Resolving the nature and geometry of major fault systems from geophysical and structural analysis; the Palmerville Fault in NE Queensland, Australia. Journal of Structural Geology, 28(11), 2097-2108.

A new atmospheric monitoring and verification technique to quantify CO2 emissions is currently being trialled in several different settings, at differing scales and for different types of possible CO2 leakage scenarios. This technique is called atmospheric tomography, which uses an array of sampling sites and a Bayesian inversion technique to simultaneously solve for the location and magnitude of a simulated CO2 leak. The first demonstration of the tomogrpahy inversion technique took place at the CO2CRC Ginninderra controlled release facility in Canberra with a CO2 release rate of 60 kg/day, and proved to be successful. This technique has now been trialed on data collected during the CO2CRC Otway Stage 2B well release experiment held during August-September 2011 using less expensive, but also less precise and less accurate CO2 sensors. The spatial scale of the Otway experiment was ten times larger than that of the Ginninderra experiment. Eight independent CO2 sensors (Vaisala CARBOCAP GMP343) were deployed at the Otway site where some 9 t/d of CO2 was released from a single well episodically over a period of about 2 months. The release of CO2 occurred for 7 hour periods, resulting in approximately 2.7 tonnes total of CO2 released per day. These independent sensors were located up to 700m from the release point and were evaluated for their accuracy, precision and suitability for the atmospheric tomography technique. Preliminary results will be presented.

SHRIMP U-Pb dating of zircons in 3 samples from pre-Barramundi basement rocks in the Western Fold Belt of the Mount Isa Inlier (F. Bierlein, L. Black). See annual report to 30/06/04, pp. 5-7.

Metallogenic constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Tasman Fold Belt System in northeastern Australia. Structure, Tectonics and Ore Mineralization Processes Conference, Townsville 2005.

The Palmerville Fault, NE Queensland, Australia: A multi-disciplinary approach to understanding major fault systems. Journal of Structural Geology.

Gold systems in northeastern Queensland: a key to tectonic evolution of the northern Tasman Fold Belt System, Australia. In Mao, J., and Bierlein, F.P. (eds.), Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg (in press).

The mineral potential of major fault systems: a case study from NE Queensland, Australia. In: Muhling, J., Goldfarb, R, Vielreicher, N., Bierlein, F.P., Stumpfl, E, Groves, D.I. and Kenworthy, S., SEG 2004: Predictive Mineral Discovery Under Cover; Extended Abstracts. Centre for Global Metallogeny, The University of Western Australia, Publication No 33, pp. 467.

Geophysical modelling of the Palmerville Fault and other major structural components of the Broken River-Hodgkinson provinces. In Barnicoat, A.C., Korsch, R.J. (editors), Predictive Mineral Discovery Cooperative Research Centre - Extended Abstracts from the June 2004 Conference, Geoscience Australia, Record 2004/09, p. 7

The mineral potential of major fault systems: case studies from northeastern Queensland, Australia. In Barnicoat, A.C., Korsch, R.J. (editors), Predictive Mineral Discovery Cooperative Research Centre - Extended Abstracts from the June 2004 Conference, Geoscience Australia, Record 2004/09, p. 209-212.

Overview of the geology of the Amanda Bel goldfield (I. Vos; unpublished report).