Regional Geodynamics Project

This project concluded on 30 June 2013.

Overview

This project acquired, processed and interpreted pre-competitive geoscience information associated with mineral resources in selected provinces and basins across Australia to identify prospectivity and promote new data and results to industry, in partnership with State and Northern Territory Geological Surveys. The project also utilised datasets collected as part of the Onshore Energy Security Program. Processed data and images of seismic surveys and images for magnetotelluric (MT) surveys can be found on the Seismic Acquisition and Processing Project page. The aim of the project was to increase investment in exploration for onshore mineral resources in selected provinces and basins across Australia, to improve discovery rates for these resources.

Each year the project focused in a different area:

• Mount Isa-Georgetown-Charters Towers, Queensland in 2008-09
• Gawler-Curnamona, South Australia in 2009-10
• Amadeus-Arunta-Georgina, Northern Territory in 2010-11
• Capricorn region, Western Australia in 2011-12
• Yilgarn-Officer-Musgraves, Western Australia in 2012-13.

Mount Isa-Georgetown-Charters Towers

Interpretation and release of seismic and MT data

• Interpretation of Mount Isa Seismic surveys - Presentations from the Mount Isa Crustal Seismic Workshop, Mount Isa, 24 June 2008.
• Interpretation of North Queensland Seismic and MT surveys - Presentations from the North Queensland Seismic and MT Workshop, Townsville, June 2009.

3D geological and geophysical maps

• Rock property data (densities and magnetic susceptibilities) of the Mount Isa region consisting of 442 samples containing density and/or magnetic susceptibility measurements.
• Basement Geology of Northern Queensland map and Basement Geology of Northern Queensland GIS Dataset.
• Depth to Basement of Northwest Queensland map.
• Depth to magnetic basement GIS dataset for the combined North Queensland, Gawler-Curnamona and Arunta-Georgina-Amadeus-Musgrave areas.
• 3D map and supporting geophysical studies in the North Queensland region - Geoscience Australia Record 2009/029.
• 3D map and supporting geophysical studies in the North Queensland region - 3D data.

Geodynamic and metallogenic synthesis in a time-space framework

• Geodynamic Synthesis of the North Queensland region and Implications for Metallogeny - Geoscience Australia Record 2009/030.

Assessment of energy systems potential of selected regions

• An assessment of the uranium and geothermal potential of north Queensland - Geoscience Australia Record 2010/014.

Acquisition of other data

• New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages from north Queensland, 2007–2010 - Geoscience Australia Record 2011/38.

Gawler-Curnamona

Interpretation and release of seismic and MT data

• Interpretation of the southern Gawler-Curnamona region Seismic and MT surveys - Extended abstracts from the South Australia Seismic and MT Workshop 2010 - Geoscience Australia Record 2010/010.
• Interpretation of the southern Gawler-Curnamona region Seismic and MT surveys - Presentations from the South Australia Seismic and MT Workshop 2010.

3D geological and geophysical maps

• ASTER GIS products from the southern Gawler-Curnamona region, South Australia> - A collaborative project between CSIRO and Geoscience Australia.
• 3D Map and Supporting Geophysical Studies in the Gawler Craton and Curnamona Province - 3D data.
• Depth to magnetic basement map of the Gawler-Curnamona region, South Australia
• Depth to magnetic basement GIS dataset for the combined North Queensland, Gawler-Curnamona and Arunta-Georgina-Amadeus-Musgrave areas
• The Pandurra Formation, South Australia - An Integrated Assessment in 3D.

Geodynamic and metallogenic synthesis in a time-space framework

• Geodynamic Synthesis of the Gawler Craton and Curnamona Province - Geoscience Australia Record 2010/027.

Assessment of energy systems potential of selected regions

• An assessment of the uranium and geothermal prospectivity of east central South Australia.

Acquisition of other data

• New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages from the Gawler Craton and Curnamona Province, South Australia, 2008-10 - Geoscience Australia Record 2010/016.
• Investigation of drill holes in the vicinity of the 08GA-C1 seismic line in the Curnamona Province, South Australia - Geoscience Australia Record 2010/021.

Gawler-Officer-Musgrave-Amadeus (GOMA)

Interpretation and release of seismic and MT data

• Interpretation of the GOMA (Gawler-Officer-Musgrave-Amadeus) Seismic and MT survey - Extended abstracts from the GOMA Seismic and MT Workshop 2010 - Geoscience Australia Record 2010/039.
• Interpretation of the GOMA (Gawler-Officer-Musgrave-Amadeus) Seismic and MT survey - Presentations from the GOMA Seismic and MT Workshop 2010.

Northern Territory

Interpretation and release of seismic and MT data

• Interpretation of the Georgina-Arunta Seismic and MT survey - Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES) 2011. Record of Abstracts. NTGS Record 2011-003.
• Interpretation of the Georgina-Arunta Seismic and MT survey - Presentations from the Annual Geoscience Exploration Seminar (AGES) 2011.

Acquisition of other data

• New SHRIMP geochronology from the Arunta Region: 2009-2010 - Geoscience Australia Record 2011/014.

3D geological and geophysical maps

• 3D Geophysical and Geological map of the Georgina-Arunta region, NT.
• Depth to magnetic basement of the Arunta-Georgina-Amadeus-Musgrave region.
• Depth to magnetic basement GIS dataset for the combined North Queensland, Gawler-Curnamona and Arunta-Georgina-Amadeus-Musgrave areas.

Assessment of energy systems potential of selected regions

• An assessment of the uranium and geothermal prospectivity of the southern Northern Territory.

Western Australia

Interpretation and release of seismic and MT data

• Interpretation of the Capricorn Orogen seismic and MT survey - Geological Survey of Western Australia Record 2011/25
• Interpretation of the Youanmi and Southern Carnarvon seismic and MT survey - Interpretation of the Youanmi seismic and MT survey
• Interpretation of the Yilgarn-Officer-Musgrave seismic and MT survey - Geoscience Australia Record 2013/28.
• Interpretation of the Yilgarn-Officer-Musgrave seismic and MT survey - Presentations from the Yilgarn-Officer-Musgrave seismic and MT workshop 2013.

3D geological and geophysical maps

• 3D Geophysical and Geological map of the Yilgarn-Officer-Musgrave region, WA.