Seabed environments, shallow sub-surface geology and connectivity, Petrel Sub-basin, Bonaparte Basin, Timor Sea: Interpretative report from marine survey GA0335/SOL5463

This report provides an analysis and evaluation of fluid seepage and habitats in two targeted areas of the Petrel Sub-basin, Bonaparte Basin, northern Australia, and provides scientific information on the seabed and shallow sub-surface geology as part of a study on the potential of this area for CO2 sequestration.

The Petrel Sub-basin, located beneath the modern Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, has been assessed by Geoscience Australia as part of the Australian Government funded National Low Emissions Coal Initiative (NLECI) to accelerate the development and deployment of low emissions coal technologies including geological sequestration of CO2.

This study is the first undertaken by Geoscience Australia that integrates seafloor and shallow sub-surface geology data to provide information on the potential to sequester CO2 in sub-surface geological reservoirs and their suitability for purpose.

In particular, this work involved the integration of data from seabed habitat characterisation studies and sub-surface geological studies to determine if evidence for fluid seepage from depth to the seabed exists at the two study sites within the Petrel Sub-basin.

No evidence for hydrocarbons from depth were found. However, fluid seepage at the seabed has been and potentially is occurring; this result stemming from observations on seabe geomorphology, sedimentology, chemistry, and acoustic sub-bottom profiles.

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Date (Publication)
2015-01-01T00:00:00
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/79136

Citation identifier
Digital Object Identifier/http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/Record.2015.024

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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
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Geoscience Australia

 Canberra
Author

Nicholas, W.A.

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Carroll, A.G.

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Picard, K.

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Radke, L.C.

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Siwabessy, P.J.W.

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Chen, J.

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Howard, F.J.F.

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Dulfer, H.

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Tran, M.

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Consoli, C.

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Przeslawski, R.

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Li, J.

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Record

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2015/024

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Carroll, A.

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  • Geoscientific information

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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

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  • GA Publication

  • Record

Theme

  • marine environmental baselines

Theme

  • geological storage of CO2

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  • geology

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  • habitat

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  • seabed

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  • marine

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

  • Marine Geoscience

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  • Published_External

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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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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

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

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Download the Record (docx)

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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

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

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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GA Record

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Date info (Revision)
2018-04-20T06:08:54
Date info (Creation)
2014-03-03T00:00:00

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Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

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ISO 19115-1:2014

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

 
 

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geological storage of CO2 geology habitat marine marine environmental baselines seabed

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