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Radke, L.C. | Trafford, J.
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Geoscience Australia undertook a marine survey of the Leveque Shelf (survey number SOL5754/GA0340), a sub-basin of the Browse Basin, in May 2013. This survey provides seabed and shallow geological information to support an assessment of the CO2 storage potential of the Browse sedimentary basin. The basin, located on the Northwest Shelf, Western Australia, was previously identified by the Carbon Storage Taskforce (2009) as potentially suitable for CO2 storage. The survey was undertaken under the Australian Government's National CO2 Infrastructure Plan (NCIP) to help identify sites suitable for the long term storage of CO2 within reasonable distances of major sources of CO2 emissions. The principal aim of the Leveque Shelf marine survey was to look for evidence of any past or current gas or fluid seepage at the seabed, and to determine whether these features are related to structures (e.g. faults) in the Leveque Shelf area that may extend to the seabed. The survey also mapped seabed habitats and biota to provide information on communities and biophysical features that may be associated with seepage. This research, combined with deeper geological studies undertaken concurrently, addresses key questions on the potential for containment of CO2 in the basin's proposed CO2 storage unit, i.e. the basal sedimentary section (Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous), and the regional integrity of the Jamieson Formation (the seal unit overlying the main reservoir). This dataset comprises total chlorin concentrations and chlorin indices from the upper 2cm of seabed sediments.
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Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
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- Marine Data
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- marine environmental baselines
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- continental shelf
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- seabed
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- geochemistry
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- marine
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- AU-WA
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
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- Marine Geoscience
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2014-01-01T00:00:00
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Bottom sediments were collected using either a Smith McIntyre grab or a Shipek grab. Surface sediment (0-2 cm) was syringed into falcon vials. Pore waters were removed within 20 minutes of collection, and salinity, temperature and pH measurements were taken. The pore waters were then filtered (0.45 µm) into 3 ml gas-tight vials (pre-charged with 0.025 HgCl2). The procedure was repeated on pore waters from a second bulk sample that was incubated for ~24 hrs at sea surface temperatures. Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) concentrations were determined using a DIC analyser and infrared-based CO2 detector. (Geoscience Australia). CO2 production rates were calculated by concentration differences over the incubation period, after correction for CaCO3 fluxes. The average %RSD of the precision and accuracies of the dissolved inorganic carbon measurements were both 0.7%. The accuracy of wet/dry weights used in the calculations were better than 1%. Thanks to the crew of the RV Solander for assistance with sample collection and R. Falkner for providing high quality DIC analyses.
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[-16.1, -15.45, 121.1, 121.75]
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