Character, maturity and distribution of potential Cretaceous oil source rocks in the Ceduna Sub-basin, Bight Basin, Great Australian Bight  

Authors / CoAuthors

Struckmeyer, H.I.M. | Totterdell, J.M. | Blevin, J.E. | Logan, G.A.

Abstract

The Ceduna Sub-basin of the Bight Basin is a frontier region containing only one exploration well. Therefore, our assessment of the distribution of potential source rocks in the area is based on an understanding of the regional sequence stratigraphic framework and the potential petroleum systems present, along with the regionsal palaeogeography, and geochemical data from onshore and the adjacent Duntroon Basin. Studies carried out by AGSO over the past three years suggest that the thick Cretaceous succession in the Ceduna Sub-basin contains a range of fluvio-lacustrine, deltaic and marine source rocks that have the potential to generate liquid hydrocarbons.

Product Type

nonGeographicDataset

eCat Id

37408

Contact for the resource

Keywords

• External PublicationConference Paper

( Theme )

• organic geochemistry

( Theme )

• petroleum geology

• AU-SA

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

• Earth Sciences

• Published_Internal

Publication Date

2001-01-01T00:00:00

Creation Date

Security Constraints

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem    

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence    

Access - restricted

Use - license

Status

Purpose

Maintenance Information

unknown

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

Lineage

Unknown

Parent Information

Extents

[-37.0, -33.0, 129.0, 137.0]

Reference System

Spatial Resolution

Service Information

Associations

Downloads and Links

Source Information

Source data not available.