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Palaeokarst, pseudokarst, and sequence stratigraphy in Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: P. Playford
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Limestones in Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin have been subjected to several episodes of karstification, during the Late Devonian, latest Devonian or Early Carboniferous, Early Permian, and Cainozoic.
Subaerial Devonian palaeokarst forme...
Hydrocarbons and Mississippi Valley-type Sulfides in the Devonian reef complexes of the eastern Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: M.W. Wallace, H.A. Middleton, B. Johns & S. Marshallsea
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
A wide range of maturation parameters indicates that near-surface Devonian sequences of the eastern Lennard Shelf are immature (peak temperatures of 70-90?C). Fluid inclusion microthermometry indicates that peak temperatures in the Palaeozoic were pr...
Integrated approach to platform- basin correlation and deciphering the evolution of Devonian reefs, northern Canning Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: A.D. George, N. Chow & K.M. Trinajstic
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Upper Devonian reef complexes are well exposed in a number of ranges along the Kimberley margin of the Fitzroy Trough in the northern Canning Basin. The Napier Range exposes predominantly fore-reef strata with remnants of older and coeval platform re...
Blina Oil Field, Canning Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: K.E. Jonasson & R.F. Reiser
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The Blina Oil Field, a Famennian carbonate reefal structure situated on the Lennard Shelf in the onshore Canning Basin, was discovered in 1981 by Home Oil Australia. Blina 1 intersected a 58 m oil column in the Late Devonian Nullara Limestone and 50-...
Canning Basin Grant Group glaciogenic sediments: part of the Gondwanan Permo-Carboniferous hydrocarbon province
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J. Redfern & B.P.J. Williams
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The Permo-Carboniferous Grant Group of the Canning Basin, Western Australia offers a major potential hydrocarbon reservoir target. Analysis of core and outcrop data reveals a complex suite of facies, hence understanding of the depositional environmen...
Reinterpretation of the Permo-Carboniferous Succession, Canning Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: S. N. Apak and J. Backhouse
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1998
Abstract:
The Grant Group of the Canning Basin is redefined and restricted to the interval previously referred to as the Upper Grant. The Grant Group on the Barbwire Terrace has been previously subdivided into the Hoya, Calytrix and Clianthus formations and th...
The Palaeozoic Play in the Southern Canning Basin – Results of Looma 1
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: M. R. King
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1998
Abstract:
Looma 1 was drilled as an exploration well targeting the Ordovician Nita Formation and Acacia Sandstone in EP 353 of the south Canning Basin. The main predrill risks and uncertainties were identified as structural validity, reservoir quality and char...
Regional Focus – Canning Basin: Speculation on the Origin of the Bedout High – a large, Circular Structure of Pre Mesozoic Age in the Offshore Canning Basin, Western Australia – John D. Gorter
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: October 1996
A Carbonate Dilaform, Brooking Springs, Canning Basin, WA
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Brian W. Logan, David J. Frances and Maritsa Economo
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The paper is an account of the nature and genesis of a carbonate dilaform that is embedded in Devonian formations that crop out on Brooking Springs station in the northern Canning Basin. It is a kilometre-scale,
composite structure composed of a 30 k...
Carbonate Breccias and Quartzo-feldspathic Sandstones of the Marginal Slope, Devonian Reef Complex, Canning Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Annette D. George, Phillip E. Playford and Christopher McA. Powell
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Carbonate breccias and coarse quartzo-feldspathic sandstones are conspicuous lithofacies within the marginal-slope succession of the Devonian Napier Range reef complex in the northern Canning Basin. Rigid application of sequence-stratigraphic models ...
Timing of Hydrocarbon Migration into the Admiral bay Fault Zone, Canning Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Stuart McCracken
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The Admiral Bay Fault Zone (ABFZ) was initiated in the earliest Ordovician (Tremodocian) as extensional faults on the northern margin of a half graben, the Willara Sub-basin. Growth of the ABFZ ceased during the late Early Ordovician when thermal sub...
A Review of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Permo-Carboniferous Grant Group, Canning Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Jonathan Redfern and Emma Millward
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Detailed analysis of fully cored sections from exploration wells drilled by Western Mining Corporation on the Barbwire Terrace has allowed a better understanding of the sedimentology and depositional history of the Permo-Carboniferous Grant Group. H...
Structure of the Offshore Canning Basin: First Impressions from a New Regional Deep-seismic Data Set
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.B. Colwell and H.M.J. Stagg
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
In mid-1993, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) acquired approximately 3600 km of high-quality regional deep (16-second record length) seismic reflection data over the offshore Canning Basin. This data-set is linked to the previousl...
Depositional Sequences and Associated Petroleum Systems of the Canning Basin, WA
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.M. Kennard, M.J. Jackson, K.K. Romine, R.D. Shaw and P.N. Southgate
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The concepts of petroleum systems and play element fairways provide an effective means to guide future exploration of the Canning Basin. Analysis of these systems is based on a new structural elements map, refined tectonic and stratigraphic framework...
The Ordovician to Silurian Phase of the Canning Basin, WA: Structure and Sequence Evolution
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: K.K. Romine, P.N. Southgate, J.M. Kennard and M.J. Jackson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
A chronostratigraphic framework has been constructed for the Ordovician- Silurian phase of the Canning Basin. This integrated tectonic- and sequence-stratigraphic analysis provides an understanding of the shapes of the sub-basins and the effects of a...
A Proposed Third-order Sequence Framework for the Upper Devonian Outcrops of the Northern Canning Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: D.B. Whittam, J.M. Kennard, R.B. Kirk, J.F. Sarg and P.N. Southgate
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Preliminary outcrop studies of the Devonian reef complexes exposed at the northern margin of the Canning Basin have identified six third-order sequences within a second-order, transgressive-regressive sequence. Significant lowstand events that result...
Environment: Dune Restoration and Seismic Line Rehabilitation on Shell 1991/1992 Canning Basin Seismic Surveys: Ep 353 – Jon Akerman
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Jon Akerman
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: January 1993
The Offshore Canning Basin – A Review
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: E.L. Horstman and P.G. Purcell
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The offshore Canning Basin is located on Australia's North West Shelf. Northwest-trending Palaeozoic structures of the onshore Canning Basin extend into the offshore area, deepening to the northwest and buried under a seaward thickening wedge of Meso...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Uranium Exploration in the Canning Basin: A Case Study
- Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
- Authors: Peter Botten
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1984
Abstract:
AFMECO Pty.Ltd. carried out an extensive exploration programme for uranium mineralisation in the northern
Canning Basin between 1978 and 1983. A major reconnaissance programme was conducted over several years to provide basic geological information a...
The Role of Seismic in Play Type and Prospect Development: Eastern Canning Basin
- Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
- Authors: Ted Jacobson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1984
Abstract:
The eastern part of the Canning Basin covers an area of 125,000 square kilometres. Because of its remoteness
from the coast, this area remained relatively unexplored as late as 1980. This remoteness, together with poor
seismic data, held back the ide...
Use of Thousand-Channel Seismic in Canning Basin
- Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
- Authors: A. Moore and E. Allison
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1984
Abstract:
WMC is the operator, on behalf of itself, Poseidon and Australian Hydrocarbons, of EPs 143 and 225 in the central Canning Basin.
The area poses particular problems for seismic exploration including poor signal-to-noise ratio, great range of depth of...
Slim Hole Drilling in the Canning Basin Philosophy and Application
- Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
- Authors: Simon M. Ashton
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1984
Abstract:
Western Mining Corporation Limited is the operator on behalf of itself, Poseidon Oil Limited and Australian
Hydrocarbons N .L. in petroleum exploration permit areas (EP) 143 and 225 in the central Canning Basin. The area is remote and was virtually u...
Geology and Petroleum Potential of the Southern Canning Basin
- Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
- Authors: J. Conolly, M. Falvey, D. Kingsley, B. Melton and T. Russell
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1984
Abstract:
Only 10 wildcat wells and 7 stratigraphic wells have been drilled in the South Canning Basin where encouraging oil and gas shows occur throughout the Paleozoic sequence. Palaeogeographic reconstructions are made from this well data for the mid to upp...
Source Rocks in the Canning Basin: A Review
- Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
- Authors: E.L. Horstman
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1984
Abstract:
Source rock analyses are not available with adequate sampling density in either an areal or vertical sense to
draw reasonable conclusions with respect to oil and gas potential in the Canning Basin. Only Total Organic Carbon analyses are available in ...
Structural Observations of the Canning Basin by NOAA-AVHRR Satellite Imagery
- Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
- Authors: P. Wilson, I.J. Tapley, F.R. Honey
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1984
Abstract:
Digital enhancement of daytime reflected and nighttime thermal imagery from the NOAA-A VHRR satellite series has highlighted the presence of abundant macroscopic geologic structures traversing the major geologic regions of Western Australia. The magn...
Petroleum Geology of EP’s 205 & 252 – South Canning Basin
- Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
- Authors: Eve A. Howell
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1984
Abstract:
EP's 205 and 252 cover a relatively unexplored area of 30,000 square kilometres in the Southern Canning Basin. To date, no wells have been drilled in either permit, subsurface data therefore being limited to reconnaissance
gravity and magnetic survey...