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Paleozoic alkaline and related igneous rocks of Australia GIS

<div>Alkaline and related rocks are a relatively rare class of igneous rocks worldwide. Alkaline rocks encompass a wide range of rock types and are mineralogically and geochemically diverse. They are typically though to have been derived by generally small to very small degrees of partial melting of a wide range of mantle compositions. As such these rocks have the potential to convey considerable information on the evolution of the Earth’s mantle (asthenosphere and lithosphere), particularly the role of metasomatism which may have been important in their generation or to which such rocks may themselves have contributed. Such rocks, by their unique compositions and or enriched source protoliths, also have considerable metallogenic potential, e.g., diamonds, Th, U, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, REEs. It is evident that the geographic occurrences of many of these rock types are also important, and may relate to presence of old cratons, craton margins or major lithospheric breaks. Finally, many alkaline rocks also carry with them mantle xenoliths providing a snapshot of the lithospheric mantle composition at the time of their emplacement.</div><div><br></div><div>Accordingly, although Alkaline and related rocks comprise only a volumetrically minor component of the geology of Australia, they are of considerable importance to studies of lithospheric composition, evolution and architecture and to helping constrain the temporal evolution of the lithosphere, as well as more directly to metallogenesis and mineralisation.</div><div><br></div><div>This GIS product is part of an ongoing compilation of the distribution and geology of alkaline and related rocks throughout Australia. The accompanying report document alkaline and related rocks of Paleozoic age.</div>

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2023-07-16T22:00:00
Date (Publication)
2023-08-07T04:27:11
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/147891

Citation identifier
Digital Object Identifier/https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/147891

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Author

Bryant, C.

External Contact
Author

Highet, L.

Internal Contact
Purpose

This GIS project contains spatial representations of alkaline and related rocks of Paleozoic age throughout Australia.

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Resource provider

Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division

External Contact
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Point of contact

Beyer, E.

Internal Contact
Spatial representation type
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

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Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Website

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

Project
  • EFTF – Exploring for the Future

Project
  • Australia’s Resources Framework

Keywords
  • Australia

Keywords
  • Alkaline rocks

Keywords
  • Igneous rocks

Keywords
  • Alkaline Rocks Atlas of Australia

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
  • Earth Sciences

Keywords
  • Published_External

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

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CC-BY

Edition

4.0

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Any

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© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2023

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified
Classification system

Australian Government Security Classification System

Associated resource

Association Type
Was informed by
Title

Paleozoic alkaline and related igneous rocks of Australia

Citation identifier
147890

Citation identifier
63a29e5e-041e-42ad-a540-8125aa442624

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/147890

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

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Operated on by
Title

Paleozoic Alkaline And Related Igneous Rocks Of Australia MapServer

Citation identifier
149081

Citation identifier
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Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/149081

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

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Operated on by
Title

Paleozoic Alkaline And Related Igneous Rocks Of Australia WMS

Citation identifier
149082

Citation identifier
cf4a9b57-2cf3-42a0-be2e-5444810568f0

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/149082

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

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Operated on by
Title

Paleozoic Alkaline And Related Igneous Rocks Of Australia WFS

Citation identifier
149083

Citation identifier
1f7163a7-12b0-44b1-bb8c-468641f34226

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/149083

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice facsimile
OnLine resource

Download Metadata Statement (pdf) [0.9 MB]

Download Metadata Statement (pdf) [0.9 MB]

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Download Data Package (gdb) [5.0 MB]

Download Data Package (gdb) [5.0 MB]

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Download Data Package (shapefile) [9.6 MB]

Download Data Package (shapefile) [9.6 MB]

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OnLine resource

Download Data Package (mapinfo) [6.9 MB]

Download Data Package (mapinfo) [6.9 MB]

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OnLine resource

Paleozoic Alkaline And Related Igneous Rocks Of Australia WMS

Paleozoic Alkaline And Related Igneous Rocks Of Australia WMS

Distribution format
  • OGC WMS

OnLine resource

Paleozoic Alkaline And Related Igneous Rocks Of Australia WFS

Paleozoic Alkaline And Related Igneous Rocks Of Australia WFS

Distribution format
  • OGC WFS

OnLine resource

Paleozoic Alkaline And Related Igneous Rocks Of Australia Map Server

Paleozoic Alkaline And Related Igneous Rocks Of Australia Map Server

Distribution format
  • ESRI Map Service

Resource lineage

Statement

<div>This GIS project contains spatial representations of alkaline and related rocks of Paleozoic age throughout Australia.</div>

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 / geodetic (EPSG: 6283)

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
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Title

GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Point of contact

Beyer, E.

Internal Contact

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

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Citation identifier
eCatId/147891

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/5b490317-7cfc-45de-8597-003a8f89dddd

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/accessDenied.jsp/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/5b490317-7cfc-45de-8597-003a8f89dddd

Date info (Creation)
2023-08-07T02:40:26
Date info (Revision)
2023-08-07T02:40:26

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

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Keywords

Australia’s Resources Framework EFTF – Exploring for the Future
theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
Earth Sciences

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