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Source rock geochemistry of the McArthur Basin, Northern Australia: Rock-Eval pyrolysis data release

As part of the Exploring for the Future Programme this study aims to improve our understanding of the petroleum resource potential of Northern Australia. As a component or this project, collaboration between the Onshore Energy Branch, Geoscience Australia and the Northern Territory Geological Survey (NTGS) is designed to produce pre-competitive information to assist with the evaluation of the petroleum prospectivity of onshore Northern Territory basins.

This report characterises the organic richness, kerogen type and thermal maturity of source rocks in the Velkerri, Barney Creek, Wollogorang and McDermott formations of the McArthur Basin based on Rock-Eval pyrolysis data analysed at Geoscience Australia in the 2017 to 2018 financial year.

This data is provided in preparation for future work to generate statistics quantifying the spatial distribution, quantity and quality of McArthur Basin source rocks, providing important insights into the hydrocarbon prospectivity of the basin.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2018-05-30T15:00:00
Date (Publication)
2019-02-20T00:27:01
Date (Revision)
2019-04-09T01:08:51
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/121137

Citation identifier
Digital Object Identifier/http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/Record.2018.024

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Author

Jarrett, A.J.M.

Author

Cox, G.M.

Author

Southby, C.

Author

Hong, Z.

Author

Palatty, P.

Author

Carr, L.

Author

Henson, P.

Name

Record

Issue identification

2018/24

Purpose

Rock-Eval pyrolysis data release

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Jarrett, A.J.M.

Resource provider

Resources Division

Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Spatial representation type
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

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Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Protocol

FILE:DATA-DIRECTORY

Name of the resource

Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Description

Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

Theme
  • programmed pyrolysis

  • Rock-Eval pyrolysis

Project
  • EFTF

Keywords
  • 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
License
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

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
OnLine resource

Download the Record (pdf)

Download the Record (pdf)

Distribution format
  • pdf

OnLine resource

Download Appendix A (xls)

Download Appendix A (xls)

Distribution format
  • xls

OnLine resource

Download Appendix B (pdf)

Download Appendix B (pdf)

Distribution format
  • pdf

Resource lineage

Statement

Rock-Eval pyrolysis data generated at Geoscience Australia.

Hierarchy level
Document

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/e1dd062d-c323-48f5-95fc-bcf520f46ff4

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

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

Jarrett, A.J.M.

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice

Type of resource

Resource scope
Document
Name

GA Record

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/121137

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/e1dd062d-c323-48f5-95fc-bcf520f46ff4

Date info (Creation)
2025-10-16T04:33:00.382Z
Date info (Creation)
2018-05-04T03:37:56
Date info (Revision)
2025-10-16T04:34:39.989Z

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Edition date
2015-07-01T00:00:00
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

EFTF Rock-Eval pyrolysis programmed pyrolysis

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