Regional Geodynamics Project

Last updated:8 April 2016

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

3D geological and geophysical maps

Geodynamic and metallogenic synthesis in a time-space framework

Assessment of energy systems potential of selected regions

Acquisition of other data

Gawler-Curnamona

Interpretation and release of seismic and MT data

3D geological and geophysical maps

Geodynamic and metallogenic synthesis in a time-space framework

Assessment of energy systems potential of selected regions

Acquisition of other data

Gawler-Officer-Musgrave-Amadeus (GOMA)

Interpretation and release of seismic and MT data

Northern Territory

Interpretation and release of seismic and MT data

Acquisition of other data

3D geological and geophysical maps

Assessment of energy systems potential of selected regions

Western Australia

Interpretation and release of seismic and MT data

3D geological and geophysical maps

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