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Tertiary foundations and Quaternary evolution of coral reef systems of Australia’s North West Shelf

Tertiary foundations and Quaternary evolution of coral reef systems of Australia’s North West Shelf

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: L.B. Collins
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The North West Shelf is a modem tropical ramp, which is underlain by Cretaceous-Tertiary carbonates, with clastic reservoirs at depth. Coral reef systems, discontinuously developed during the Late Tertiary-Quaternary, vary from fringing reefs to isol...

 

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Tags: Australia's coral evolution foundations North Quaternary reef shelf. systems Tertiary

Geochemical evolution of formation water in the Talisman Oil Field, North West Shelf, Australia: Implications for oil exploration and production

Geochemical evolution of formation water in the Talisman Oil Field, North West Shelf, Australia: Implications for oil exploration and production

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: G.K. Ellis
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Produced formation water &om the Angel Formation in the Talisman Oil Field, North West Shelf, Australia, was analysed on a regular basis during water production, from December 1989 to the termination of production in July 1992. Evaluation of these an...

 

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Tags: Australia. evolution exploration field formation Geochemical implications North oil production shelf. Talisman

Neogene tectonic and structural evolution of the Timor Sea region, NW Australia

Neogene tectonic and structural evolution of the Timor Sea region, NW Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: M. Keep, M. Clough & L. Langhi
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Neogene deformation styles in the Timor Sea vary from flexure-dominated in the NE to transtension-dominated towards the SW. Neogene fanlts generally preserve overall normal displacement despite sometimes complex reactivation histories. Controls on fa...

 

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Tags: Australia. evolution Neogene NW region Sea structural tectonic Timor

Sequence stratigraphic evolution of the Albian to Recent section of the Dampier Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Sequence stratigraphic evolution of the Albian to Recent section of the Dampier Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J.N.F. Hull & C.M. Griffiths
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

A high-resolution sequence stratigraphic study has been conducted to investigate the evolution of the Albian to Recent section of the Dampier Sub-basin. The section has been divided into sequences, the ages of which are constrained by biostratigraphi...

 

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Tags: Australia. Dampier evolution North recent section sequence shelf. stratigraphic Sub-basin

Integrated approach to platform- basin correlation and deciphering the evolution of Devonian reefs, northern Canning Basin, Western Australia

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...

 

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Tags: approach Australia. basin Canning Correlation deciphering Devonian evolution integrated northern platform Reefs

Revised tectonic evolution of the North West Shelf of Australia and adjacent abyssal plains

Revised tectonic evolution of the North West Shelf of Australia and adjacent abyssal plains

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: C. Heine, R.D. M?ller & M. Norvick
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

 

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Tags: Australia. evolution North plains shelf. tectonic

Restoration of a Deepwater profile from the Browse Basin: Implications for structural-stratigraphic evolution and hydrocarbon prospectivity

Restoration of a Deepwater profile from the Browse Basin: Implications for structural-stratigraphic evolution and hydrocarbon prospectivity

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K.C. Hill & N. Hoffman
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

 

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Tags: basin Browse deepwater evolution hydrocarbon implications profile prospectivity Restoration stratigraphic structural

Neogene Sedimentary Basin Evolution in Northern Papua New Guinea: A Model for Basin Evolution in Convergent Margin Settings

Neogene Sedimentary Basin Evolution in Northern Papua New Guinea: A Model for Basin Evolution in Convergent Margin Settings

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: K. Liu and K.A.W. Crook
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The Neogene sedimentary basins in northern Papua New Guinea are closely associated with embayments and promontories on the Australian Plate margin. Eight plate promontories and seven embayments have been identified along the collision zone from the R...

 

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Tags: basin Convergent evolution margin Neogene Papua New Guinea sedimentary Settings

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

The Structural and Tectonic Evolution of the Gippsland Basin: Results from 2D Section Balancing and 3D Structural Modelling

The Structural and Tectonic Evolution of the Gippsland Basin: Results from 2D Section Balancing and 3D Structural Modelling

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: M.R. Power, K.C. Hill, N. Hoffman, T. Bernecker and M. Norvick
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The Gippsland Basin has been Australia's main hydrocarbon producing province since the mid- 1960's, yet many questions remain concerning the basin's evolution. Interpretation and depth conversion of more than 4,000 km of 2D regional seismic, inclndin...

 

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Tags: basin evolution Gippsland modelling results section structural tectonic

Structural Evolution and Charge History in the Bass Basin – Preliminary Results

Structural Evolution and Charge History in the Bass Basin – Preliminary Results

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: A. Cummings, R. Hills and P. Tingate
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

 

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Tags: basin Bass charge evolution history preliminary results structural

Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K. Tindale, N. Newell, J. Keall and N. Smith
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Exmouth Sub-basin forms part of the Exmouth-Barrow- Dampier intra-cratonic rift system of the Northern Carnarvon Basin. These sub-basins contain significant thicknesses of Upper Jurassic Dingo Claystone, which constitutes the principal hydrocarbo...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon charge evolution Exmouth history northern structural Sub-basin

Late Tertiary-Quaternary Geological Evolution of the Houtman Abrolhos Carbonate Platforms, Northern Perth Basin

Late Tertiary-Quaternary Geological Evolution of the Houtman Abrolhos Carbonate Platforms, Northern Perth Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Lindsay B. Collins, Zhong Rong Zhu and Karl-Heinz Wyrwoll
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Houtman Abrolhos coral reefs are three shelf-edge carbonate platforms which together form the discontinuously rimmed Abrolhos Shelf. During the Tertiary to Quaternary there was a vertical transition from cool-water ramp sedimentation to reefal pl...

 

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Tags: basin carbonate evolution geological Houtman Late northern Perth Platforms Quaternary Tertiary

Structural Evolution of the Browse Basin, North West Shelf: New Concepts from Deep-seismic Data

Structural Evolution of the Browse Basin, North West Shelf: New Concepts from Deep-seismic Data

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Heike I.M. Struckmeyer, Jane E. Blevin, Jacques Sayers, Jennifer M. Totterdell, Ken Baxter and Donna L. Cathro
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

In 1996 and 1997, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) conducted an integrated analysis of the Browse Basin, North West Shelf, based on the structural and sequence stratigraphic interpretation of AGSO's regional deep-seismic and high-...

 

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Tags: basin Browse Concepts data deep evolution New North Seismic shelf. structural

A New Tectonic Model for the Evolution of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

A New Tectonic Model for the Evolution of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Falih M. Daim and Paul G. Lennox
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Continental-scale lineaments, including the configuration of the sedimentary basins, show that Australia is subdivided by master west-northwesttrending transcurrent faults, which have been active intermittently since the Proterozoic. Differential mob...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon evolution model northern tectonic

A New Kinematic Model for the Formation and Evolution of the West and Northwest Australian Margin

A New Kinematic Model for the Formation and Evolution of the West and Northwest Australian Margin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: R. Dietmar M?ller, Dona Mihut and Stephanie Baldwin
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Satellite altimetry has revolutionised our knowledge of the tectonic structure of the ocean floor and the continental shelves where ship data are sparse. We have used existing and new ship magnetic, bathymetric and seismic data with satellite derived...

 

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Tags: Australian evolution formation Kinematic margin model Northwest

Volcanic Evolution of the Western Australian Continental Margin and its Implications for Basin Development

Volcanic Evolution of the Western Australian Continental Margin and its Implications for Basin Development

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Philip A. Symonds, Sverre Planke, Oivind Frey and Jakob Skogseid
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

A systematic interpretation of modern deep-seismic and OBS refraction data, combined with existing seismic and well data has revealed the presence of an extensive magmatic province along the western Australian margin. The magmatism is represented by ...

 

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Tags: Australian basin Continental development evolution implications margin volcanic

Abstracts of Talks: Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin – Noel Newell

Abstracts of Talks: Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin – Noel Newell

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Noel Newell
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1998

 

 

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Tags: Carnarvon charge evolution Exmouth history Noel Newell northern structural Sub-basin Talks

From the Ivory Tower: Modelling Causes Rethink of Basin Evolution – AGCRC at APPEA

From the Ivory Tower: Modelling Causes Rethink of Basin Evolution – AGCRC at APPEA

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: June 1997

 

 

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Tags: APPEA basin Causes evolution Ivory modelling Rethink Tower

Regional Focus – Browse Basin: Palaeozoic Rift Basin Evolution in the Browse Basin, Northwest Shelf – Heike I. M. Struckmeyer, Ken Baxter, Jane E. Blevin & Donna L. Cathro

Regional Focus – Browse Basin: Palaeozoic Rift Basin Evolution in the Browse Basin, Northwest Shelf – Heike I. M. Struckmeyer, Ken Baxter, Jane E. Blevin & Donna L. Cathro

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Heike I. M. Struckmeyer, Ken Baxter, Jane E. Blevin & Donna L. Cathro
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: June 1997

 

 

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Tags: basin Browse Donna Cathro evolution Focus Heike Struckmeyer Jane Blevin Ken Baxter Northwest Palaeozoic Regional Rift shelf.

Structural Evolution of the Onshore Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia

Structural Evolution of the Onshore Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A.J. Mory and R.P. Iasky
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Analysis of fault trends from seismic, and aeromagnetic and gravity images, shows that the onshore northern Perth Basin has a complex tectonic history. Two major phases of tectonism are recognised: 1) extension in a northerly direction in the Permia...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin evolution northern onshore Perth structural

The Ordovician to Silurian Phase of the Canning Basin, WA: Structure and Sequence Evolution

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...

 

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Tags: basin Canning evolution Ordovician phase sequence Silurian structure

Evolution and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of the Offshore Sydney Basin – NSW /P10

Evolution and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of the Offshore Sydney Basin – NSW /P10

Publication Name: New Petroleum Symposium 1993
Authors: Graham Bradley
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1993

 

Abstract:

The Permo-Triassic offshore Sydney Basin is dominated by three structural elements : The Offshore Syncline, Offshore Uplift, and Offshore Newcastle Syncline. The eastern edge of the Offshore Syncline is a complex fault zone formed by extensional over...

 

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Tags: basin evolution hydrocarbon NSW offshore prospectivity Sydney

Bonaparte Basin: Evolution and Structural Framework

Bonaparte Basin: Evolution and Structural Framework

Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
Authors: P.J. Gunn
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1988

 

Abstract:

The Bonaparte Basin of northwestern Australia commenced development as a Devonian rift which underwent a pivot-type opening about a pole at its southern end. When extension ceased in the Mid Carboniferous the bounding faults at the northern end of th...

 

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Tags: basin Bonaparte evolution Framework structural

Palaeogeographic Evolution of the North West Shelf Region

Palaeogeographic Evolution of the North West Shelf Region

Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
Authors: M.T. Bradshaw, A.N. Yeates, R.M. Beynon, A.T. Brakel, R.P. Langford, J.M. Totterdell and M. Yeung
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1988

 

Abstract:

The BMR/ APIRA Palaeogeographic Maps Projecthas produced environmental reconstructions of Australia for seventy time slices, from the Cambrian to the Recent. The comprehensive coverage allows the geological history of the North West Shelf to be viewe...

 

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Tags: evolution North Palaeogeographic region shelf.

Evolution of the Karamea Basin, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand

Evolution of the Karamea Basin, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand

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

 

Abstract:

The complex tectonic evolution of the South Island portion of New Zealand's West Coast Cretaceous through Tertiary sedimentary basin has resulted in the formation of a series of discrete sub-basins. Most hydrocarbon exploration effort to date has bee...

 

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Tags: basin Coast evolution Island Karamea New Zealand South

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

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