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BMR Cruise 107: Seabed Morphology and Offshore Resources around Christmas...
The Australian Territory of Christmas Island, a raised atoll with a population of about 2000 people, lies on oceanic crust about 1600 km north- north west of Australia's... -
Airphotograph study of coastal changes - southeast Queensland
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The elusive Cook volcano and other submarine forearc volcanoes in the Solomon Islands
Submarine volcanoes reported from the forearc region of the New Georgia Group are anomalously close to the line of northeast wards subduction of the Woodlark Basin. Kavachi is a... -
Effects of a major earthquake near Bougainville, 20 July 1975
On 20 July 1975 a major earthquake (MS7.9) shook the northern islands of the Solomon Islands chain. Damage amounting to at least $300,000 (Australian) occurred in the southern... -
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 and mineral deposits of The Granites-Tanami and Tennant Creek...
The Palaeoproterozoic Tennant Creek Inlier (TCI) and The Granites-Tanami Inlier (GTI) share similarities in their stratigraphy and tectonic evolution. Both are characterised by... -
Samphire Marsh No. 1 Well Western Australia Of West Australian Petroleum Pty Limited
Samphire Marsh No. 1 Well was drilled to a total depth of 6664 feet as a stratigraphic and structural test in the South Canning Basin. The drill passed through 120 feet of... -
Technical Report: Darwin – Bynoe Harbours Predictive Mapping of Benthic Communities
This report is the third of three reports that provide the scientific analyses and interpretations resulting from a four-year collaborative habitat mapping program undertaken... -
Beach sands investigation: an investigation of the variations in the...
Results are given of investigations carried out to detect any variation in the relative proportions of the several heavy minerals in heavy concentrates separated out from beach... -
What lies beneath the Antarctic Ice?
During the summer of 2003-2004, six scientists and technicians spent over a month camped on the Amery Ice Shelf in eastern Antarctica. The aim of their stay was to drill through... -
Produced Formation Water Discharge from a Production Platform to the North...
During September 1995, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation and the Australian Institute of Marine Science took part in a joint survey aboard the 'Lady Basten' to... -
Geological evolution of the Canning Basin, Western Australia
Underlying an area of 430 (lOO km2 onshore and 165000 km2 offshore in Western Australia the Canning Basin contains about 10 000 m of Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, and Cainozoic... -
GEOMAT - Modelling of Continental Shelf Sediment Mobility in Support of...
GEOMA T is a geological-oceanographic computer modelling project which aims to enhance our understanding of the processes controlling sediment mobilisation on the Australian... -
Statistical modelling of extreme ocean climate with incorporation of storm clustering
Knowledge of extreme ocean climate is essential for the accurate assessment of coastal hazards to facilitate risk informed decision making in coastal planning and management.... -
Marine heatflow system : instrumentations and technique
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Inter-reefal seabed sediments and geomorphology of the Great Barrier Reef, a...
Inter-reefal (i.e. non-reefal) seabed environments have been much less studied than the coral reefs, however they comprise 95% of the total Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Marine Park... -
Unconventional hydrocarbons - Australia's old rocks prove their worth
Australia’s search for petroleum began in the onshore basins where extensive areas of Paleozoic marine sequences, with some high-quality source rock intervals and spectacular... -
The Cretaceous of the Eromanga and Surat Basins
Little deformed Cretaceous sedimentary rocks underlie 1 500 000 km^2 of eastern Australia. Depositional environments in them range from freshwater to shallow marine. The... -
Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction: Teachers notes and student activities
This colour resource is an 28 page booklet containing information about the law of the sea, maritime zones and managing Australia's jurisdiction. Includes a student activity... -
Major achievements of the comparative geomorphology of estuaries project
Australia's near-pristine estuaries are some of our most valuable natural assets, with many natural and cultural heritage values. They are important as undisturbed habitat for...