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The Babbagoola Beds, Officer Basin, Western Australia: correlations, micropalaeontology and implications for petroleum prospectivity

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Updated 17/10/2025

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Lithological and palaeontological comparisons suggest correlation between the Babbagoola Beds in Western Australia and the Observatory Hill Beds of South Australia, which are considered to be the major potential source of petroleum in the eastern Officer Basin. The presence of potential petroleum traps, such as salt domes and broad anticlines, and good potential reservoir beds, such as the Lennis Sandstone and Wanna Beds in Western Australia, is now complemented by the suggestion of a potential early Cambrian petroleum source bed. Further petroleum exploration and stratigraphic drilling are warranted.

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Title The Babbagoola Beds, Officer Basin, Western Australia: correlations, micropalaeontology and implications for petroleum prospectivity
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/5208fe6c-b16d-4c90-a2c9-723b21284833
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "The Babbagoola Beds, Officer Basin, Western Australia: correlations, micropalaeontology and implications for petroleum prospectivity". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/the-babbagoola-beds-officer-basin-western-australia-correlations-micropalaeontology-and-implica