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Known Thick Underground Halite Deposits - Version 1 (2021)
Underground halite, or salt, deposits can potentially be used for large scale storage of hydrogen. This dataset maps the spatial distribution of known, thick underground halite deposits across Australia. Halite sequences included in this map are at least 100 metres thick (to ensure sufficient storage capacity) and are located onshore. Known, thick halite deposits are located in the Carnarvon, Amadeus and Adavale basins.
Underground halite deposits have not been extensively explored for across Australia and additional halite deposits suitable for large scale hydrogen storage may exist. Geoscience Australia, through the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program, is therefore exploring for underground halite deposits to further our understanding of sub-surface halite distribution for potential hydrogen storage. This map may be updated periodically to reflect new halite discoveries found during the EFTF program.
This dataset is published with the permission of the CEO, Geoscience Australia.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2021-06-21
- Date (Publication)
- 2021-06-23T04:50:53
- Citation identifier
- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/145370
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Digital Obejct Identifier
- Purpose
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This dataset provides open access to the locations of known underground halite deposits (greater than 100 metres thick) located across onshore Australia. It is also displayed as a web service on Geoscience Australia's, Australia's Hydrogen Opportunities tool (ww.AusH2.gov.au). Additionally, this dataset will be included in the second iteration of Geoscience Australia's Hydrogen Economic Fairways Tool (HEFT), due to be publically released toward the end of 2021. The first iteration of HEFT is live and can be accessed at the AusH2 website.
- Status
- Completed
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Resource provider Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division
External Contact Point of contact Feitz, A.
MEG Internal Contact
- Spatial representation type
- Topic category
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- Geoscientific information
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
Resource format
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Product data repository: Various Formats
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Data Store directory containing the digital product files
Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes
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EARTH SCIENCES
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hydrogen
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storage
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halite
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Published_External
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Resource constraints
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
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CC-BY
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4.0
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- License
Resource constraints
- Title
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
Associated resource
- Association Type
- Operated on by
- Title
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Potential Locations For Underground Large Scale Hydrogen Storage MapServer
- Citation identifier
- 145493
- Citation identifier
- 01f25a95-d253-4f55-9f6c-d849cf131dca
Associated resource
- Association Type
- Operated on by
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Potential Locations For Underground Large Scale Hydrogen Storage WMS
- Citation identifier
- 145494
- Citation identifier
- ccd25ec2-16c3-494f-acc5-2fbb1d9790f3
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- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- Distributor contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Distributor Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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Download the shapefiles [11 KB]
Download the shapefiles [11 KB]
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Potential Locations For Underground Large Scale Hydrogen Storage WMS
Potential Locations For Underground Large Scale Hydrogen Storage WMS
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OGC WMS
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Potential Locations For Underground Large Scale Hydrogen Storage MapServer
Potential Locations For Underground Large Scale Hydrogen Storage MapServer
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ESRI Map Service
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Resource lineage
- Statement
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This dataset has been generated using open source information on onshore, underground halite deposits across Australia. It was originally published in Feitz et al (2019) - “Prospective hydrogen production regions of Australia” http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/Record.2019.015.
Metadata constraints
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Australian Government Security Classification System
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
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- Unclassified
Metadata
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urn:uuid/d23c9b76-dae0-48fd-8fb8-ca94c86c4307
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GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Owner Feitz, A.
MEG Internal Contact Point of contact Feitz, A.
MEG Internal Contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Name
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Known Thick Underground Halite Deposits - Version 1 (2021)
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
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Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with
uuid
- Citation identifier
- eCatId/145370
- Date info (Creation)
- 2021-04-30T00:27:25
- Date info (Revision)
- 2021-04-30T00:27:25
Metadata standard
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-3
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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014
- Edition
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Version 2.0, September 2018
- Citation identifier
- https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551