Product catalogue
3D Geological Models of Australia - January 2014
Geoscience Australia (GA) has created a unique collection of 3D structural and geological models and model inputs for Australia and its near shore regions. Currently the collection contains a variety of 3D volumetric models and surfaces that were produced for specific projects at regional to continental scale. The approximately 40 regional scale models in the collection cover roughly 1/3 of the Australian continent. The models capture 3D stratigraphy and architecture, including the depth to bedrock and the locations of different major rock units, faults and geological structures. The geologic models represent the integration of geophysical surveys, seismic surveys, borehole data, field geology, and geochemical data, the majority of which will now be available through this and other RDSI collections. In their current form, the 3D models provide a valuable input to simulations of geological processes. However, the plan over time is to use the HPC capability at NCI and the large storage volumes available to dynamically integrate the various models and geological, geochemical and geophysical derivative products to then create a unified 3D model for the entire continent. Separately and then cumulatively, these models will provide an important new basis for describing and understanding Australia's geologic evolution and resource wealth.
Currently there are no international open standards for the development and storage of 3D geological models, which is why they are difficult to integrate or stitch into nationally integrated data sets. The lack of consistency of the models means that each has to be transformed into formats compatible with existing HP modelling and simulation software. It is hoped that through exposing these 3D geological models into a HP collaborative environment that this will foster and accelerate the development of international standards and tools necessary for the assimilation of 3D geological models into a variety of HP programs.
<b> Note: This record has been superseded by eCat 144629:</b>
- <a href=" https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/144629">https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/144629</a>
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Identification info
- Date (Publication)
- 2014-01-01T00:00:00
- Date (Revision)
- 2018-01-24T04:08:21
- Citation identifier
- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/81857
- Citation identifier
- Digital Object Identifier/http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/25/5a680614793bc
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Author Geoscience Australia
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- Point of contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Custodian RD
Custodian Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Custodian Czarnota, K.
Owner Blewett, R.S.
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- Geoscientific information
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2000-01-01 2014-06-30
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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HVC_144629
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Data Package
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- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
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Geology
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NAA2020
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DC2020
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Published_External
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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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- License
- Use constraints
- License
Resource constraints
- Title
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- Distributor contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Distributor Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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- OnLine resource
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Link to 3D Models page
Link to 3D Models page
Resource lineage
- Statement
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This is a collection of 3D data collated by Geoscience Australia.
There are 7 geological models which have been created over a number of years, which vary in content, quality, style and projection.
The models have been created in Gocad and stored as individual Gocad objects.
There is also the Common Earth Model data, which can be visualised in the Geoscience Australia 3D Viewer, a virtual globe application (also supplied), developed at GA using the NASA World Wind Java SDK. Please note the copyright conditions for this data.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Description
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This is a collection of 3D data collated by Geoscience Australia.
Metadata constraints
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
Metadata
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urn:uuid/fd083633-ac2f-13c1-e044-00144fdd4fa6
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GeoNetwork UUID
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Collection
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dataset
Alternative metadata reference
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Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with
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- Citation identifier
- eCatId/81857
- Date info (Revision)
- 2018-04-20T05:50:24
- Date info (Creation)
- 2014-06-30T00:00:00
Metadata standard
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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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