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L073 Otway and Sydney basins experimental 'Vibroseis' survey, NSW, 1964

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The Vibroseis method of seismic exploration was first introduced into Australia during 1963. In accordance with the programme for accelerated oil search, the Bureau of Mineral Resources employed a Vibroseis seismic party to demonstrate the performance of the method in various problem areas within the Otway and Sydney Basins, the locations of which are indicated on the regional map. The Experimental Vibroseis Seismic Survey was conducted by Seismograph Service Limited. Party 243. on behalf of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics during the period from 11th May to 3rd October, 1964. The broad objective of the survey was to demonstrate the capabilities of the Vibroseis method in selected areas where previous conventional seismic surveys had experienced difficulties in obtaining results and where various seismic problems had been defined. The main aim of the survey was to obtain good quality results rather than a high production rate yielding poorer quality data. However, as a secondary objective, some short production traverses were recorded USing the optimum field technique developed during the course of the survey for comparison e with normal shot hole production techniques.

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Title L073 Otway and Sydney basins experimental 'Vibroseis' survey, NSW, 1964
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cff98199-ea18-49df-8a32-6ace9117ea18
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Reference Period 11/05/1964 - 03/10/1964
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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      ],
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        -32.0
      ],
      [
        138.0,
        -32.0
      ],
      [
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/l073-otway-and-sydney-basins-experimental-vibroseis-survey-nsw-1964