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Bradshaw, B., Nicoll, R.S., & Bradshaw, M., 1990. The Cambrian to Permo-Triassic Arafura Basin, Northern Australia. The APEA Journal 30, 107-127.

Edwards, D.S., Summons, R.E., Kennard, J.M., Nicholl, R.S., Bradshaw, J., Bradshaw, M., Foster, C.B., O'Brien, G.W. and Zumberge, J.E., 1997-Geochemical characteristics of Palaeozoic petroleum systems in Northwestern Australia. The APPEA Journal, 37 (1), 351-379.

Earl, K.L., 2006. An audit of wells in the Arafura Basin. Geoscience Australia Record 2006/02.

Infoterra Ltd, 2003. Global Seeps - Arafura Sea. Confidential Report (unpublished).

Kempton, R.H. & Fenton, S., 2006. Investigation of hydrocarbon charge in the Cobra-1a, Kulka-1, Money Shoal-1, Tasman-1 and Torres-1 exploration wells, Goulburn Graben, Arafura Basin, northern margin of Australia. In Struckmeyer, H.I.M. (compiler), 2006. New datasets for the Arafura Basin. Geoscience Australia Record 2006/06.

Labutis, V., Moore, A. & Bradshaw, J., 1992. Arafura petroleum prospectivity evaluation report. AGSO Record 1992/84.

Laurie, J.R., 2006. Macrofossils from Petrofina Arafura 1, Goulburn Graben, Arafura Basin. Geoscience Australia Professional Opinion No. 2006/01.

Logan, G.A, Ryan, G.J., Glenn, K., Rollet, N., Hemer, M., Twyford, L. and Shipboard Party, 2006-Shallow gas and benthic habitat mapping, Arafura Sea. RV Southern Surveyor May - June 2005, S282 Post Cruise Report. Geoscience Australia Record.

Martin, B.A. & Cawley, S.J., 1991. Onshore and offshore petroleum seepage: contrasting a conventional study in Papua New Guinea and airborne laser fluorosensing over the Arafura Sea. APEA Journal 31(1), 333-353.

McKirdy, D.M. & Horvath, Z., 1976. Geochemistry and significance of coastal bitumen from southern and northern Australia. APEA Journal 16, 123-135.

McLennan, J.M., Rasidi, J.S., Holmes, R.L. & Smith, G.C., 1990. The geology and petroleum potential of the western Arafura Sea. APEA Journal 30, 91-106.

Moore A., Bradshaw J. & Edwards D., 1996. Geohistory modelling of hydrocarbon migration and trap formation in the Arafura Sea. The Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Journal 24, 35-51

Miyazaki, S. & McNeil, B., 1998. Arafura Sea. Petroleum Prospectivity Bulletin and Database 1998/1. Bureau of Resource Sciences, Canberra.

Nicoll, R.S., Shergold, J.H., Laurie, J.R. & Bischoff, G.C.O., 1996. Cambrian and Ordovician biostratigraphy of the Arafura Basin, northern Australia. Geological Society of Australia, Abstracts 41, 318.

Petroconsultants, 1989. Northern Territory Geological Survey petroleum basin study - Arafura Basin. Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy Report.

Sherwood, N., Russell, N. and Faiz, M., 2006. Thermal maturity evaluation using a combination of FAMM and conventional organic petrological analyses for samples from a suite of wells in the Arafura Basin, Australia. In: Struckmeyer, H.I.M. (compiler) 2006, New datasets for the Arafura Basin. Geoscience Australia Record. 2006/06.

Struckmeyer, H.I.M. (compiler), 2006a. New datasets for the Arafura Basin. Geoscience Australia Record. 2006/06.

Struckmeyer, H.I.M. (compiler), 2006b. Petroleum Geology of the Arafura Basin. Geoscience Australia Record (in prep).

Summons, R.E., Bradshaw, J.B., Brooks, D.M., Goody, A.K., Murray, A.P. & Foster, C.B., 1993. Hydrocarbon composition and origins of coastal bitumens from the Northern Territory, Australia. PESA Journal, 31-42.

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