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BMR Research Newsletter 15
Titles in this newsletter: Development of new play concepts using sequence stratigraphy: Devonian- Carboniferous, Canning Basin, Western Australia Ashmore-Cartier prospectivity... -
Source rock potential and hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Darling Basin, NSW
Available geological and geophysical data for the dominantly Devonian Darling Basin of western New South Wales indicate a high risk for petroleum exploration. Hydrocarbon... -
Sequence stratigraphy: a review of fundamental concepts and their...
Sequence stratigraphic concepts and techniques provide a powerful tool to analyse and predict stratal architecture and facies patterns within sedimentary basins. The concepts... -
Permian coals of Eastern Australia
An overview of the Permian coals and coal bearing basins of eastern Australia is presented. The report is unusually large because it covers an enormous area equivalent to the... -
AGSO Journal vol.16 no. 5
Contents: 1.Sheraton JW, Sun SS. Mafic dyke swarms of the western Musgrave Block, central Australia: their geochemistry, origin, and relationships to the Giles Complex. 2.Kinny... -
First Acreage Release in Frontier Mentelle Basin
In 2010 the Australian Government offered for the first time a large exploration block for acreage release in the frontier Mentelle Basin. This large sedimentary basin (36, 000... -
The geological evolution of the southern Taroom Trough and the overlying Surat Basin
Isopach, structure contour, and palaeo-geological maps illustrate the geological development of the southern Taroom Trough and the lower part of the Surat Basin sequence. The... -
Geochemical characteristics of Mesozoic petroleum systems in the Bonaparte...
The Bonaparte Basin has been actively explored for over twenty years. The recent oil discovery at Tenacious in the Vulcan Sub-basin, oil production from the Laminaria-Corallina... -
The Ngalia Basin, Northern Territory: stratigraphy and structure
The Ngalia Basin comprises Adelaidean and Palaeozoic, mainly arenaceous sediments, up to about 5 km thick, preserved in an intracratonic downwarp in Lower and Middle Proterozoic... -
Geoscience Australia's activities in the Georgina Basin: a synopsis
The Onshore Energy Systems Group has undertaken a regional study on the prospectivity of the southern Georgina Basin, and herein present a synopsis of the initial results from... -
Explanatory notes, Brighton Downs Sheet, Queensland (BMR Explan Notes and map)
A reconnaissance survey of the Brighton Downs 4-mile Sheet area was conducted by geologists R. R. Vine and W. Jauncey of the Bureau of Mineral Resources between June and August,... -
The Architecture and Petroleum Potential of Australia's Onshore Sedimentary...
Many of the onshore sedimentary basins in Australia are underexplored with respect to hydrocarbons. The Onshore Energy Security Program was funded by the Australian Government... -
Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea - preliminary geophysical results and petroleum prospects
The Lord Howe Rise is a major submarine feature in the Tasman Sea; it extends northwest from the New Zealand continental margin and lies about 600 to 1200 km off the east coast... -
Geology of the onshore Canning Basin, Western Australia
The Canning Basin is a large, intracratonic basin located between the Halls Creek Province and the Pilbara Block in the Great Sandy and Gibson Deserts region of Western... -
Quaternary and modern environments of the Van Diemen Rise, Timor Sea, and...
Environmental baseline data are required for Australias offshore areas before petroleum exploration. This has boosted demand for analysis and interpretation of the Quaternary... -
Origins of sulphide in sediments
Sulphide in sedimentary ore deposits may be derived directly from the mantle or by reduction of sulphate. Sulphide in modem hydrothermal deposits is thought to have formed... -
Sequence analysis and depositional models of crinoidal limestones, Permian...
The Permian Yessabah Limestone, a thick crinoidal limestone unit, appears abruptly in the stratigraphic succession over a large area of the Hastings Block in northeastern New... -
AGSO Research Newsletter 18
Titles in this newsletter: Epithermal gold potential in the northern Coen Inlier The Australian groundwater quality assessment project Connecting the Riverina and Waroonga... -
Stable isotope and chemical studies of volcanic exhalations and thermal...
Thermal waters in Matupi Harbour and Sulphur Creek, Rabaul caldera have D/H and O18/O16 ratios that are indicative of a mixed source. They are the result of mixing of local... -
Light Hydrocarbon Geochemistry of the WA-28-P Area, Dampier Sub-basin,...
As part of its geochemical research program, the Marine Geoscience and PetroleumGeology Group (Australian Bureau Of Mineral Resources) is evaluating the usefulness ofthe Direct...