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Petroleum prospectivity of Cretaceous strata in the deepwater Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

Petroleum prospectivity of Cretaceous strata in the deepwater Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

Publication Name: PESA's Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II
Authors: P. Baillie and C. Uruski
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2004

 

Abstract:

The 6,200 km Astrolabe non-exclusive 2D seismic survey, acquired during 2001 over the deepwater extension of the Taranaki Basin from the shelf-edge to the 2,000 m isobath, revealed a Cretaceous section, thicker and probably older than any previously ...

 

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Tags: basin analysis Cretaceous. sequence stratigraphy south-east Australia synrift. Taranaki tectonics

Petroleum geology of New Zealand’s Northwest Frontier: The Northland sector of the greater Taranaki Basin

Petroleum geology of New Zealand’s Northwest Frontier: The Northland sector of the greater Taranaki Basin

Publication Name: PESA's Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II
Authors: C.I. Uruski
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2004

 

Abstract:

In recent years, data have been gathered and knowledge accumulated about the geology of the Taranaki Basin frontier. Historically, Taranaki Basin has been considered to consist of the Taranaki Peninsula and the adjacent continental shelf, out to the ...

 

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Tags: Cretaceous. greater Taranaki Jurassic New Zealand Northland Basin petroleum potential rifting

The structural framework and tectonic evolution of the Bight Basin

The structural framework and tectonic evolution of the Bight Basin

Publication Name: PESA's Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II
Authors: J.M. Totterdell and B.E. Bradshaw
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2004

 

Abstract:

The Jurassic-Cretaceous, largely offshore, Bight Basin is situated along the western and central parts of the southern Australian continental margin, extending from the southern tip of Western Australia, to just south of Kangaroo Island. The thickest...

 

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Tags: basin evolution Bight Basin Cretaceous. Jurassic structural geology

Documentation and Refinement of the Middle to Late Cretaceous Calcareous Nannofossil and Foraminiferal KCCM Zonation

Documentation and Refinement of the Middle to Late Cretaceous Calcareous Nannofossil and Foraminiferal KCCM Zonation

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: R.J. Campbell, R.W. Howe, J.P. Rexilius & C.B. Foster
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Petroleum companies operating on the North West Shelf typically employ the composite calcareous microfossil (KCCM) zonation to correlate middle to Upper Cretaceous strata. This zonation combines both calcareous nannofossil and foraminiferal biostrati...

 

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Tags: Calcareous Cretaceous. Documentation Foraminiferal KCCM Late middle Nannofossil Refinement zonation

Trace fossils as tools in glauconitic reservoirs: examples from the Lower Cretaceous of the Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf

Trace fossils as tools in glauconitic reservoirs: examples from the Lower Cretaceous of the Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: F.E. Burns
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Trace fossil analysis is a key tool in the understanding of reservoir heterogeneity within the glauconitic Lower Cretaceous strata of the Carnarvon Basin. Twelve wells with core through the M australis and Mardie Greensand intervals in the Stag Field...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon Cretaceous. examples fossils glauconitic Lower North reservoirs shelf. Tools Trace

Hydrodynamic analysis of the Early Cretaceous aquifers in the Barrow Sub-basin in relation to hydraulic continuity and fault seal

Hydrodynamic analysis of the Early Cretaceous aquifers in the Barrow Sub-basin in relation to hydraulic continuity and fault seal

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A.L. Hennig, J.R. Underschultz & C.J. Otto
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Formation pressure measurements from the Mardie Greensand and the Barrow Group were of sufficient quantity and quality to enable a hydrodynamic analysis of the flow systems to determine how flow systems interact laterally and across formations. This ...

 

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Tags: aquifers continuity Cretaceous. early fault hydraulic Hydrodynamic relation seal Sub-basin

Tidally influenced deposition on the delta plain: Lower Cretaceous Barrow Group sandstones, Barrow Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Tidally influenced deposition on the delta plain: Lower Cretaceous Barrow Group sandstones, Barrow Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A.J. Bond, N. Mader, F.E. Burns, M. Thompson & A.D. George
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon Cretaceous. delta Deposition Group influenced Lower northern plain Sandstones Sub-basin Tidally

Emperor and Golden Beach Subgroups: The Onset of Late Cretaceous Sedimentation in the Gippsland Basin, SE Australia

Emperor and Golden Beach Subgroups: The Onset of Late Cretaceous Sedimentation in the Gippsland Basin, SE Australia

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: T. Bernecker and A.D. Partridge
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The Emperor and Golden Beach subgroups, new subdivisions of the lower part of the Latrobe Group in the Gippsland Basin, are interpreted as basin-wide unconformity-bounded depositional systems that record the key break-up events in the basin during it...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Beach Cretaceous. Emperor Gippsland Golden Late Onset Sedimentation Subgroups

The Sedimentology and Palaeoenvironments of the Late Cretaceous Sherbrook Group in the Otway Basin

The Sedimentology and Palaeoenvironments of the Late Cretaceous Sherbrook Group in the Otway Basin

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: G.A. Boyd and S.J. Gallagher
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The first marine incursions that flooded the Otway Basin, southern Australia, during the Late Cretaceous are preserved in the Sherbrook Group. The purpose of this preliminary study is to describe the depositional environments of the sediments of the ...

 

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Tags: basin Cretaceous. Group Late Otway Palaeoenvironments Sedimentology Sherbrook

Geochemical Comparisons Between Asphaltites on the Southern Australian Margin and Cretaceous Source Rock Analogues

Geochemical Comparisons Between Asphaltites on the Southern Australian Margin and Cretaceous Source Rock Analogues

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: C.J. Boreham, A.A. Krassay and J.M. Totterdell
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Evidence for a mid-Cretaceous source for southern Australian asphaltites is presented, based on geochemical and carbon isotopic comparisons of the asphaltites with onshore source rock analogues from the Albian-Cenomanian Blue Whale Superseguence in t...

 

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Tags: Australian Comparisons Cretaceous. Geochemical margin rock source southern

Character, Maturity and Distribution of Potential Cretaceous Oil Source Rocks in the Ceduna Sub-Basin, Bight Basin, Great Australian Bight

Character, Maturity and Distribution of Potential Cretaceous Oil Source Rocks in the Ceduna Sub-Basin, Bight Basin, Great Australian Bight

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: H.I.M. Struckmeyer, J.M. Totterdell, J.E. Blevin, G.A. Logan, C.J. Boreham, I. Deighton, A.A. Krassay and M.T. Bradshaw
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The Ceduna Sub-basin of the Bight Basin is a frontier region containing only one petroleum exploration well. Therefore, our assessment of the distribution of potential source rocks in the area is based on an understanding of the regional sequence str...

 

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Tags: basin Bight Ceduna character Cretaceous. distribution Great Australian Bight maturity oil potential rocks source Sub-basin

Anomalous Tectonic Subsidence of the Southern Australian Passive Margin: Response to Cretaceous Dynamic Topography or Differential Lithospheric Stretching?

Anomalous Tectonic Subsidence of the Southern Australian Passive Margin: Response to Cretaceous Dynamic Topography or Differential Lithospheric Stretching?

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: B.J. Brown, R.D. M?ller and H.I.M. Struckmeyer
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The southern Australian margin is unique as it is the only known passive margin that formed over and orthogonal to a Mesozoic subducted slab in the mantle. The tectonic subsidence pattern observed along the southern Australian margin primarily reflec...

 

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Tags: Anomalous Australian Cretaceous. Differential Dynamic Lithospheric margin passive southern Stretching subsidence tectonic Topography

Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Jurassic-Cretaceous Maryborough Basin

Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Jurassic-Cretaceous Maryborough Basin

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: P. Lipski
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The Maryborough Basin is a mainly Mesozoic basin that straddles the coastline of southeastern Queensland. The sequence ranges in age from Late Triassic to Early Tertiary. Sequences generally can be correlated across the Surat and Eromanga basins to t...

 

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Tags: basin Cretaceous. geology hydrocarbon Jurassic Maryborough potential

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

Late Cretaceous Rift Volcanics of the Gippsland Basin, SE Australia – New Insights from 3D Seismic

Late Cretaceous Rift Volcanics of the Gippsland Basin, SE Australia – New Insights from 3D Seismic

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: G.J. O'Halloran and E.M. Johnstone
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

While both ancient and modern subaerial basaltic successions have been well studied in the field, the detailed three dimensional subsurface architecture of a basaltic volcanic rift terrain has rarely been directly imaged. Recent 3D seismic data have ...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Cretaceous. Gippsland insights Late Rift Volcanics

An Effective Lower Cretaceous Petroleum System on the North West Shelf: Evidence from the Browse Basin

An Effective Lower Cretaceous Petroleum System on the North West Shelf: Evidence from the Browse Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J. E. Blevin, C. J. Boreham, R. E. Summons, H. I. M. Struckmeyer and T. S. Loutit
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Recent discoveries at Cornea 1 and Gwydion 1 on the southeastern margin of the Browse Basin (Yampi Shelf) have highlighted the potential for liquid hydrocarbon generation in what was previously perceived to be a gas-prone basin. As part of AGSO's Bro...

 

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Tags: basin Browse Cretaceous. Effective evidence Lower North petroleum shelf. system

Cretaceous Source Rocks onshore Gippsland Basin, Victoria

Cretaceous Source Rocks onshore Gippsland Basin, Victoria

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Kourosh Mehin
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: April 1998

 

 

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Tags: basin Cretaceous. Gippsland onshore rocks source Victoria

Evaluation of the Cretaceous Source Rocks of the Otway Basin – K. Mehin and A. Link

Evaluation of the Cretaceous Source Rocks of the Otway Basin – K. Mehin and A. Link

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: K. Mehin and A. Link
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: April 1997

 

 

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Tags: basin Cretaceous. evaluation K Mehin Otway rocks source

New Upper Cretaceous Palynology of the Sherbrook Group, Otway Basin – A. Partridge

New Upper Cretaceous Palynology of the Sherbrook Group, Otway Basin – A. Partridge

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: A. Partridge
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: April 1997

 

 

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Tags: basin Cretaceous. Group Otway palynology. Sherbrook upper

Meanders to Fans: A Sequence Stratigraphic Approach to Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous Sedimentation in the Sahul Syncline, North Bonaparte Basin

Meanders to Fans: A Sequence Stratigraphic Approach to Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous Sedimentation in the Sahul Syncline, North Bonaparte Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: P.H. Robinson, H.S. Stead, J.B. O'Reilly and N.K. Guppy
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Within the Sahul Syncline eleven depositional sequences have been defined for the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous period. These sequences depict a changing depositional history that reflects the varying accommodation space created by tectonic and e...

 

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Tags: approach basin Bonaparte Cretaceous. Fans Jurassic Lower Meanders North Sahul Sedimentation sequence stratigraphic Syncline upper

Sequence Stratigraphy and Petroleum Potential of Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous Depositional System in the Dampier Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Sequence Stratigraphy and Petroleum Potential of Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous Depositional System in the Dampier Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Peter Barber
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

A diminishing prospect-inventory, based on traditional structural targets, has placed increasing emphasis upon finding commercially-viable stratigraphic traps. This is especially true in the Dampier Sub-basin where recent drilling has identified at l...

 

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Tags: Australia. Cretaceous. Dampier depositional Jurassic Lower North petroleum potential sequence shelf. stratigraphy Sub-basin system upper

Possible stratigrphic controls on hydrocarbon distribution within the Jurassic – Early Cretaceous rocks, Eromanga Basin, southern Queenland

Possible stratigrphic controls on hydrocarbon distribution within the Jurassic – Early Cretaceous rocks, Eromanga Basin, southern Queenland

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: P.M. Green, T.J. Brain and B.H. John
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Results of detailed wire-line log correlations have enabled a uniform stratigraphic framework for the Jurassic-Early Cretaceous sequence in the Eromanga Basin in southern Queensland to be established. The broad regional pattern of basin development w...

 

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Tags: basin controls Cretaceous. distribution early Eromanga hydrocarbon Jurassic Queenland rocks southern Stratigrphic

The Cretaceous vegetation, and palaeoenvironment of Otway Group sediments

The Cretaceous vegetation, and palaeoenvironment of Otway Group sediments

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: J. G. Douglas
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Fossil assemblages (principally plants) in the Early Cretaceous non-marine and later Cretaceous marginal marine sediments of the Otway Basin, south-eastern Australia, are examined. Their usefulness for alaeoenvironmental, palaeoclimate and source roc...

 

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Tags: Cretaceous. Group Otway palaeoenvironment sediments vegetation

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