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AusGeo News
- AusGeo News is Geoscience Australia's quarterly magazine published in March, June, September and December
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Australian Mineral Exploration Review
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Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2007
Current edition: Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2007.
- Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2007: Table 1
Previous releases
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Geoscience Australia records and other publications
A complete list of publications from other divisions is also available from the Publications for Free Download page.
2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001-1997
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Geoscience Australia Record 2007/16:
Geodynamic and Metallogenic Evolution of Proterozoic Australia from 1850 - 1550 Ma: A discussion
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Fraser, G.L., Huston, D.L., Gibson, G.M., Neumann, N.L. , Maidment, N., Kositcin, N. Skirrow, R.G., Jaireth, S. Lyons, P., Carsons, C., Cutten, H. and Lambeck, A. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2007/14:
Proceedings of Geoconferences (WA) Inc Kalgoorlie '07 Conference |
Editor: Bierlein, F.P. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2007/06:
Geochronological synthesis and Time-Space plots for Proterozoic Australia |
Neumann, N.L. and Fraser, G.L. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2007/15:
Tectonostratigraphic architecture and uplift history of the Eastern Yilgarn Craton |
Blewett, R.S. and Czarnota, K. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2007/01:
Compilation of SHRIMP U-Pb geochronological data, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, 2004-2006 |
Sircombe, K.N., Cassidy, K.F., Champion, D.C. and Tripp, G. |
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| Products from Geoscience Australia to assist nickel and platinum explorers |
Dean Hoatson: +61 2 6249 9593 |
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A synthesis of Australian Proterozoic mafic-ultramafic magmatic events. Part 2: Northern Territory and South Australia |
This 4 000 000 scale colour map summarises the major Proterozoic mafic and ultramafic magmatic events (and associated mineralisation) of the Northern Territory and South Australia.
Hoatson, D.M., Claoue-Long, J., Jaireth, S., 2007. A synthesis of Australian Proterozoic mafic-ultramafic magmatic events. Part 2: Northern Territory and South Australia. 1:4,000,000 scale map. Geoscience Australia, Canberra.
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A PDF and JPEG version of this map can be found on the Mineral Maps of Australia page
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Geoscience Australia Record 2007/08:
National Geochemical Survey of Australia: Field Manual |
Compiled by Megan Lech, Patrice de Caritat, Andrew McPherson |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2007/05:
Index of Airborne Geophysical Surveys (9th Edition), 2007 |
Percival, P.J. |
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2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001-1997
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| Products from Geoscience Australia to assist nickel explorers |
Dean Hoatson: +61 2 6249 9593 |
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A synthesis of Australian Proterozoic mafic-ultramafic magmatic events. Part 1: Western Australia |
This 3 500 000 scale colour map summarises the major Proterozoic mafic and ultramafic magmatic events (and associated mineralisation) of Western Australia.
Hoatson, D.M., Jaireth, S., Jaques, A.L., Huleatt, M.B., 2006. A synthesis of Australian Proterozoic mafic-ultramafic magmatic events. Part 1: Western Australia. 1:3 500 000 scale map. Geoscience Australia, Canberra.
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A PDF and JPEG version of this map can be found on the Mineral Maps of Australia page
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| Nickel sulfide deposits in Australia: Characteristics, resources, and potential |
Hoatson, D.M., Jaireth, S., Jaques, A.L., 2006. Nickel sulfide deposits in Australia: Characteristics, resources, and potential. Ore Geology Reviews 29, 177-241 |
Ore Geology Reviews
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Geoscience Australia Record 2006/21:
Broken Hill Exploration Initiative: Abstracts for the September 2006 Conference |
Compiled by R.J. Korsch and R.G. Barnes |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2006/20:
Constructing geologically-constrained 3D models using 3D GeoModeller |
A.J. Meixner, R. Lane, K. Czarnota and K. Cassidy |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2006/17:
Archive of results from the North Australia and Tanami National Geoscience Accord Projects |
Compiled by Huston, D.L. Larson R. Gerner E. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2006/16:
Evolution and metallogenesis of the North Australian Craton Conference Abstracts |
P. Lyons, D.L. Huston |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2006/14:
Mineral potential modelling of proterozoic mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the Arunta Region, Central Australia |
Miezitis, Y., Jaireth, S. and Hoatson, D.M. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2006/13:
Regional Geology and Metallogeny of the Eastern Aileron and Irindina Provinces: a Field Guide |
D. L. Huston, D. Maidment, K. Hussey |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2006/12:
The 2003-2004 Curnamona Province Seismic Survey: Workshop Notes |
B.R. Goleby, R.J. Korsch, T. Fomin, C.H.H. Conor; W.V. Preiss, R.S. Roberton and A.C. Burtt |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2006/03:
Curnamona, SA, 2003 and 2004 seismic survey operations report |
D.W. Johnstone, T. Fomin and A. Shearer |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2006/01:
Index of Gravity Surveys (First Edition), 2006 |
Compiled by M. Bacchin, P. Wynne and D. Courtney |
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2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001-1997
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Geoscience Australia Record 2005/20:
Compilation of SHRIMP U-Pb Geochronological Data, Gawler Craton, 2001-2003 |
Elizabeth A. Jagodzinski |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2005/19:
The 2003 Gawler Craton Seismic Survey |
P. Lyons & B.R. Goleby |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2005/16:
Gawler Craton Mineral Promotion Project Plan, 2000-2004 |
Roger G. Skirrow |
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| Australian gold exploration 1976-2003 |
M.B. Huleatt and A.L. Jaques, "Australian gold exploration 1976-2003", Resources Policy, Volume 30, Issue 1, March 2005, Pages 29-37 |
Resources Policy journal
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| Exploration and discover of Australia's copper, nickel, lead and zinc resources 1976-2005 |
A.L. Jaques, M.B. Huleatt, M. Ratajkoski, R.R. Towner, "Exploration and discover of Australia's copper, nickel, lead and zinc resources 1976-2005", Resources Policy, Volume 30, Issue 3, September 2005, Pages 168-167 |
Resources Policy journal
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2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001-1997
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2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001-1997
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Geoscience Australia Record 2003/29:
Geophysical interpretation of Proterozoic mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the Arunta Region, central Australia |
Tony Meixner and Dean M. Hoatson |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2003/15:
Compilation of SHRIMP U-Pb geochronological data: Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, 2001-2002 |
J. Dunphy, I. Fletcher, K. Cassidy, D. Champion |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2003/14:
Magmas to Mineralisation: The Ishihara Symposium, July 2003 Abstracts |
D. Champion (compiler) |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2003/13:
Broken Hill Exploration Initiative: Abstracts from the July 2003 Conference |
M. Peljo (compiler) |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2003/08:
Potential Applications in Baseline Geochemical Data Integration for Geoscience Australia, a Report of findings from a pilot study |
Megan E. Lech, Ollie L. Raymond, Lesley A.I. Wyborn |
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2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001-1997
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| Australian Mineral Exploration: Analysis and implications |
Jaques, A.L., Huleatt, M.B. Published in the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Bulletin No. 1 Jan/Feb 2002, 45-52 |
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| Australian Mineral Exploration: Outlook improving but challenges remain |
Jaques, A.L., Huleatt, M.B. Originally published in The AusIMM Bulletin No. 5 September/October 2002, pp 36-42 |
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| Timing of regional tectonism and au-mineralisation in the Tanami Block: 40Ar/39Ar geochronological constraints - North Australia Project |
Geoff Fraser |
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| Event chronology and prospectivity of the mafic magmatic systems in the Arunta province - North Australia Project |
Dean Hoatson, Jon Claoué-Long, Shen-su Sun |
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| An overview of Geoscience Australia work as part of the North Australia NGA Project |
David Huston, Mario Bacchin, Lynton Jaques, Subhash Jaireth, Richard Larson and Tony Meixner |
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| Deep seismic reflection profiling in the Northern Territory: past work and future directions - North Australia Project |
R.J. Korsch, B.R. Goleby & E. Chudyk |
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| Potential field modelling of proposed land seismic transects in the Northern Territory - North Australia Project |
Tony Meixner, David Maidment & Jim Jackson |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2002/18:
Geology, geochronology and geophysics of the north eastern Yilgarn Craton, with an emphasis on the Leonora-Laverton transect area |
K.F. Cassidy (editor) |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2002/14:
Geology of the Sir Samuel 1:250 000 sheet area, Western Australia |
S.F. Liu, D.C. Champion and K.F. Cassidy |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2002/02:
Interpretation of Airborne Electromagnetic Data: Summary report on the Challenger Workshop |
Richard Lane and Lisa Worrall |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2002/03:
Measured sections and sequence stratigraphic interpretations: Surprise Creek Formation, Gunpowder Creek Formation, Torpedo Creek and Warrina Park Quartzites |
Jackson, M.J., Southgate, P.N., Blake, P., Domagala, J., Lech, M.E., Retter, A.J. and Barnett, K. |
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2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001-1997
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| Australia's uranium resources, geology and development of deposits |
A.D. McKay and Y. Miezitis |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2001/47:
Compilation of SHRIMP U-Pb geochronological data, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, 2000-2001 |
I.R. Fletcher, J.M. Dunphy, K.F. Cassidy and D.C. Champion |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2001/43:
Comparisons of total magnetic intensity grids, combined using gridmerge, with two independent datasets |
Peter R. Milligan, Brian R.S. Minty, Tony Luyendyk & Andrew Lewis |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2001/39:
Field investigations of Proterozoic mafic-ultramafic intrusions in the Arunta Province, central Australia |
Dean Hoatson and Alastair Stewart |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2001/35:
The geology of the Mount Edgar and Corunna Downs igneous complexes; East Pilbara Craton, Western Australia |
Minerals Division staff |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2001/12:
The Metallogenic Potential of Australian Proterozoic Granites |
Anthony R. Budd, Lesley A.I. Wyborn, Irina V. Bastrakova |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2001/10:
Gold Deposits of the Pilbara Craton |
David Huston, Richard Blewett, Terrence Mernaugh, Shen-Su Sun and Julienne Kamprad |
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| North Pilbara 'Virtual' Structural Field Trip |
Richard Blewett |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2000/39:
Australian fundamental gravity network 1991 and 1993 Absolute gravity measurements and Isogal station reconstruction Western Australia: operations report |
Williams, J.W. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2000/37: Errors in digital elevation models derived from airborne geophysical data |
L.M. Richardson |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2000/16:
Australian fundamental gravity network 1992, 1993, 1994 Sydney isogal station reconstruction NSW Australia: operations report |
Williams, J.W. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2000/15:
Australian fundamental gravity network 1992 (inc. 1996 & 1998) Gravity control stations Hobart, Triabunna, Queenstown Tasmania Australia: operations report |
Williams, J.W. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2000/05:
Facsimile copy of the aerial geological and geophysical survey of Northern Australia AGGSNA Reports 1 to 26, 28, 46 to 48, 51 to 59 for Western Australia Pilbara Goldfield |
Blewett, R.S. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 2000/03:
Revised sub-division and regional correlation of the McArthur Basin succession based on NABRE's 1995-8 sequence stratigraphic studies |
Blewett, R.S. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 1999/50:
A petrophysical dataset for the Broken Hill region, NSW |
Maidment, D.W., Schmidt, P.W., Giddings, J.W., Peljo, M. and Clark, D. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 1999/34:
Geomagnetic repeat station survey of the Australian region, 1996-1998 |
Lewis, A. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 1999/31:
Rason, WA, airborne geophysical survey, 1998, operations report |
Brodie, R.C. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 1999/32:
Throssell, WA, airborne geophysical survey, 1998, operations report |
Brodie, R.C. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 1999/27:
Geophysical investigation of north central Australia : images, algorithms and crustal models |
Tarlowski, C.Z. and Scott, D.L. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 1999/21:
An inventory of saline water disposal basins, Murray Basin : volume 3 additional basins in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales 1998 |
Sedgmen, H. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 1999/15:
Measured sections and sequence stratigraphic interpretations: upper McNamara and Fickling Groups |
Krassay, A.A., Bradshaw, B.E., Domagala, J., McConachie, J.F., Lindsay, J.F., Jackson, M.J., Southgate, P.N., Barnett, K.W. and Zeilinger, I. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 1999/10:
Measured sections and sequence stratigraphic interpretations : lower McNamara, Mt Isa and Fickling Groups : preliminary edition data release |
Southgate, P.N., Sami, T.T., Jackson, M.J., Domagala, J., Krassay, A.A., Lindsay, J.F., McConachie, B., Page, R.W., Pidgeon, B., Neudert, M.K., Barnett, K., Rokvic, U. and Zeilinger, I. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 1999/08:
Australian seismological report 1996 |
McCue, K.F. and Sinadinovski, C. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 1998/30:
AGCRC eastern Lachlan seismic survey 1997: operational report |
Johnstone, D.W., Owen, A.J. and Nicoll, M.G. |
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Geoscience Australia Record 1998/04:
Elizabeth Creek project: buried mineral play in Century - equivalent strata, northern Lawn Hill Platform, Queensland |
Bradshaw, B.E., Scott, D.L., Krassay, A.A. and Southgate, P.N. |
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| Bungle Bungle Range : Purnululu National Park, East Kimberley, Western Australia : a guide to the rocks, landforms, plants, animals, and human impact |
Hoatson, D.M., Blake, D.H., Mori, A., Tyler, I., Pittavino, M., Allen, B., Kamprad, J. and Oswald-Jacobs, I. |
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| Best practice manual for gravity surveys - includes data interchange standard for point data |
Alice S. Murray and Ray Tracey |
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| Second National Forum on GIS in the Geosciences, 29 - 31 March 1995, Australian National Library: forum proceedings |
AGSO |
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| Geology of the Murray Basin, Southeastern Australia |
Brown, C.M. and Stephenson, A.E. |
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| Exploration Models for Major Australian Mineral Deposit Types |
Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics - Volume 17, Number 4 |
Table of contents |
| Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric Surveys |
Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics - Volume 17, Number 2
Peter Gunn (editor) |
Table of contents |
Geoscience Australia Record 1941/09:
Geological report on the Sapphire-Moresby King, Laloki, and other mines, Astrolabe mineral field, Papua |
Fisher, N.H. |
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Conference Presentations
2007
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| Proterozoic Mafic-Ultramafic Magmatic Events in the Northern Territory & South Australia: Implications for Nickel-PGE Mineralisation |
Dean M. Hoatson |
The 2007 Australian Nickel Conference, 24-25 October 2007, Sheraton Hotel, Perth, Western Australia |
| Resources and geology of Australia's thorium deposits [PDF, 1.2MB] |
Y. Mieztis, T.P. Mernagh and I.B. Lambert |
Technical Meeting on "thorium based fuel cycle for Pressurized Heavy Water-cooled Reactors, Light Water Reactors and High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors, International Atomic Energy Agency, 22-25 October 2007, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Paterson AEM Survey: planning acquisition and interpretation |
Adrian Fisher |
Aditya-Birla Nifty copper mine and to staff at the Geological Survey of Western Australia, August 20 |
| Mapping heat across the Australian continent [PDF, 1MB] |
Dr Anthony Budd |
3rd Hot Rock Energy Conference, August 2007, Adelaide |
| Three billion years of granite magmatism: Palaeo-Archaean to Permian granites of Australia |
David C. Champion (Geoscience Australia) & R. H. Smithies (Geological Survey of Western Australia) |
Sixth International Hutton Symposium, Stellenbosch, South Africa, July 2007 |
| Australia's Exploration Hot Spots 2007 |
A.L. Jaques and M.B. Huleatt |
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies National Mining Congress 7-9 June 2007, Perth Convention Centre, Western Australia |
| New Insights from Key Proterozoic Mineral Provinces |
Dr James Johnson |
AMEC National Mining Congress 2007, 7-8 June 2007, Perth Convention Centre, Western Australia |
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2006
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| Australian Diamond Exploration 2006: Where are the Greenfields? |
Lynton Jaques |
World Diamond Conference, held in Perth from 20 to 21 November, 2006. |
| Proterozoic mafic-ultramafic magmatic events: Implications for nickel mineralisation |
Dean Hoatson |
Australian Nickel Conference held in Perth, 18-19 October 2006 |
| New data and new concepts for the Paterson Orogen |
Kevin Cassidy, Karol Czarnota, David Huston, David Maidment, Avon McIntyre, Tony Meixner, Narelle Neumann, Anna Potter |
Geological Survey of Western Australia's open day, Fremantle, Western Australia, on 23 February, 2006. |
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2005
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| New Insights into Intrusion-related Gold-Copper Systems in the Tasmanides |
Dave Champion (GA) and Phil Blevin (PetroChem Consultants) |
Mining 2005, Brisbane, 26 October 2005 |
| Nickel sulphide deposits in Australia: Challenges and new opportunities |
Dean Hoatson |
Australian Nickel Conference held in Perth, 19-20 October 2005. A short summary is also available. |
| Proterozoic geology of the northwest Paterson Orogen, Western Australia: Prospectivity, possibilities, progress, and the Permian problem |
McIntyre, A., Bagas, L., Cassidy, K., Czarnota, K., Huston, D., Meixner, T., Maidment, D., Neumann, N., Potter, A. |
Central Australian Basins Symposium held in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 16-18 August 2005 |
| New Insights into Some of Australia's Giant Deposits through Seismic Reflection Surveys: Exploration Implications |
Jaques, A.L., Drummond, B.D., Korsch, R., Goleby, B., and Jaireth, S. |
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada International Convention, Trade Show and Investors Exchange (PDAC), 4-6 March 2005 in Toronto, Canada |
| Measuring the degree of contamination of samples during grinding |
Liz Webber |
Australian X-Ray Analytical Association conference in Fremantle held 14-18 February 2005 |
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2004
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| Australia's Nickel Sulphide Deposits: Characteristics and New Ideas for Discovery |
Dean Hoatson |
Australian Nickel Conference held in Perth, 13-14 October 2004 |
| Nickel Sulphide Deposits in Australia: Resources and Potential |
Dean Hoatson |
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention held in Toronto, Canada, 7-10 March 2004 |
| Web-Based Mapping of Australia's Nickel Sulphide Metallogenic Provinces: Resources and Potential |
Jaireth, S., Hoatson, D.M., Jaques, A.L., Towner, R.R., Huleatt, M.B. and Ratajkoski, M. |
Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) 2004: Predictive Mineral Discover Under Cover conference held in Perth, September 2004. |
| Australian diamond exploration: Where to next? |
Lynton Jaques |
World Diamond Conference, Perth, 22-23 November 2004 |
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Posters and Fact Sheets
2008
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Fact Sheet: Direct-use of Geothermal Energy: Opportunities for Australia |
Ayling, B.F., Budd, A.A., Holgate, F.L. and Gerner, E. |
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Fact Sheet: Electricity Generation from Geothermal Energy in Australia |
Ayling, B.F., Budd, A.A., Holgate, F.L. and Gerner, E. |
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Gawler Mineral Promotion Publications
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North Australia Project results and products
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