| LORNE BASIN | ||
|---|---|---|
| State(s) | New South Wales | |
| Area (km2) | Offshore | ? (unknown if the basin extends offshore) |
| Onshore | 500 | |
| Maximum thickness (m) | 300 | |
| Age Range | Triassic | |
| Basin | Overlies | Palaeozoic basement of the New England Fold Belt. |
| Underlies | Neogene coastal fluvio-lacustrine facies. | |
| Subdivisions | There are no formal subdivisions, but northern and southern lobes of the basin are recognised. | |
| Other | - | |
| Indicators | Knowledge | Moderate geophysical and outcrop data onshore; no data at all if the basin extends offshore. |
| Basin type | Intramontane. | |
| System(s) | Nil | |
| Water Depth (m) | 0 - (?) < 200 | |
| Exploration | Status | Frontier |
| Wells | 0 | |
| Seismic line-km | 0 | |
| Discoveries | Nil | |
| Shows | Nil | |
| HC evidence | Nil | |
| Geology | Source(s) | No source identified |
| Reservoirs | Triassic sandstone and conglomerate facies. | |
| Seals | No seal identified. | |
| Trap types | Complex faulting and facies variations could in theory form traps. | |
| Palaeogeographic summary | Initially alluvial fan and desert plain/playa complex; later wetter with meandering fluvial streams. | |
| Timing | Oil generation | No evidence of generation. |
| Gas generation | No evidence of generation. | |
| Trap formation | Triassic. | |
| Other key times | - | |
| Other important information | Any offshore extension of the basin will lie under whale migration paths for several months of the year. | |
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