Geoscience Australia carried out a marine survey on Carnarvon shelf (WA) in 2008 (SOL4769) to map seabed bathymetry and characterise benthic environments through colocated sampling of surface sediments and infauna, observation of benthic habitats using underwater towed video and stills photography, and measurement of ocean tides and wavegenerated currents. Data and samples were acquired using the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Research Vessel Solander. Bathymetric mapping, sampling and video transects were completed in three survey areas that extended seaward from Ningaloo Reef to the shelf edge, including: Mandu Creek (80 sq km); Point Cloates (281 sq km), and; Gnaraloo (321 sq km). Additional bathymetric mapping (but no sampling or video) was completed between Mandu creek and Point Cloates, covering 277 sq km and north of Mandu Creek, covering 79 sq km. Two oceanographic moorings were deployed in the Point Cloates survey area. The survey also mapped and sampled an area to the northeast of the Muiron Islands covering 52 sq km. cloates_3m is an ArcINFO grid of Point Cloates of Carnarvon Shelf survey area produced from the processed EM3002 bathymetry data using the CARIS HIPS and SIPS software

This dataset contains the current and predicted petroleum permits for the Australian region. The tenement information is derived from ENCOM Technologies in Melbourne and is exported from a proprietry software application called GPINFO. These tenements are updated 3 monthly. NOTE : there are no attributes for this dataset other than tenement name, if you want more information on tenements see GEOMET rec 3559 for the AGSO petroleum titles dataset. NOTE : This dataset is only generated as an Arcview shapefile, There is no corresponding Arcinfo dataset.

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The Capel and Faust basins are located in the southwest Pacific, on the northern Lord Howe Rise between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The Lord Howe Rise is a large submerged extended continental fragment stranded in water depths of 1500-3000 m which formed as a result of successive continental fragmentation and subduction rollback. New seismic, gravity, magnetic and bathymetry data, along with rock samples has enabled the construction of a 3D (3 dimensional) geological model which provides insights into the crustal architecture and basin stratigraphy of the frontier Capel and Faust basins. Multiple large depocentres up to 150 km long and 40 km wide, containing up to 6 km of sediment have been confirmed. These basins appear to have evolved through two major Early Cretaceous rifting episodes leading to the final break-up of the eastern Gondwanan margin. The pre-rift basement is probably a collage of several basement terranes composed of various lithologies, including a Paleozoic orogen, pre-rift sediments and rift-precursor magmatism. It is likely that a pre-existing NW-trending basement fabric, probably inherited from the New England Orogen (onshore eastern Australia), had a strong influence on the basins architecture. This basement fabric was subjected to oblique E-W-oriented rifting in the Early Cretaceous to Cenomanian and NE-SW-oriented orthogonal rifting in the Cenomanian to Campanian. Three resulting structural provinces containing multiple depocentres were identified. The Eastern Flank contains isolated, dominantly NW-trending depocentres that are commonly small half-graben or sag basins with up to 3.7 km of sediment. The eastern parts of this province represent a transition to the Lord Howe Platform. The Central Belt was the locus of the sediment deposition during the first rifting event within N-trending depocentres up to 150 km long and 40 km wide, with up to 6.7 km of sediment. The first rift megasequence is dominated by Early Cretaceous-Cenomanian non-marine and volcaniclastic sediments, volcanics and intrusives. The Western Flank is the focus for sediment deposition during the second phase of rifting and comprises NW-trending depocentres up to 30 km long and 50 km wide, with up to 6.5 km of sediment. The second rift megasequence is dominated by Cenomanian-Campanian non-marine to marginal marine siliciclastic sediments. This apparent shift in the locus of extension probably represents the lead up to the opening of the Tasman Sea. Significant deformation and uplift events occur at the end of, or following, the two syn-rift phases and during the post-rift phase. Several of the major depocentres in the 3D model of the study area show evidence of probable transpression with uplift and erosion of structural highs, gentle folding of basin sediments, fault reactivation and localised inversion on some faults.

The ArcInfo grid was created from the bathymetry data and represents the degree of aspect of a slope surface.

This use of this data should be carried out with the knowledge of the contained metadata and with reference to the associated report provided by Geoscience Australia with this data (Reforming Planning Processes Trial: Rockhampton 2050). A copy of this report is available from the the Geoscience Australia website (http://www.ga.gov.au/sales) or the Geoscience Australia sales office (sales@ga.gov.au, 1800 800 173). This file identifes the storm tide inundation extent for a specific Average Recurrence Interval (ARI) event. Naming convention: SLR = Sea Level Rise s1a4 = s1 = Stage 1(extra-tropical storm tide), s2 = Stage 2 (tropical cyclone storm tide) (relating to Haigh et al. 2012 storm tide study), a4 = area 4 and a5 = area 5 2p93 = Inundation height, in this case 2.93 m Dice = this data was processed with the ESRI Dice tool.

Imagine you are an incident controller viewing a computer screen which depicts the likely spread of a bushfire that's just started. The display shows houses and other structures in the fire's path, and even the demographics of the people living in the area - such as the number of people, their age spread, whether the household has independent transport, and whether English is their second language. In addition, imagine that you can quantify and display the uncertainty in both the fire weather and also the type and state of the vegetation, enabling the delivery of a range of simulations relating to the expected fire spread and impact. You will be able to addresses the 'what if' scenarios as the event unfolds and reject those scenarios that are no longer plausible. The advantages of such a simulation system in making speedy, well-informed decisions has been considered by a group of Bushfire CRC researchers who have collaborated to produce a 'proof of concept' system initially for use in addressing 3 case studies. The system has the working name FireDST (Fire Impact and Risk Evaluation Decision Support Tool). FireDST links various databases and models, including the Phoenix RapidFire fire prediction model and building vulnerability assessment model (radiant heat and ember attack), as well as infrastructure and demographic databases. The information is assembled into an integrated simulation framework through a geographical information system (GIS) interface. Pre-processed information, such as factors that determine the local and regional wind, and also the typical response of buildings to fire, are linked with the buildings through a database, along with census-derived social and economic information. This presentation provides an overview of the FireDST simulation 'proof of concept' tool and walks through a sample probabilistic simulation constructed using the tool.

More than 17,000 dwellings in the Brisbane and Ipswich area were flood affected when the Bremer and Brisbane Rivers exceeded major flood levels in January 2011. Significant damage was caused to property and many households were severely disrupted for extended periods of time. The disaster prompted a large effort and a range of provisions to enable the clean-up of the direct damage and the promotion of recovery. The disaster provided a valuable opportunity to examine the community recovery following the event and to consequently obtain a better understanding of the resilience of Australian households to flood. During April and May 2012 Geoscience Australia, in collaboration with the New Zealand National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research, conducted a postal survey of residents in the flood affected areas of Brisbane and Ipswich. The response to the survey was very encouraging with nearly 1,300 households responding. The survey covered a range of topics including preparation in the days leading up to the flood inundation, evacuation behaviour, economic impacts and subjective well-being. It also included the reconstruction undertaken and associated recovery in the days, weeks, and months following the flood event. The presentation examines the survey data obtained and focuses on vulnerability and reconstruction. It discusses the composition of vulnerable households (for example people with disabilities, no access to a motor vehicle, single parents with young children), household well-being after the flood event (for example physical, emotional and financial stress) and building fabric issues (for example mould or warped timbers) during the reconstruction phase. Also examined are the steps taken to mitigate against future flood events. The presentation compares two different socio-economic areas and looks at any differences in recovery between the two areas. The survey analysis can point to what householders might experience following the January 2013 flooding in Queensland and NSW.

This use of this data should be carried out with the knowledge of the contained metadata and with reference to the associated report provided by Geoscience Australia with this data (Reforming Planning Processes Trial: Rockhampton 2050). A copy of this report is available from the the Geoscience Australia website (http://www.ga.gov.au/sales) or the Geoscience Australia sales office (sales@ga.gov.au, 1800 800 173). This file identifes the storm tide inundation extent for a specific Average Recurrence Interval (ARI) event. Naming convention: SLR = Sea Level Rise s1a4 = s1 = Stage 1(extra-tropical storm tide), s2 = Stage 2 (tropical cyclone storm tide) (relating to Haigh et al. 2012 storm tide study), a4 = area 4 and a5 = area 5 2p93 = Inundation height, in this case 2.93 m Dice = this data was processed with the ESRI Dice tool.

The dataset represents the direct distance from any location to the nearest part of the Australian coast line. The distance unit is decimal degree.