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Fission Track Dating and Thermal History Analysis of Apatites from Wells in the North-West Canning Basin

Fission Track Dating and Thermal History Analysis of Apatites from Wells in the North-West Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: A.J.W. Gleadow and I.R. Duddy
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Fission track dating of detrital apatites recovered from sediments in hydrocarbon exploration wells in the northwestern Canning Basin shows two distinct trends in apatite annealing behaviour. One trend is the normal reduction in fission track length ...

 

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Tags: Apatites basin Canning Dating Fission history North-West thermal Track

The Seismic Definition of the Main Structural Elements of the Canning Basin

The Seismic Definition of the Main Structural Elements of the Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: P.G. Purcell and J. Poll
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Selected seismic sections show some of the main tectonic elements and provinces of the Canning Basin, clearly revealing the structural complexity and diversity in the basin. In the north, the deep Fitzroy /Gregory graben is bounded by major listric f...

 

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Tags: basin Canning Definition Elements Main Seismic structural

Pressure Responses (Deformation) in Carbonate Sediments and Rocks Analysis and Application, Canning Basin

Pressure Responses (Deformation) in Carbonate Sediments and Rocks Analysis and Application, Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: Brian W. Logan
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Carbonate rocks deform readily in temperature fields below 250?C and, many sequences are therefore dominated by textures, structures and rock types that are products of stress. This paper draws attention to deformational features in Canning Basin car...

 

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Tags: Application basin Canning carbonate Deformation pressure Responses rocks sediments

Igneous Intrusions in the North-West Canning Basin and their Impact on Oil Exploration

Igneous Intrusions in the North-West Canning Basin and their Impact on Oil Exploration

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: S.A. Reeckmann and A.J. Mebberson
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Igneous intrusions dated as Late Carboniferous to Jurassic, but believed to be Permian in age, have been intersected by six wells in the north-west Canning Basin. Both seismic and magnetic interpretation suggest these intrusions are common over a lar...

 

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Tags: basin Canning exploration igneous impact Intrusions North-West oil

The Geological Evolution of the Canning Basin – Implication for Petroleum Exploration

The Geological Evolution of the Canning Basin – Implication for Petroleum Exploration

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: S.A. Brown, I.M. Boserio, K.S. Jackson and K.W. Spence
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

The northern Canning Basin contains a large northwest-trending rift, the Fitzroy Graben, which is flanked by down-faulted and tilted basement blocks. The rift is bounded on its southern margin by the remnants of a pre-rift arch of shallow basement. T...

 

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Tags: basin Canning evolution exploration geological Implication petroleum

The Stratigraphy, Palaeogeography and Petroleum Potential of the Lower to lower Upper Devonian Sequence in the Canning Basin

The Stratigraphy, Palaeogeography and Petroleum Potential of the Lower to lower Upper Devonian Sequence in the Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: P.R. Lehmann
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Devonian reefs provided much of the early incentive to Canning Basin explorers. Extensive studies of the Devonian Reef Complex in outcrop, related by analogy to the very productive time equivalent reefs in Canada produced great expectations for the r...

 

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Tags: basin Canning Devonian Lower palaeogeography petroleum potential sequence stratigraphy upper

Evidence for Post-Permian Epeirogenic Uplift in the Canning Basin from Vitrinite Reflectance Data

Evidence for Post-Permian Epeirogenic Uplift in the Canning Basin from Vitrinite Reflectance Data

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: E.L. Horstman
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Vitrinite reflectance data can be used to determine the original depth of burial in an uplifted and exhumed section. With sufficient density of well data, a projection. of the existing vitrinite reflectance data to an original, now eroded, surface ca...

 

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Tags: basin Canning data Epeirogenic evidence Post-Permian Reflectance Uplift Vitrinite

Development of Exploration Philosophies in the Onshore Canning Basin and the Need for a Pragmatic Approach

Development of Exploration Philosophies in the Onshore Canning Basin and the Need for a Pragmatic Approach

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: M.A. Reynolds and A.J. Flavelle
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

This paper reviews the progress in development of geological ideas in the search for petroleum since the discovery of traces of oil in the Canning Basin in 1919, and the various factors which have influenced exploration since then. The introduction o...

 

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Tags: approach basin Canning development exploration onshore Philosophies Pragmatic

The Gravity Field of the Canning Basin

The Gravity Field of the Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: Vadim Anfiloff
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Gravity exploration in the Canning Basin began in 1953 and resulted in large concentrations of detailed traverses in some areas. BMR helicopter reconnaissance surveys began in 1960, and marine surveys were carried out in 1968. The quality of the cove...

 

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Interpretation of Additional Conodont Colour Alteration Data and the Thermal Maturation and Geothermal History of the Canning Basin, Western Australia

Interpretation of Additional Conodont Colour Alteration Data and the Thermal Maturation and Geothermal History of the Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: Robert S, Nicoll and John D. Gorter
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Examination of conodont colour alteration (CAl) in samples from 59 petroleum exploration wells and extensive outcrop collections along the northern margin of the Lennard Shelf forms the basis for a study of the thermal maturation and geothermal histo...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Canning Colour Conodont data geothermal history Interpretation maturation thermal

Significance of Airborne Magnetic and Gamma Spectrometric Anomalies over the Eastern Margin of the Canning Basin

Significance of Airborne Magnetic and Gamma Spectrometric Anomalies over the Eastern Margin of the Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: D.H. Tucker, M. Bacchin and R. Almond
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

The BMR 1980 regional airborne survey used 1500m line spacing and 150m continuous ground clearance and provides new detail of both short and long wavelength magnetic anomalies, not evident in earlier wide line spacing constant altitude surveys over t...

 

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Tags: Anomalies basin Canning eastern Gamma Magnetic margin Significance Spectrometric

Palynostratigraphy of the Late Carboniferous Sequence, Canning Basin, W.A.

Palynostratigraphy of the Late Carboniferous Sequence, Canning Basin, W.A.

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: Gary D. Powis
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Six palynological assemblages from Namurian to Early Permian strata are briefly described together with their relative stratigraphic positions. They include a new Westphalian assemblage, the Diatomozonotriletes birkheadensis Assemblage whose nominate...

 

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Tags: basin Canning Late Carboniferous Palynostratigraphy sequence

The Canning Basin, W.A. – An Introduction

The Canning Basin, W.A. – An Introduction

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: P.G. Purcell
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

The onshore Canning Basin in north Western Australia covers an area of over 400,000 sq. km and contains over 10,000 m of mainly Palaeozoic sediments. The main basin elements trend NW /SE and extend into the offshore area where they are buried beneath...

 

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Tags: basin Canning Introduction

Conodont Studies in the Canning Basin – A Review and Update

Conodont Studies in the Canning Basin – A Review and Update

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: Robert S. Nicoll
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Conodonts have been recovered from all marine sedimentary sequences in the Canning Basin from the Ordovician to the Triassic. Used primarily for biostratographic studies in the past they are now also being used for studies of palaeoecology and therma...

 

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Tags: basin Canning Conodont Review studies Update

The Tectonic Development of Gregory Sub-Basin and Adjacent Areas, Northeastern Canning Basin

The Tectonic Development of Gregory Sub-Basin and Adjacent Areas, Northeastern Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: Greg Smith
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

The Gregory Sub-Basin and adjacent areas cover an area of some 60,000 square kilometres in the northeastern Canning Basin. Early Ordovician to Triassic sediment thickness ranges up to or in excess of 15,000 metres in the depocentres of the Gregory Su...

 

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Tags: areas basin Canning development Gregory Northeastern Sub-basin tectonic

Some Results of High Resolution Seismic Surveying in the Sundown Area, Northern Canning Basin, W.A.

Some Results of High Resolution Seismic Surveying in the Sundown Area, Northern Canning Basin, W.A.

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: D. Norris, D. Taylor, J. Hall
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

In 1983 a 51 km Vibroseis3 survey was conducted over the Sundown Field and environs. Careful selection of field parameters resulted in a dramatic improvement in data quality and greatly increased understanding of the structure and stratigraphy of the...

 

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Tags: Area basin Canning High northern Resolution results Seismic Sundown Surveying

Southern Surat Basin Exploration Results

Southern Surat Basin Exploration Results

Publication Name: PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium - Exploration and Development
Authors: P.M. Butcher
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: September 1984

 

 

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Tags: basin exploration results southern Surat

The Adavale Basin Queensland

The Adavale Basin Queensland

Publication Name: Petroleum in Queensland - A Stocktake for the Future
Authors: R.J. Paten
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: November 1977

 

 

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Tags: basin Queensland

Bowen Basin

Bowen Basin

Publication Name: Petroleum in Queensland - A Stocktake for the Future
Authors: M.J. Mahoney
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: November 1977

 

 

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Tags: basin Bowen

The Cooper Basin in Queensland

The Cooper Basin in Queensland

Publication Name: Petroleum in Queensland - A Stocktake for the Future
Authors: R. A. Laws
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: November 1977

 

Abstract:

Since 1963, recoverable reserves of 100 x 109m3 (3.5 Tcf) of gas and substantial but presently unexploited liquid hydrocarbons have been discovered in the Cooper Basin in South Australia. Permian non-marine richly carbonaceous sediments form both the...

 

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Tags: basin Cooper Queensland

Galilee Basin – Prospect Review

Galilee Basin – Prospect Review

Publication Name: Petroleum in Queensland - A Stocktake for the Future
Authors: P.J. Hawkins
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: November 1977

 

Abstract:

Hydrocarbon prospects of the Galilee Basin, an extensive Late Carboniferous to Middle Triassic intracratonic basin, are reviewed with special reference to the northern area. Results of recent stratigraphic and facies investigations together with avai...

 

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Tags: basin Galilee Prospect Review

Hydrocarbon Potential of The South Eastern Georgina Basin

Hydrocarbon Potential of The South Eastern Georgina Basin

Publication Name: Petroleum in Queensland - A Stocktake for the Future
Authors: Maurice L.P. Cadart
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: November 1977

 

Abstract:

The Georgina Basin lies across the Queensland-Northern Territory border, between 18? and 25? of latitude south. Approximately 100,000 km2 or one-third of the basin area is in Queensland. Five-eights of the basin contains less than 500 m of Paleozoic ...

 

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Tags: basin eastern Georgina hydrocarbon potential South

The Pedirka Basin – Prospects in Queensland

The Pedirka Basin – Prospects in Queensland

Publication Name: Petroleum in Queensland - A Stocktake for the Future
Authors: S.B. Devine and Bridget C. Youngs
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: November 1977

 

Abstract:

The Permo-Triassic Pedirka Basin is predicted to extend into the southwestern corner of Queensland on the basis of gravity and outcrop patterns and seismic interpretation. Oil generation and good reservoir rocks are proven in the basin in the South A...

 

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Tags: basin Pedirka Prospects Queensland

Surat Basin – Petroleum Potential and Prospects

Surat Basin – Petroleum Potential and Prospects

Publication Name: Petroleum in Queensland - A Stocktake for the Future
Authors: C.R. Porter, K.R. Seedsman, M.J. Wiltshire, S.L. Keenihan, S.M. Ashton
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: November 1977

 

Abstract:

Hydrocarbon generation and preservation have been demonstrated at numerous, widely spaced localities within the Surat Basin. Reservoir extent and properties have been and are likely to continue as the chief factors limiting any potentially economic d...

 

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Tags: basin petroleum potential Prospects Surat

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