This preliminary report will provide a geochemical and ionic characterisation of groundwater, to determine baseline conditions and, if possible, to distinguish between different aquifers in the Laura basin. The groundwater quality data will be compared against the water quality guidelines for aquatic ecosystem protection, drinking water use, primary industries, use by industry, recreation and aesthetics, and cultural and spiritual values to assess the environmental values of groundwater and the treatment that may be required prior to reuse or discharge.

This document defines the Computer Compatible Tape (CCT) format for raw, quicklook, bulk-corrected (georeferenced) system-corrected and precision processed Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) imagery data acquired from the Landsat 4, Landsat 5 and subsequent satellites.

Since the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake, understanding the potential for tsunami impact on coastlines has become a high priority for Australia and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Tsunami warning systems have a need to rapidly assess the potential impact of specific events, and hazard assessments require an understanding of all potential events that might be of concern. Both of these needs can be addressed through numerical modelling, but there are often significant uncertainties associated with the three physical properties that culminate in tsunami impact: excitation, propagation and runup. This talk will focus on the first of these, and attempt to establish that seismic models of the tsunami source are adequate for rapidly and accurately establishing initial conditions for forecasting tsunami impacts at regional and teletsunami distances. Specifically, we derive fault slip models via inversion of teleseismic waveform data, and use these slip models to compute seafloor deformation that is used as the initial condition for tsunami propagation. The resulting tsunami waveforms are compared with observed waveforms recorded by ocean bottom pressure recorders (BPRs). We show that, at least for the large megathrust earthquakes that are the most frequent source of damaging tsunami, the open-ocean tsunami recorded by the BPRs are well predicted by the seismic source models. For smaller earthquakes, or those which occur on steeply dipping faults, however, the excitation and propagation of the resulting tsunami can be significantly influenced by 3D hydrodynamics and by dispersion, respectively. This makes it mode difficult to predict the tsunami waveforms.

In addition to typical VHMS deposits, the ~3240 Ma Panorama district contains contemporaneous greisen- and vein-hosted Mo-Cu-Zn-Sn mineral occurrences that are hosted by the Strelley granite complex, which drove VHMS circulation, making this district a natural laboratory to assess the role of magmatic-hydrothermal fluids in VHMS hydrothermal systems. High-temperature alteration zones in volcanic rocks below the VHMS deposits are dominated by quartz-chlorite±albite assemblages, with lesser quartz-sericite±K-feldspar assemblages, typical of VHMS systems. In contrast, the assemblages associated with granite-hosted greisens and veins, which do not extend into the overlying volcanic pile, include quartz-topaz-muscovite-fluorite and quartz-muscovite(sericite)-chlorite-ankerite. Fluid inclusion and stable isotope data suggest that the greisens formed from high temperature (~590°C), high salinity (38-56 wt % NaCl equiv) fluids with high densities (>1.3 g/cm3) and high -18O (9.3±0.6-). These fluids are compatible with the characteristics of magmatic fluids evolved from the Strelley granite complex. Fluids in the volcanic pile (including the VHMS ore-forming fluids) were of lower temperature (90-270°C), lower salinity (5.0-11.2 wt % NaCl equiv), with lower densities (0.88-1.01 g/cm3) and lower -18O (-0.8±2.6-), compatible with evolved Paleoarchean seawater. Fluids that formed quartz-chalcopyrite-sphalerite-cassiterite veins, which are present within the granite complex near the contact with the volcanic pile, had intermediate in temperature and isotopic compositions (T = 240-315°C; -18O = 4.3±1.5-) and likely indicate mixing between the two end-member fluids. Evidence of mixing between evolved seawater and magmatic-hydrothermal fluid within the granite complex, together with the lack of evidence for a magmatic component in fluids from the volcanic pile, suggest partitioning of magmatic-hydrothermal from evolved seawater hydrothermal systems in the Panorama system.

Catchment outlet sediments (0-10 cm depth, sieved to <2 mm) collected at a very low density over most of the Australian continent have been analysed using the Mobile Metal Ion (MMI®) partial extraction technique. Of the 54 elements analysed, eight are generally regarded as essential nutrients for plant growth: Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, P and Zn. For these, 'bioavailability', defined here as the ratio of the partial digest concentration to the total concentration, has been investigated. This estimation of 'bioavailability' gives results comparable with standard agricultural measurements. Average 'bioavailability' ranges from 15.0% for Ca to 0.1% for Fe. Smoothed (kriged) colour contour maps for continental Australia have been produced for these eight nutrients and interpreted in terms of lithology (e.g., presence of carbonates in the MMI® Ca map), mineralization (e.g., well known and possibly less known mineral districts in the Cu, P and Zn maps), environmental processes (e.g., salinity in K map, weathering and acid generation in Fe map) and agricultural practices (e.g., application of fertilizers in P and Zn maps). This first application of a partial extraction technique at the scale of a continent has yielded meaningful, coherent and interpretable results.

This document describes a format of the AVNIR-2 (Advanced Bisible Near-Infrared Radiometer) products generaged by the ALOS Data Processing Subsystem.

ACRES Update Monitoring pastures from space Remote sensing research at Coleambally Irrigation Area Satellite imagery helps to classify Australia's estuaries

ACRES Update, Issue 24, July 2001 STAR Service shortens delivery time ACRES Poster features impace crater A unique applicaiton using satellie imagery as art

Three seismic lines (10GA-CP1, 10GA-CP2 and 10GA-CP3), which cross north to south across the Capricorn Orogen of Western Australia, have recently been collected by Geoscience Australia, ANSIR and the Geological Survey of Western Australia. The interpretation of these seismic lines is aimed at providing insight into the geologic structure of the Capricorn Orogen and to explore the relationship between the Pilbara and Yilgarn cratons. To aid in further interpretation and to add value to the seismic data an analysis of the available potential field data (gravity and magnetics) has also been undertaken. A range of geophysical data analysis techniques have been applied and include: multi-scale edge detection (worms), forward modelling and 3D inversion. By applying all three analysis techniques to the potential-field data major trends, contrasting properties and regional blocks relating to the subsurface geology have been determined, in turn, allowing for a detailed comparison with the seismic interpretation. Note that all results referred to in this abstract are preliminary and subject to change.

ALOS Product Format Description (PALSAR Level 1.0) This document describes a format description of PALSAR Level 1.0 data generated by ALOS Data Processing Subsystem. PALSAR Level 1.0 data is processed from PALSAR Level 0 data distributed by ALOS Central Information Subsystem. PALSAR Level 1.0 products are defined by scene ID and scene shift using orbit frame number.