Exploring for the Future - Rock-Eval pyrolysis data from NDI Carrara 1, South Nicholson Region, Australia. Part 1: Destructive Analysis Report

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NDI Carrara 1 is a deep stratigraphic drill hole completed in 2020 as part of the MinEx CRC National Drilling Initiative (NDI) in collaboration with Geoscience Australia and the Northern Territory Geological Survey. It is the first test of the Carrara Sub-Basin, a depocentre newly discovered in the South Nicholson region based on interpretation from seismic surveys (L210 in 2017 and L212 in 2019) recently acquired as part of the Exploring for the Future program. The drill hole intersected approximately 1100 m of Proterozoic sedimentary rocks uncomformably overlain by 630 m of Cambrian Georgina Basin carbonates. A comprehensive geochemical program designed to provide information about the region’s resource potential was carried out on samples collected at up to 4 meter intervals. This report presents part 1 of the data from Rock-Eval pyrolysis analyses undertaken by Geoscience Australia on selected rock samples to establish their total organic carbon content, hydrocarbon-generating potential and thermal maturity.

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145805

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

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http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/Record.2021.026

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MinEx CRC

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EFTF – Exploring for the Future

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Barkly-Isa-Georgetown

EFTF

Minex CRC (Cooperative Research Centre)

Rock-Eval

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Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy)Petroleum and Coal Geology

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2021-10-24T22:47:27

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Partial data release of rock eval results from the NDI Carrara 1 drill hole. Analysis was undertaken at Geoscience Australia

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Record RECORD: 2021/026

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N/A Frontier work conducted by Geoscience Australia

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[-26, -11, 129, 138]

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Exploring for the Future - Bulk density data from NDI Carrara 1, South Nicholson region, Australia Destructive Analysis Report