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Pedirka and western Eromanga basins depth and isochore maps - Data package and explanatory notes

<div>This data package provides depth and isochore maps generated in support of the energy resource assessments under the Australia’s Future Energy Resources (AFER) project. Explanatory notes are also included.</div><div><br></div><div>The AFER project is part of Geoscience Australia’s Exploring for the Future (EFTF) Program—an eight year, $225 million Australian Government funded geoscience data and precompetitive information acquisition program to inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources. By gathering, analysing and interpreting new and existing precompetitive geoscience data and knowledge, Geoscience Australia is building a national picture of Australia’s geology and resource potential. This will help support a strong economy, resilient society and sustainable environment for the benefit of all Australians. The EFTF program is supporting Australia’s transition to a low emissions economy, industry and agriculture sectors, as well as economic opportunities and social benefits for Australia’s regional and remote communities. Further details are available at http://www.ga.gov.au/eftf.</div><div><br></div><div>The depth and isochore maps are products of depth conversion and spatial mapping seismic interpretations by Szczepaniak et al. (2023) and Bradshaw et al. (2023) which interpreted 15 regional surfaces. These surfaces represent the top of play intervals being assessed for their energy resource potential (Figure 1). These seismic datasets were completed by play interval well tops by Bradshaw et al. (in prep), gross depositional environment maps, zero edge maps by Bradshaw et al. (in prep), geological outcrop data as well as additional borehole data from Geoscience Australia’s stratigraphic units database.</div><div><br></div><div>Depth and isochore mapping were undertaken in two to interactive phases; </div><div><br></div><div>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Model Framework Construction Phase – In this initial phase, the seismic interpretation was depth converted and then gridded with other regional datasets. </div><div><br></div><div>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Model Refinement and QC Phase – This phase focused on refining the model and ensuring quality control. Isochores were generated from the depth maps created in the previous phase. Smoothing and trend modelling techniques were then applied to the isochore to provide additional geological control data in areas with limited information and to remove erroneous gridding artefacts.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The final depth maps were derived from isochores, constructing surfaces both upward and downward from the CU10_Cadna-owie surface, identified as the most data-constrained surface within the project area. This process, utilizing isochores for depth map generation, honours all the available well and zero edge data while also conforming to the original seismic interpretation.</div><div><br></div><div>This data package includes the following datasets: </div><div><br></div><div>1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Depth maps, grids and point datasets measured in meters below Australian Height Datum (AHD, for 15 regional surfaces (Appendix A). </div><div>2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Isochore maps, grids and point datasets measured in meters, representing 14 surfaces/play internals (Appendix B).</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>These depth and isochore maps are being used to support the AFER Project’s play-based energy resource assessments in the Pedirka and western Eromanga basins, and will help to support future updates of 3D geological and hydrogeological models for the Great Artesian Basin by Geoscience Australia.</div><div><br></div>

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Date (Creation)
2023-12-11
Date (Publication)
2024-02-28T03:28:28
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149124

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Digital Object Identifier/https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/149124

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Author

Iwanec, J.

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Author

Lund, D.

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Bradshaw, B.E.

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Bradey, K.

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Iwanec, J.

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Vizy, J.

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Purpose

Release data sets associated with Australia's Future Energy Resources project under the EFTF Program.

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Completed
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Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Wall, S.

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  • Geoscientific information

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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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  • Australia's Future Energy Resources project

  • EFTF – Exploring for the Future

Keywords
  • Northern Territory

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  • South Australia

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  • Queensland

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  • Cretaceous

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  • Jurassic

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  • Mesozoic

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  • Permian

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  • Great Artesian Basin

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  • Eromanga Basin

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  • Pedirka Basin

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  • Simpson Basin

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  • groundwater

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  • Energy

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  • Purni Formation

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  • Walkandi Formation

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  • Peera Peera Formatoin

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  • Hutton Sandstone

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  • Birkhead Formation

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  • Adori Sandstone

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  • Westbourne Formation

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  • Namur Sandstone

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  • Murta Formation

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  • Algebuckina Sandstone

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  • De Souza Sandstone

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  • Cadna-owie Formation

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  • Wallumbilla Formation

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  • Bulldog Shale

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  • Coorikiana Sandstone

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  • Toolebuc formation

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  • Allaru Mudstone

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  • Oodnadatta Formation

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  • Mackunda Formation

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  • Winton Formation

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  • Purni formation

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  • Depth Map

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  • Crown Point Formation

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  • Poolowanna Formtion

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  • Sedimentology

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  • Published_External

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© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2023

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2018-11-01T00:00:00
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Australian Government Security Classification System

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English
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<div>This package provides depth and isochore maps used to support the AFER Project’s play-based energy resource assessments in the Pedirka and western Eromanga basins, and will help to support future updates of 3D geological and hydrogeological models for the Great Artesian Basin by Geoscience Australia.</div>

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Australian Government Security Classification System

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2018-11-01T00:00:00
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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Wall, S.

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Date info (Creation)
2025-06-09T05:33:04.587Z
Date info (Creation)
2024-02-21T01:25:21
Date info (Revision)
2025-06-09T05:33:49.542Z

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

 
 

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Australia's Future Energy Resources project EFTF – Exploring for the Future
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Sedimentology

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