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Qualitative BIB-SEM imaging of Proterozoic shales from northern Australia
The Exploring for the Future program is an initiative by the Australian Government dedicated to boosting investment in resource exploration in Australia. As part of the... -
The Heavy Mineral Map of Australia Project. Data Release 2. The Barkly Isa...
The National Geochemical Survey of Australia (NGSA) is Australia’s only internally consistent, continental-scale geochemical atlas and dataset. The present dataset contains... -
The late Paleoproterozoic Buddycurrawa Volcanics, South Nicholson region
The Buddycurrawa Volcanics (BV, Benmara Group) are a sequence of trachyte lavas and interleaved shallow-marine siliciclastic rocks, exposed in the Benmara region, northwestern... -
Upper Darling Floodplain groundwater resource assessment
Communities and ecosystems along the Darling River face critical water shortages and water quality issues including high salinity and algal blooms due to a reliance on declining... -
Onshore Basin Inventory: building on Geoscience Australia’s pre-competitive...
The Onshore Basin Inventory is a summary of data and geological knowledge of hydrocarbon-prone onshore basins of Australia. Volume 1 of the inventory covers the McArthur, South... -
Exploring for the Future program Showcase 2022 - Day 2 Data, toolbox and...
The Exploring for the Future program Showcase 2022 was held on 8-10 August 2022. Day 2 (9th August) included talks on two themes moderated by Marina Costelloe. Data and toolbox... -
AusLAMP: imaging the Australian lithosphere for resource potential, an...
Long-period magnetotelluric (MT) data allow geoscientists to investigate the link between mineralisation and lithospheric-scale features and processes. In particular, the highly... -
Spring point locations compiled for the Nulla Basalt Province
Summary Spring point locations compiled for the Nulla Basalt Province A compilation of spring locations as identified through various methods, including existing Queensland... -
Nulla Basalt Province extent
The outcrop extent of the Nulla Basalt Province, selected from the Queensland Detailed Surface Geology vector polygon mapping, March 2017. © State of Queensland (Department of... -
Pedirka and Western Eromanga Basins Energy Resource Assessments WMS
The AFER Project has adapted the conventional hydrocarbon play-based exploration workflow, developed by the petroleum industry over several decades, to develop a similar... -
Northern Australia Hydrogeochemical Survey: Data Release, Preliminary...
July 2020: The data in this product has been superseded, with the new dataset available here: https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/133388 However, the report in this product... -
Development of the open source MTPy package for magnetotelluric data...
The magnetotelluric (MT) method is increasingly being applied to map tectonic architecture and mineral systems. Under the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program, Geoscience... -
The Impact and Value of Pre-competitive Geoscience
Geoscience Australia commissioned ACIL Allen Consulting (ACIL Allen) to independently quantify the return on investment from six pre-competitive geoscience projects. These... -
Thin Sections Collection
Thin sections of rocks collected during Geoscience Australia mapping programs over many decades. The collection preserves a physical record of samples for future reference by... -
Northern Australia Geochemical Survey Data release 1 – Total (fine fraction)...
Tennant Creek and Mt Isa are the preeminent mineral resource hubs for the Northern Territory and Queensland. The region between these two hubs is a vast prospective exploration... -
Lithospheric-scale controls on zinc–lead–silver deposits of the North...
The North Australian Zinc Belt is the largest zinc–lead province in the world, containing 3 of the 10 largest individual deposits known. Despite this pedigree, exploration in... -
Alteration of mafic igneous rocks of the southern McArthur Basin: comparison...
Mafic igneous rocks are thought to be an important source of metals for the ca. 1640–1595 Ma sediment-hosted base metal deposits in the Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic Mount Isa –... -
Geomechanical rock properties of the Officer Basin
The Officer Basin spanning South Australia and Western Australia is the focus of a regional stratigraphic study being undertaken as part of the Exploring for the Future (EFTF)... -
Conductivity Model Derived from Magnetotelluric Data in the East Tennant...
The footprint of a mineral system is potentially detectable at a variety of scales, from the ore deposit to the Earth’s crust and lithosphere. In order to map these systems,... -
A strontium isoscape of southwestern Australia
Strontium isotopes (87Sr/86Sr) are useful in the earth sciences (e.g. recognising geological provinces, studying geological processes) as well in archaeological (e.g. informing...