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Deep northern Australian 2D seismic reflection surveys

To improve understanding of basins and basement structures, and of the energy, mineral and groundwater resource potential of northern Australia, deep crustal seismic surveys were conducted, totalling 2787 line-km, between June 2017 and November 2019 as a part of Exploring for the Future program. Reflection seismic profiles provide the highest fidelity imaging of crustal-scale subsurface architecture and therefore have become the industry standard for energy exploration, and their use in mineral and groundwater applications is growing. Here, we document the acquisition of composite deep reflection seismic profiles (20 sec, ~60 km depth). The focus is on imaging new terranes, and resolving frontier basin and crustal architecture. Seismic data were acquired stretching from the Beetaloo Sub-basin to the Mt Isa western succession in the Northern Territory and Queensland, as well as in the Kidson Sub-basin in Western Australia. Raw data for these surveys are available on request from clientservices@ga.gov.au, and processed data are publicly available from the Geoscience Australia website at clientservices@ga.gov To improve understanding of basins and basement structures, and of the energy, mineral and groundwater resource potential of northern Australia, deep crustal seismic surveys were conducted, totalling 2787 line-km, between June 2017 and November 2019 as a part of Exploring for the Future program. Reflection seismic profiles provide the highest fidelity imaging of crustal-scale subsurface architecture and therefore have become the industry standard for energy exploration, and their use in mineral and groundwater applications is growing. Here, we document the acquisition of composite deep reflection seismic profiles (20 sec, ~60 km depth). The focus is on imaging new terranes, and resolving frontier basin and crustal architecture. Seismic data were acquired stretching from the Beetaloo Sub-basin to the Mt Isa western succession in the Northern Territory and Queensland, as well as in the Kidson Sub-basin in Western Australia. Raw data for these surveys are available on request from clientservices@ga.gov.au, and processed data are publicly available from the Geoscience Australia website at https://www.ga.gov.au/about/projects/resources/seismic.


<b>Citation:</b> Fomin, T., Holzschuh, J., Costelloe, R.D., and Henson, P., 2020. Deep northern Australian 2D seismic reflections surveys. In: Czarnota, K., Roach, I., Abbott, S., Haynes, M., Kositcin, N., Ray, A. and Slatter, E. (eds.) Exploring for the Future: Extended Abstracts, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, 1–4.

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Date (Creation)
2020-03-10
Date (Publication)
2020-06-09T04:50:57
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/134962

Citation identifier
Digital Object Identifier/http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/134962

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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Author

Fomin, T.

Author

Holzschuh, J.

Author

Costelloe, R.D.

Author

Henson, P.

Purpose

EftF Extended Abstracts

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

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Point of contact

Hossain, M.

MEG Internal Contact
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  • Geoscientific information

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Temporal extent

Time period
2017-06-01 2020-06-15

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0
Maximum value
1500

Identifier

Codespace

EPSG

Version

8.6

Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Website

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

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
  • EARTH SCIENCES

Keywords
  • Deep crustal surveys

Keywords
  • 2D seismic reflection data

Keywords
  • crust

Project
  • EFTF

Project
  • Exploring For The Future

Keywords
  • Published_External

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

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CC-BY

Edition

4.0

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

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License
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License

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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
Language
English
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UTF8

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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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OnLine resource

Extended Abstract for download (pdf) [1.5 MB]

Extended Abstract for download (pdf) [1.5 MB]

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Three major crustal-scale 2D deep seismic reflection surveys were carried out stretching from the Beetaloo Sub-basin to the Mt Isa western succession in the Northern Territory and Queensland, and in the Kidson Sub-basin in Western Australian between June 2017 and November 2019. Raw and processed data for these surveys are publicly available from the Geoscience Australia.

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Australian Government Security Classification System

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

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

Classification
Unclassified

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urn:uuid/fab3b561-67ed-4c88-96a7-989616c79c65

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English
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UTF8
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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Point of contact

Hossain, M.

MEG Internal Contact

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Document
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GA publication:

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Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

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Citation identifier
eCatId/134962

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https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/5167d912-6784-4371-9938-3931e84ca6f1

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/fab3b561-67ed-4c88-96a7-989616c79c65

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au:80/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/fab3b561-67ed-4c88-96a7-989616c79c65

Date info (Creation)
2019-04-08T01:55:29
Date info (Revision)
2019-04-08T01:55:29

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

2D seismic reflection data Deep crustal surveys EFTF Exploring For The Future crust
theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
EARTH SCIENCES

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