The cartographic collection of the Doc Fisher Geoscience Library consists of the maps and air photos created or acquired by agency staff since the formation of BMR in 1946. This includes maps produced by agencies which have merged with these over the years, such as AUSLIG. Maps held include: Australian geological map series (1:250,000, 1:100,000 and the 1 mile series); topographic maps produced by NATMAP and its predecessors (1:250,000, 1:100,000 and 1:50,000) - latest editions only; various Australian geochemical, geophysical and other thematic maps; geoscience map series from other countries acquired on an exchange basis, including some with accompanying explanatory notes; Non-series maps acquired by donation or exchange; atlases. The Air photos are predominantly those used for mapping Australia and, to a lesser extent, Papua New Guinea and Antarctica, by BMR/AGSO from the 1940s to the 1980s. Geographical coverage of the sets is not complete, but many individual photos are unique in that they have pin points, overlays or other markings made by teams in the field. The Papua New Guinea photographs in the collection may, in many cases, be the only existing copies. Flight diagrams are also held for many (but not all) sets of air photos. Some other related materials, such as montages of aerial photographs (orthophotos), are also represented in the collection.

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The formation of passive margins has been intensively studied on the Iberian-Newfoundland margins for over two decades leading to complex models for the formation of conjugate nonvolcanic rifted margins. The main area of debate is focussed on deciphering the nature of the so-called transitional zone between unambiguous continental and oceanic crust. The transitional zone often displays characteristics of both continental and oceanic crust. The Great Australian Bight and Wilkes Land margins are type-examples of conjugate nonrifted volcanic margins, but much less well studied than the Iberian-Newfoundland margins. Research along the Southeast Indian Ocean margins has been propelled by Australia's submission to the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea, yet the study of the margins has been limited to research on particular regions on either the Australian or Antarctic margins. No consistent stratigraphy has been derived that would allow a unified study of this margin pair. This thesis uses seismic and potential field data to provide a consistent interpretation across the two margins in terms of sedimentary sequences and crustal structure for the first time. The interpretation of both margins provides insight into the nature and formation of the transitional zone. A new sequence stratigraphy for the Wilkes Land margin has been developed to correlate with the interpretation of Totterdell et al. (2000) along the Great Australian Bight margin. Combined with the crustal structure classification of Leitchenkov et al. (2007) a revised model for the breakup and formation of the transitional zone was developed. The formation of the transitional zone is interpreted to be the result of extension of the two plates and the successive breakup of continental crust and mantle followed by the emplacement of oceanic mantle, initially without the formation of oceanic crust. The presence of the Moho within the seismic data shows that the transitional zone is underlain by mantle rocks. Continental mantle is interpreted to be exhumed to form prominent basement highs on both margins. Seaward of these highs, the change in basement architecture and the presence of magnetic anomaly 34 (83Ma) is interpreted to correlate with the juxtaposition of continental mantle and the emplacement of oceanic mantle. This is consistent with well subsidence data from Totterdell et al. (2000) which shows a change in the rate of subsidence at this time. The location of the Transitional Zone-Ocean Boundary (TZOB) and Transitional Zone- Continent Boundary (TZCB) are repositioned as a result of this study. The TZOB is located further landward of previous interpretations by Sayers et al. (2001) and Colwell et al. (2005). The interpretation of the transitional zone being underlain by mantle rocks renders the term Continent-Ocean Boundary (COB) invalid as, continental crust is not found immediately next to oceanic crust.

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The data currently held for bathymetry has been extracted from the GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) produced by the Natural Environment Research Council (UK).

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This disc contains scanned PDF copies of uranium-related reports held by Geoscience Australia from the archives of the former Australian Atomic Energy Commission. These reports date from the early 1960s to 1980. The reports are a mix of exploration reports, geological and geographical maps, proposals, feasibility studies, estimations, reserve information, drill hole data and drill cross section files. These reports pertain to various regions around South Australia, including From Embayment, Mount Painter Province, Olary/Willyama province, Gawler Craton, Eucla Basin, Lake Eyre basin, Adelaide geosyncline and Peak & Denison Ranges. Two other discs with PDF scans of drillhole logs and gamma ray probe results in South Australia also exist and may be of interest.

This disc contains PDF scans of uranium-related reports held by GA from the Australian Atomic Energy Commission archives. These reports date mostly from the 70s, with some which are much older (as early as 1901) but none newer than the early 80s. The reports are a mix of exploration reports, geological and geographical maps, proposals, feasibility studies, estimations, reserve information, drill hole data and drill cross section files. These reports pertain to the South Alligator Valley, Katherine RIver and other uranium fields within Pine Creek region. It is one of four discs containing reports concerning uranium in the Northern Territory.