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National Geochemical Survey of Australia The Mercury Concentrations Dataset
The 'National Geochemical Survey of Australia: The Geochemical Atlas of Australia' was published in July 2011 along with a digital copy of the NGSA geochemical dataset... -
Exploring for the Future geomechanics: Breaking down barriers to exploration
Exploring for the Future (EFTF) is an Australian Government initiative focused on gathering new data and information about potential mineral, energy and groundwater resources... -
Multi-stage evolution of the South Australian Craton: Petrological...
To improve the understanding of the formation and evolution of the sub-continental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) underlying the South Australian Craton we have conducted a detailed... -
Global distribution of sediment-hosted metals controlled by craton edge stability
Sustainable development and transition to a clean-energy economy is placing ever-increasing demand on global supplies of base metals (copper, lead, zinc and nickel). Alarmingly,... -
Exploring for the Future New geomechanical data in frontier Australian basins
Led by Geoscience Australia, Exploring for the Future (EFTF) is a A$225 million Australian Government program dedicated to exploring Australia’s resource potential and boosting... -
An integrated toolkit to support decision making for exploration: Bluecap...
Mineral prospectivity models have been successful in informing mineral exploration decisions in Australia (e.g. Dulfer et al., 2016). However, understanding the geological... -
The search for new oil and CO2 storage resources: residual oil zones in Australia
Residual oil zones (ROZs) could present a new, potentially large and commercially viable oil resource for Australia and provide an avenue for geological storage of carbon... -
Exploring for the future—a new oil and gas frontier in northern Australia
Exploring for the Future (EFTF) is a four-year $100.5 million initiative by the Australian Government conducted by Geoscience Australia in partnership with state and Northern... -
Exploring for the Future: Integrated geoscience supporting exploration and...
While much of the focus in addressing the challenges of undercover exploration lies in how to directly detect the footprints of buried mineral systems, an equally significant... -
Resource potential of the Carrara sub-basin from the deep stratigraphic well...
NDI Carrara 1 is a deep stratigraphic well completed in 2020 as part of the MinEx CRC National Drilling Initiative (NDI), in collaboration with Geoscience Australia and the... -
Depth to basement 3D model in the South-Nicholson Basin, Northern Australia
To help the management and exploration at depth of increasing demand for mineral, energy and water resources, integration of new data acquired in frontier areas in a common 3D... -
Seal capacity, composition and geochemistry of Adavale Basin rock salt
Large-scale storage of commercially produced hydrogen worldwide is presently stored in salt caverns. Through the Exploring for the Future program, Geoscience Australia is... -
Shale brittleness within the Paleoproterozoic Isa Superbasin succession in...
The South Nicholson region, which includes the Paleoproterozoic Isa Superbasin, the Mesoproterozoic South Nicholson Group and overlying younger sediments, is sparsely explored... -
National Geochemical Survey of Australia: Lead Isotopes Dataset
Preamble: The 'National Geochemical Survey of Australia: The Geochemical Atlas of Australia' was published in July 2011 along with a digital copy of the NGSA geochemical dataset... -
The ’Australia’s Future Energy Resources‘ project: Investigating the energy...
As part of the Australian Government funded Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program, the ‘Australia’s Future Energy Resources’ (AFER) project is a four-year multidisciplinary... -
Unconventional hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Paleoproterozoic Fraynes...
The Palaeoproterozoic Fraynes Formation in the Birrindudu Basin is a chronostratigraphic counterpart to the highly prospective Barney Creek Formation in the McArthur Basin.... -
Geological insights of Northern Australia’s AusAEM airborne EM survey
Airborne electromagnetic data generated by the AusAEM Survey are shown to map mineral deposit host rocks and regional geological features within the AusAEM Survey area. We have... -
Source rock geochemistry and petroleum systems of the greater McArthur Basin...
Northern Australia contains extensive Proterozoic aged sedimentary basins that contain organic-rich rocks with the potential to host major petroleum and basin-hosted mineral... -
A manganese oxide discovery, Carrara Range, South Nicholson region, Northern...
Proterozoic rocks of the South Nicholson region are juxtaposed between the Mount Isa Province and the McArthur Basin. Whereas the latter two provinces are well-studied and... -
AusAEM Year 1: Some aspects of quality control and calibration
For the AusAEM Year 1 survey an inertial measurement unit (IMU) was installed for the first time on the TEMPEST receiver bird to measure its orientation and to augment GPS...