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L099 Moura Coalfield seismic reflection survey, QLD, 1970

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Some experimental geophysical work was undertaken by the Bureau of Mineral Resources at the Moura Coalfield in Queensland in order to investigate the structure of coal seams which lie within 1000 feet of the surface. The aim of the survey was to evaluate the use of geophysical techniques for locating faults of small displacement. Most of the effort was concentrated on shallow seismic reflection techniques but additional techniques (magnetic, gravity, resistivity, electromagnetic and induced polarization) were used. The whole area of the survey was covered with a close-spaced grid of gravity and magnetic stations. A lesser effort was devoted to resistivity, electromagnetic, and induced polarization methods, the object being to take advantage of the opportunity to tryout these relatively inexpensive methods in the hope that they might give some indications of fault locations. These methods will be evaluated in a separate Record; this one deals- with the results of the seismic work. Encouraging results were obtained from seismic reflection work. The uppermost economic coal seam was mapped to within 300 feet of the surface and areas of faulting could be deduced from time differences and lack of continuity in reflections.

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Title L099 Moura Coalfield seismic reflection survey, QLD, 1970
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/751ba4b1-fce6-41af-b10a-1f4801d9256b
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Reference Period 01/03/1970 - 31/05/1970
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "L099 Moura Coalfield seismic reflection survey, QLD, 1970". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/l099-moura-coalfield-seismic-reflection-survey-qld-1970