L083 Seismic refraction survey at Maralinga, Officer Basin, SA, 1955, 1956

The seismic survey was carried out at the request of the U.K. Ministry of Supply. The purpose of the survey was to disclose the geological structure and, if possible, the physical rock characteristics at the Maralinga testing ground. The 11,000 ft/sec layer at a depth of about 200 ft, probably a sandstone-shale formation, and the 19,000 ft/sec formation at a depth of about 1350 or 1800 ft (according to the method of computation used) were successfully mapped. The subsurface information to a depth of about 200 ft was derived mainly from shallow drill holes and up-hole shots. An experimental spread indicated a very low Poisson ratio for the sandstoneshale formation.

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Date (Publication)
1956-01-01T00:00:00
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/76466

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Geoscience Australia

 Canberra
Author

Wiebenga, W.A.

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Author

Hawkins, L.V.

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Name

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
1955-12-01 1956-03-31
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

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Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

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Data Store directory containing the digital product files

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 refraction

Theme

  • seismic velocity

Theme

  • geophysics

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  • AU-SA

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  • Published_External

Resource constraints

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

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CC-BY

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4.0

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

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Restricted
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License

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
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https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified
Language
English
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UTF8

Distribution Information

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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Statement

Maralinga is situated in South Australia, north of Watson, which is on the railway line from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie. The survey started on the 1st December 1955 and ended in March 1956, with break during the Christmas period. The geophysical party consisted of W.A. Wiebenga, party leader, L.V. Hawkins, geophysicist, F. Halls, driller, and G. Woad, radio technician. Five assistants were supplied by the Commonwealth Department of Supply.

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Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
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https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

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urn:uuid/df539c38-abb9-2cbe-e044-00144fdd4fa6

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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
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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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dataset

Alternative metadata reference

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Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/76466

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https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/df539c38-abb9-2cbe-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Date info (Revision)
2018-04-20T06:11:06
Date info (Creation)
2013-06-17T00:00:00

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-SA HVC_144637 Published_External Seismic Data seismic survey geophysics seismic refraction seismic velocity

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