ALF Compatible UV Fluorescence Spectra of 120 Western Australian Oils

120 oil samples from offshore Western Australia were analyzed using ultraviolet fluorescence spectroscopy with a 266 nm excitation wavelength. The Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) produced this data to enable correlation between airborne laser fluorosensor survey anomalies and known petroleum systems. This report concludes the first stage of a multi-client 'remote sensing' study and is designed as a standalone product.

Use Cases

• Correlating sea surface hydrocarbon anomalies from ALF surveys with known oil samples based on fluorescence signatures.
• Characterizing the aromatic hydrocarbon content of oils from different offshore petroleum systems.
• Typing hydrocarbon seeps to their geological sources using spectral data.

Strengths

• Contains laboratory UVF emission spectra for 120 distinct oil samples.
• Samples represent all known offshore Western Australian petroleum systems as defined by published studies.
• Data collection method (266 nm excitation) is explicitly compatible with the operational Airborne Laser Fluorosensor (ALF) system.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-06-27 20:17:17.875173; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) Petroleum and Marine Division

Collection Method

Aliquots of oil samples diluted with n-hexane were analyzed by UV fluorescence spectroscopy, scanning the 280-500 nm emission response.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 20:17:17.875173

Geography

Offshore Western Australia