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Exploring for the Future: South Nicholson Basin Geological summary and seismic data interpretation
<p>Exploring for the Future (EFTF) is a four year $100.5 million initiative by the Australian Government that aims to boost northern Australia's attractiveness as a destination for investment in resource exploration. As part of this program, Geoscience Australia has been tasked with gathering new pre-competitive data and information concerning potential mineral, energy and groundwater resources concealed beneath the surface, on an unprecedented scale. To ensure the program has the greatest impact Geoscience Australia will use innovative techniques in greenfield areas where the resource potential is completely unknown at a semi-continental scale.
<p>A major EFTF output is the acquisition of deep crustal seismic reflection data. The first tranche of this was completed in early August 2017 in the region between the southern McArthur Basin to the Mt Isa western succession, crossing the South Nicholson Basin and Murphy Province. Prior to this survey, the region contained no seismic data and minimal well data.
<p>This new seismic data will support exploration activities by providing a better understanding of the basin and basement architecture and structural evolution of the region, and assist in identifying geological terrains with resource potential. The preliminary processed data was released at the Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar in March 2018 (Henson et al., 2018). This record presents the interpreted data alongside a geological summary of the region including the McArthur Basin, South Nicholson Basin and Mount Isa Orogen and provides a baseline for further studies in the region including the identification of a new sub-basin and presentation of current knowledge of the stratigraphy and geochemistry.
<p>The new seismic reflection data acquired over the South Nicholson Basin as part of the Exploring for the Future program has outlined many areas of future opportunity. Geoscience Australia is currently pursuing an exciting program building upon previous work in the region, including extensive geochemical and geochronological studies aiming to build a greater understanding of the stratigraphy imaged by the seismic data. Further, our work in this region has already demonstrated the complicated and poorly understood nature of the stratigraphy and structural relationships within the region.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2019-12-13
- Date (Publication)
- 2019-12-17T00:11:45
- Date (Revision)
- 2019-12-17T03:02:29
- Citation identifier
- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/123272
- Citation identifier
- Digital Object Identifier/http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/Record.2019.021
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Author Carr, L.
Author Southby, C.
Author Henson, P.
Author Costelloe, R.
Author Anderson, J.R.
Author Jarrett, A.J.M.
Author Carson, C.J.
Author MacFarlane, S.
Author Gorton, J.
Author Hutton, L.
Author Troup, A.
Author Williams, B.
Author Khider, K.
Author Bailey, A.
Author Fomin, T.
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RECORD 2019/021
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South Nicholson Seismic data interpretation
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- Completed
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Carr, L.K.
Resource provider Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division
Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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Product data repository: Various Formats
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Data Store directory containing the digital product files
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South Nicholson
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Sedimentary Basin
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siesmic survey
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EFTF
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Exploring For The Future
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4.0
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- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
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Download the Record (pdf) [10 MB]
Download the Record (pdf) [10 MB]
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem
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- Date info (Creation)
- 2018-05-04T03:37:56
- Date info (Revision)
- 2018-05-04T03:38:12
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
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ISO 19115-1:2014
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ISO 19115-3
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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014
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Version 2.0, September 2018
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- https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551