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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
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...