

Parent Information

Geophysical Data Collection - Airborne Geophysics

UUID - ddeb0fc4-32e3-4913-80f2-f4249b17a925,

eCat ID - 111301

Extents

[-36.1806, -32.7511, 142.9645, 145.5791]

Reference System

WGS84 (EPSG:4326)

Spatial Resolution

Service Information

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GSNSW Exploration NSW Area Y Murray Riverina thorium grid geodetic NCSS    

Association Type - operatedOnBy

GSNSW Exploration NSW Area Y Murray Riverina thorium grid geodetic OPeNDAP    

Association Type - operatedOnBy

GSNSW Exploration NSW Area Y Murray Riverina thorium grid geodetic WMS    

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GSNSW Exploration NSW Area Y Murray Riverina thorium grid geodetic WCS    

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GSNSW Exploration NSW Area Y Murray Riverina thorium grid geodetic OPeNDAP  

GSNSW Exploration NSW Area Y Murray Riverina thorium grid geodetic WMS  

GSNSW Exploration NSW Area Y Murray Riverina thorium grid geodetic WCS  

Source Information

This GSNSW Exploration NSW Area Y Murray Riverina thorium grid geodetic includes airborne-derived radiometric thorium data for the Murray - Riverina, NSW, 2003 (Area Y) acquired for the geological survey of NSW