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Organic petrography of Proterozoic shales from northern Australia
The Exploring for the Future program is an initiative by the Australian Government dedicated to boosting investment in resource exploration in Australia. As part of the Exploring for the Future program, this study aims to improve our understanding of the petroleum resource potential of northern Australia.
The physical properties of organic matter in sedimentary rocks changes composition in an irreversible and often sequential manner after burial, diagenesis, catagenesis and metagenesis with increasing thermal maturity. Characterising these changes and identifying the thermal maturity of sedimentary rocks is essential for calculating thermal models needed in a petroleum systems analysis.
This study presents organic petrology on 15 Proterozoic aged shales from the Velkerri and Barney Creek formations in the McArthur Basin and the Mullera Formation, Riversleigh Siltstone, Lawn Hill and Termite Range formations in the South Nicholson region. Qualitative maceral analysis of the 15 samples are described in addition to bitumen reflectance measurements. These samples were analysed at the Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria in June 2020.
The results of this study can be used to improve our understanding of the thermal maturity and hydrocarbon prospectivity of Proterozoic aged sedimentary basins in northern Australia.
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- 2020-09-22T14:52:00
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- 2020-10-26T02:17:45
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Publisher Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Author Jarrett, A.J.M.
Author Gross, D.
Author Horsfield, B.
Author Boreham, C.J.
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RECORD 2020/035
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Exploring For The Future
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energy
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petrology
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maturity
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South Nicholson Basin
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Lawn Hill Platform
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McArthur Basin
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- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
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Download the Record (pdf) [3.3 MB]
Download the Record (pdf) [3.3 MB]
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- 2019-04-08T01:55:29
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
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