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Late Cretaceous-Eocene basin evolution in the SW Pacific from integrated geology; marine geophysics, and global mantle convection models

Late Cretaceous-Eocene basin evolution in the SW Pacific from integrated geology; marine geophysics, and global mantle convection models

Publication Name: PESA's Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II
Authors: R. Sutherland, P. King and R. Herzer
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2004

 

Abstract:

There are two significant events during the evolution of the South Pacific since 100 Ma that allow its history to be subdivided. The first event was the Late Cretaceous final fragmentation of Gondwana. Seafloor magnetic anomalies show that oceanic se...

 

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Tags: Antarctica Australia. basin's continental deformation hotspots New Zealand South Pacific tectonics

Assessing a basin’s potential for geological sequestration of carbon dioxide: an example from the Mesozoic of the Petrel Sub-basin, NW Australia

Assessing a basin’s potential for geological sequestration of carbon dioxide: an example from the Mesozoic of the Petrel Sub-basin, NW Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: C.M. Gibson-Poole, S.C. Lang, J.E. Streit, G.M. Kraishan & R.R. Hillis
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Assessing the suitability of a sedimentary basin for C02 sequestration requires detailed geological and geophysical studies. An example is presented from the Mesozoic succession of the Petrel Snb-basin. Two stratigraphic intervals were investigated a...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin's carbon dioxide geological Mesozoic NW Petrel potential sequestration Sub-basin

Application of K/Ar and Rb/Sr geochronology to constrain the timing of sedimentary deposition and diagenesis: preliminary results from Western Australian basins

Application of K/Ar and Rb/Sr geochronology to constrain the timing of sedimentary deposition and diagenesis: preliminary results from Western Australian basins

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: H. Zwingmann & B. Hatcher
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

 

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Tags: Application Australian basin's constrain Deposition diagenesis geochronology K/Ar preliminary Rb/Sr results sedimentary timing

Exploration, Appraisal and Development Activities in the Cooper-Eromanga (SWQ), Surat and Bowen Basins: 2000-2001

Exploration, Appraisal and Development Activities in the Cooper-Eromanga (SWQ), Surat and Bowen Basins: 2000-2001

Authors: Stephen Kelemen
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2001

 

 

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Tags: Appraisal basin's Bowen Cooper development Eromanga exploration Surat SWQ

NGMA Cooper-Eromanga Basins Project – New Insights into Petroleum Systems

NGMA Cooper-Eromanga Basins Project – New Insights into Petroleum Systems

Authors: John Draper
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2001

 

 

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Tags: basin's Cooper Eromanga insights NGMA petroleum Project systems

A New Palaeogeographic Synthesis for the Bowen, Gunnedah and Sydney Basins of Eastern Australia

A New Palaeogeographic Synthesis for the Bowen, Gunnedah and Sydney Basins of Eastern Australia

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: C.R. Fielding, R. Sliwa, R.J. Holcombe and A.T. Jones
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

This paper presents a series of palaeogeographic maps to illustrate the geological history of the Bowen-Gunnedah-Sydney Basin System (BGSBS) through Permian and Lower/Middle Triassic times. The maps are based on a lithostratigraphic framework that co...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin's Bowen Gunnedah Palaeogeographic Sydney Synthesis

Migration and Mixing of Oils in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Central Australia

Migration and Mixing of Oils in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Central Australia

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: B.H. Michaelsen and D.M. McKirdy
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The aromatic hydrocarbon contents of 62 terrestrially-derived oils from the Cooper and Eromanga Basins in South Australia and Queensland have been screened using whole-oil GC-MS. An earlier study (McKirdy et a!. 1997) had revealed the existence of at...

 

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Tags: basin's Central Australia Cooper Eromanga migration Mixing Oil's

Tectonic Evolution of Cretaceous Rift Basins in South-Eastern Australia and  New Zealand: Implications for Exploration Risk Assessment

Tectonic Evolution of Cretaceous Rift Basins in South-Eastern Australia and New Zealand: Implications for Exploration Risk Assessment

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: R. Sutherland, P. King and R. Wood
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica were adjacent before Cretaceous rifting led to fragmentation of Gondwana. In many regions, rifting led to a first-order stratigraphic cycle of normal-faulted clastic terrigenous deposits, overlain b...

 

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Tags: basin's Cretaceous. tectonic

Sedimentary Basins and Structural Framework of the South Tasman Rise and East Tasman Plateau

Sedimentary Basins and Structural Framework of the South Tasman Rise and East Tasman Plateau

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: P.J. Hill, A.M.G. Moore and N.F. Exon
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The South Tasman Rise (STR) and East Tasman Plateau (ETP) are large submerged continental blocks that abut southern Tasmania and cover an area of -230,000 km2 They are separated from Tasmania by 3,000 m deep saddles underlain by transitional crust, b...

 

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Tags: basin's East Tasman Plateau Framework sedimentary South Tasman Rise structural

Charge Histories of Petroleum Reservoirs in the Gippsland and Taranaki Basins – Evidence From the Analysis of Oil Inclusions and Crude Oils

Charge Histories of Petroleum Reservoirs in the Gippsland and Taranaki Basins – Evidence From the Analysis of Oil Inclusions and Crude Oils

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: H. Volk, S.C. George, M. Lisk, S.D. Killops, M. Ahmed and R.A. Quezada
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Two case studies from the Blackback (Gippsland Basin) and the McKee oilfields (Taranaki Basin) demonstrate the potential of the Molecular Composition of Inclusions (MCI) technique to provide detailed charge histories of petroleum reservoirs. In Black...

 

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Tags: basin's charge crude evidence Gippsland Histories Inclusions oil petroleum reservoirs Taranaki

Petroleum Potential of Deepwater Basins Around Tasmania: Insights from Ocean Drilling Program Leg 189

Petroleum Potential of Deepwater Basins Around Tasmania: Insights from Ocean Drilling Program Leg 189

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: N.F. Exon, T.S. White, M.J. Malone, J.P. Kennett and P.J. Hill
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

During ODP Leg 189, the JOIDES Resolution recovered about 4,200 m of continuous core from deep sites in sedimentary basins on continental crust off Tasmania. These four sites, one off west Tasmania, two on the South Tasman Rise (STR), and one on the ...

 

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Tags: basin's deepwater drilling Ocean petroleum Tasmania

Three-Dimensional Gravity Modelling of Sedimentary Basins

Three-Dimensional Gravity Modelling of Sedimentary Basins

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: R. Wood and D. Woodward
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The purpose of this project was to evaluate the usefulness of satellite gravity data as a reconnaissance tool for estimating basement structure and sediment thickness in frontier areas with little or no seismic coverage. The solutions are non-unique,...

 

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Tags: basin's Gravity modelling sedimentary Three-Dimensional

Petroleum Potential of New Zealand’s Deepwater Basins

Petroleum Potential of New Zealand’s Deepwater Basins

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: C.I. Uruski and P. Baillie
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone contains at least six large deepwater basins. Structural styles vary from rift basins through strike-slip dominated basins to major accretionary prisms. Source rocks encountered include coal measures, black mar...

 

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Tags: basin's deepwater NewZealand's petroleum potential

Geological Framework of the Lord Howe Rise and Adjacent Ocean Basins

Geological Framework of the Lord Howe Rise and Adjacent Ocean Basins

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: J.B. Willcox, J. Sayers, H.M.J. Stagg and S. van de Beuque
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The Lord Howe Rise (LHR) region comprises a system of ridges, basins and seamount chains in the Tasman Sea. The LHR itself is a 'continental ribbon ', I ,600 km long and 400 - 500 km wide. Water depths are 1,000- 1,500 m along its crest, 3,000+ min t...

 

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Tags: basin's Framework geological Lord Howe Rise Ocean

Plate Tectonic Evolution of Eastern Australian Marginal Ocean Basins

Plate Tectonic Evolution of Eastern Australian Marginal Ocean Basins

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: M. Sdrolias, R.D. M?ller and C. Gaina
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

An important component in the interpretation and assessment of a hydrocarbon exploration target is an accurate and self-consistent plate kinematic reconstruction of the region of interest. Identifying changes in tectonic regime assists in the analysi...

 

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Tags: Australian basin's evolution marginal Ocean Plate tectonic

Recent activities in the Surat/Bowen Basins

Recent activities in the Surat/Bowen Basins

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 2000
Authors: John Carmody
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2000

 

 

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Tags: basin's Bowen recent Surat

Environmental Regulation of Exploration and Development in the Cooper/Eromanga Basins

Environmental Regulation of Exploration and Development in the Cooper/Eromanga Basins

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1999
Authors: Andrew Walter
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1999

 

 

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Tags: basin's Cooper development environmental Eromanga exploration Regulation

Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins: 1998-1999

Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins: 1998-1999

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1999
Authors: Bonnie Lowe-Young
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1999

 

 

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Tags: basin's Cooper development Eromanga exploration production

Marine Biostratigraphy and Correlation of the West Australian Permian Basins

Marine Biostratigraphy and Correlation of the West Australian Permian Basins

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: N. W. Archbold
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Marine Permian strata of the onshore Perth, Carnarvon, Canning and Bonaparte basins have traditionally been correlated with Uralian, Tethyan and other sequences by means of marine invertebrate faunas. Marine benthonic invertebrate assemblages are ide...

 

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Tags: Australian basin's biostratigraphy Correlation marine Permian

Mechanisms of Dynamic Seal Failure in the Timor Sea and Central North Sea Basins

Mechanisms of Dynamic Seal Failure in the Timor Sea and Central North Sea Basins

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Richard R. Hillis
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The seals to hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Timor Sea and central North Sea often fail, despite being thick shales that should not be prone to capillary leakage. It is likely that fracturing of these seals, herein termed dynamic seal failure, contribu...

 

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Tags: basin's central Dynamic Failure Mechanisms North Sea seal Timor

The Coolcalalaya Sub-basin: A Forgotten Frontier ‘between’ the Perth and Carnarvon Basins, Western Australia

The Coolcalalaya Sub-basin: A Forgotten Frontier ‘between’ the Perth and Carnarvon Basins, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Arthur J. Mory, Robert P. Iasky and Sergey I. Shevchenko
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Coolcalalaya Sub-basin is bound by the Darling Fault to the east and the Ajana-Yandi and Urella faults to the west. The only petroleum data are gravity and aeromagnetics from the 1960s and 1970s, and one seismic line shot in 1964. More than eight...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin's Carnarvon Coolcalalaya Forgotten Frontier Perth Sub-basin

Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins: 1997-1998

Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins: 1997-1998

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1998
Authors: Rob Heath
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1998

 

 

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Tags: basin's Cooper development Eromanga exploration production

No. 35_West Australian Basins Symposium 98

No. 35_West Australian Basins Symposium 98

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: August 1998

 

 

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Tags: Australian basin's Symposium

Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins: 1996-1997

Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins: 1996-1997

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1997
Authors: Andrew Mayers
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1997

 

 

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Tags: basin's Cooper development Eromanga exploration production

From Province and Terrane Analysis to Play Element Evaluation: The Ngma Project Sedimentary Basins of Eastern Australia

From Province and Terrane Analysis to Play Element Evaluation: The Ngma Project Sedimentary Basins of Eastern Australia

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1996
Authors: R.J. Korsch, C.J. Boreham, T.S. Lutit, M.G. Nicoll, J.M. Totterdell & R.D. Shaw
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: September 1996

 

 

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Tags: Australia. basin's eastern Element evaluation NGMA Play Project province sedimentary Terrane

Regional Focus: Interior Basins Studies in Western Australia – Geological Survey of Western Australia

Regional Focus: Interior Basins Studies in Western Australia – Geological Survey of Western Australia

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1995

 

 

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Tags: Australia. basin's Focus geological Interior Regional studies Survey

Recent Exploration in the Western Bowen/Surat Basins

Recent Exploration in the Western Bowen/Surat Basins

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1995
Authors: Ian Garside
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: September 1995

 

 

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Tags: basin's Bowen exploration recent Surat

Regional Focus – Southern Queensland: Geological Setting of Southern Queensland Petroleum Basins – Peter Green, History of the Bowen – Surat Basins – Lindsay Elliot

Regional Focus – Southern Queensland: Geological Setting of Southern Queensland Petroleum Basins – Peter Green, History of the Bowen – Surat Basins – Lindsay Elliot

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: August 1995

 

 

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Tags: basin's Bowen Focus geological history Lindsay Elliot Peter Green petroleum Queensland Regional Setting southern Surat

Abstracts: West Muiron Discovery, WA-155-P – New Life for an Old Prospect – Lorraine Mitchelmore, Intermittent Compressional Pulses in Extensional Basins, John Davidson

Abstracts: West Muiron Discovery, WA-155-P – New Life for an Old Prospect – Lorraine Mitchelmore, Intermittent Compressional Pulses in Extensional Basins, John Davidson

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: October 1994

 

 

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Tags: basin's Compressional discovery Extensional Intermittent John Davidson Life Lorraine Mitchelmore Muiron New Old Prospect Pulses

Should the Devonian Basins of Northeast Queensland Continue to Be Ignored?

Should the Devonian Basins of Northeast Queensland Continue to Be Ignored?

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1994
Authors: J.J. Draper & S.C. Lang
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: September 1994

 

 

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Tags: basin's Devonian Queensland

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