Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: S.L. Grain, W.M. Peace, E.C.D. Hooper, E. McCartain, P.J. Massara, N.G. Marshall, S.C. Lang
Date Published: August 2013
Number of Pages: 19
Abstract:
Upper Triassic isolated carbonate build-ups have emerged as a new exploration play on the outer Exmouth Plateau. The presence of Upper Triassic carbonates in the Northern Carnarvon Basin has been known for many years from Exmouth Plateau well-based stratigraphy, seismic surveys and Ocean Drilling Programme wells on the Wombat Plateau. The seismic identification of numerous dome-shaped features in the outermost Exmouth Plateau and subsequent confirmation of these domes as Upper Triassic reefs with the drilling of Tiberius 1 in WA-434-P has advanced our understanding of this carbonate system.