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Soil Gas Database Table
<div>The soil gas database table contains publicly available results from Geoscience Australia's organic geochemistry (ORGCHEM) schema and supporting oracle databases for gas analyses undertaken by Geoscience Australia's laboratory on soil samples taken from shallow (down to 1 m below the surface) percussion holes. Data includes the percussion hole field site location, sample depth, analytical methods and other relevant metadata, as well as the molecular and isotopic compositions of the soil gas with air included in the reported results. Acquisition of the molecular compounds are by gas chromatography (GC) and the isotopic ratios by gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC-C-IRMS). The concentrations of argon (Ar), carbon dioxide (CO₂), nitrogen (N₂) and oxygen (O₂) are given in mole percent (mol%). The concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO), helium (He), hydrogen (H₂) and methane (C₁, CH₄) are given in parts per million (ppm). Compound concentrations that are below detection limit (BDL) are reported as the value -99999. The stable carbon (<sup>13</sup>C/<sup>12</sup>C) and nitrogen (<sup>15</sup>N/<sup>14</sup>N) isotopic ratios are presented in parts per mil (‰) and in delta notation as δ<sup>13</sup>C and δ<sup>15</sup>N, respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>Determining the individual sources and migration pathways of the components of natural gases found in the near surface are useful in basin analysis with derived information being used to support exploration for energy resources (petroleum and hydrogen) and helium in Australian provinces. These data are collated from Geoscience Australia records with the results being delivered in the Soil Gas web services on the Geoscience Australia Data Discovery portal at https://portal.ga.gov.au which will be periodically updated.</div>
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-12-05T03:00:00
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-08-12T02:07:37
- Citation identifier
- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149321
- Citation identifier
- Digital Object Identifier/https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/149321
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Publisher Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Author Edwards, D.
Internal Contact Author Boreham, C.
Internal Contact Author Buckler, T.
Internal Contact Author Cherukoori, R.
External Contact Author Sedgmen, A.
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Release of the Soil Gas database table abstract and web services in the Geoscience Australia Data Discovery Portal at https://portal.ga.gov.au
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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 Edwards, D.
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- Geoscientific information
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
Resource format
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Product data repository: Various Formats
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FILE:DATA-DIRECTORY
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Data Store directory containing the digital product files
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Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes
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EFTF – Exploring for the Future
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National Hydrogen
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Australia’s Future Energy Resources
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Soil gas
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molecular composition
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isotopic composition
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National Hydrogen
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Hydrogen
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Helium
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Natural gas
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Natural hydrogen
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Gas seepage
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Fairy Circles
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Semi-circular depressions
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Remote Sensing
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ORGCHEM schema
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Hydrocarbons
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Laboratory analyses
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- theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
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Organic geochemistry
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Isotope geochemistry
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Exploration geochemistry
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Soil sciences not elsewhere classified
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social and multimedia data
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Knowledge and information management
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© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2024
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Australian Government Security Classification System
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
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Australian Government Security Classification System
Associated resource
- Association Type
- Larger work citation
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Organic Geochemistry (ORGCHEM) Schema Databases. Australian Source Rock and Fluids Atlas.
- Citation identifier
- 149422
- Citation identifier
- bf620624-861f-4717-96a0-77379b89b932
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Distributor Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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Link to Geoscience Australia Data Discovery Portal
Link to Geoscience Australia Data Discovery Portal
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<div>Soil gas data from numerous surveys have been acquired in Geoscience Australia's laboratory and are released in several Geoscience Australia records. These data are collated in the Soil Gas database table of the Oracle ORGCHEM schema and released from the Soil Gas web service in the Geoscience Australia portal at https://portal.ga.gov.au</div>
Reference System Information
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- EPSG/GDA94 / geographic 2D (EPSG: 4283)
Metadata constraints
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Australian Government Security Classification System
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
Metadata
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urn:uuid/0596b877-468e-40e3-b9b9-bcfc0857fdc6
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GeoNetwork UUID
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- English
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- UTF8
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Point of contact Edwards, D.
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- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
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Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with
uuid
- Citation identifier
- eCatId/149321
- Date info (Creation)
- 2024-04-10T05:11:55
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-04-10T05:11:55
Metadata standard
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-3
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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014
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Version 2.0, September 2018
- Citation identifier
- http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551