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L021 Broome seismic reflection survey, WA, 1955

The Bureau of Mineral Resources conducted a seismic reflection survey of a small area near Broome, W.A., during 1954 and 1955. It was part of a general investigation of the Canning Basin and was aimed at determining the distribution of sediments south of the Fenton Fault. The seismic work indicated a sedimentary thickness of at least 6000 feet, and probably as much as 10,000 feet could be expected. It

also showed that the subsurface formations are probably folded and faulted.

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Date (Publication)
1961-01-01T00:00:00
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/76380

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Geoscience Australia

Canberra
Author

Smith, E.R.

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Record

Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Custodian

MNHD

Owner

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

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Temporal extent

Time period
1955-01-01 1955-01-01
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

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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

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
  • Seismology and Seismic Exploration

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  • HVC_144637

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  • Seismic Data seismic survey

Theme
  • seismic reflection

Theme
  • petroleum exploration

Theme
  • geophysics

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  • AU-WA

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  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Alternate title

CC-BY

Edition

4.0

Website

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Access constraints
Restricted
Use constraints
License

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

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Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Statement

During 1954 the seismic party of the Bureau of Mineral Resources conducted a short seismic investigation near Broome, Western Australia, while waiting for the flooded Fitzroy River to recede so that the party could proceed to the Christmas Creek area (Vale and Williams, 1955). Although of very limited extent, this survey indicated a considerable thickness of sediments and showed that the sediments were probably folded. It was planned to conduct reconnaissance surveys throughout the Canning Basin during 1955, and as a result of the 1954 investigation, Broome was selected as one area for such a survey. The survey there was to serve the dual purpose of confirming the thickness of sediments present there and investigating the suspected folding of these sediments.


During the 1955 survey, continuous reflection profiles were observed along four traverse lines roughly in the form of a rectangle 9 miles by 5 miles. Details of personnel, equipment, and field operations are set out in the Appendix at the end of this report. The results of this seismic work were made known to Western Australian Petroleum Ltd. (Wapet) which holds the area under Permit to Explore. Wapet has since done extensive seismic surveys in the Broome-

Derby district.

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Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/de4ecded-0885-7494-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Name

dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/76380

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/de4ecded-0885-7494-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Date info (Revision)
2018-04-20T06:11:11
Date info (Creation)
2013-06-05T00:00:00

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

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Keywords

AU-WA HVC_144637 Published_External Seismic Data seismic survey geophysics petroleum exploration seismic reflection

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