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Geochemical characteristics of Palaeozoic petroleum systems in Northwestern Australia
Isotopic and biomarker analyses carried out on Cambrian to Permian oils and source rocks in the Arafura, Bonaparte (Petrel Sub-basin) and Canning Basins have been used to... -
Ocean-floor volcanism in the Lachlan Fold Belt: new evidence from the...
This paper was published in Geoscience Australia Research Newsletter, 28 -
Seafloor bathymetry and biodiversity of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, Lord...
This flythrough highlights shallow and mesophotic seabed environments of Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, located within the Lord Howe Marine Park. These reefs are unique because... -
AUV Imagery and Environmental Data from Gippsland Basin (GA350 - 'Before' survey)
This dataset is part of the Gippsland Marine Environmental Monitoring (GMEM) project. The GMEM was developed in response to stakeholder concerns from the fisheries industry... -
Mesozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks dredged from the northern Exmouth...
The deeply incised northern margin of the Exmouth Plateau has been dredged extensively along seismic reflection profiles, in water 2000- 5600 m deep, by R. V. Sonne (Cruise... -
Seabed Gravel Content Across the Australian Continental EEZ, 2011
The dataset provides the spatially continuous data of the seabed gravel content (sediment fraction >2000 µm) expressed as a weight percentage ranging from 0 to 100%,... -
Outline of Geological Studies in the Great Barrier Reef and Adjacent Regions...
From time to time, public interest has been generated in the geology of the Great Barrier Reef and the associated regions, particularly in the context of any previous or... -
NESP MaC Project 1.4 - Characterising values and identifying indicators and...
This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub bridging study - "Characterising values and identifying indicators and metrics of fish and benthic... -
Effect of sewage nutrients on algal production, biomass and species...
Microalgal blooms are one of the most visible responses to anthropogenic nutrient loadings in coastal ecosystems. However, differentiating sources of nutrients causing blooms... -
The Proterozoic and Palaeozoic rocks of The Granites-Tanami region, Western...
The Granites-Tanami region links the mainly Proterozoic areas of northwestern and central Australia. It is made up of two main tectonic units: The Granites-Tanami Block, which... -
Tectonic and sedimentary history of the Argo Abyssal Plain, eastern Indian Ocean
Bathymetric and seismic reflection profiles totalling about 2800 km, and covering about 110 000 km2 of the Argo Abyssal plain, have been analysed. The early emplacement of... -
Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction off the Australian Antarctic Territory (East)
Map showing Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction off the eastern portion of the Australian Antarctic Territory. One of the 27 constituent maps of the "Australia's Maritime... -
AAP Project 4501: Mapping, predicting and monitoring ecological change in...
The demersal fish assemblages on the Kerguelen Plateau has changed through time. This study aimed to detect, quantify, and map these changes. This study uses existing data... -
Bathymetric Expression of the Fitzroy River Palaeochannel: Implications for...
We report the presence of a prominent bathymetric expression of the Fitzroy River palaeochannel on the continental shelf of the southern Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia. The... -
Risks Posed to the Antarctic Marine Environment by Acoustic Isntruments, a...
The risks posed by a range of acoustic scientific instruments were assessed by the construction of matrices of scale and likelihood. We recognized six levels of impact ranging... -
The Geology of the Murray Basin, Southeastern Australia
The Murray Basin extends over 300 000 km of inland southeastern Australia, is flanked by subdued mountain ranges, and forms a low-lying saucer-shaped basin with thin flat-lying... -
Basement and crustal results from the Bremer Sub-basin, SW Australia and its...
As part of the Australian Government's "New Oil" initiative, Geoscience Australia undertook a geophysical survey (the Southwest Frontiers Survey) of the south-western Australian... -
New Quartz SAR-OSL Ages from the Stranded Beach Dune Sequence in South-east...
A sequence of stranded coastal barriers in south-east South Australia preserves a record of sea-level variations over the past 800 ka. Huntley et al. (Quat. Sci. Rev. 12 (1993a)... -
Beach sands investigation: an investigation of the variations in the...
Results are given of investigations carried out to detect any variation in the relative proportions of the several heavy minerals in heavy concentrates separated out from beach...