Bureau of Mineral Resources Research Newsletter Issue 3

Issue 3 of the BMR Research Newsletter contains 25 article titles on Australian earth science and petroleum research from 1985. The newsletter was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and includes topics like basin analysis, geophysics, and resource characterization. It was last updated in the platform's catalog on April 4, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the thematic focus of BMR's 1985 research using the article titles on topics like 'Eromanga Basin' and 'Microbiologically enhanced oil recovery'.
• Track international scientific cooperation mentioned in titles such as 'Australia/USSR Earth-science co-operation' and 'Crustal geophysics research in Europe'.
• Identify key personnel and technological advances from titles referencing 'BMR's Intergraph workstation', 'PASSCAL seismic study', and 'John Ferguson'.
• Study the geographic scope of research from titles covering the 'Murray Basin', 'Exmouth Plateau', 'Kerguelen Plateau', and 'western Tasmania'.

Strengths

• Contains 25 distinct research article titles providing a snapshot of 1985 activities.
• Covers a wide range of earth science sub-disciplines from palynology to crustal stress measurements.

Limitations

• Dataset consists only of article titles and lacks the full text, abstracts, or author lists.
• No quantitative data, sample data, or structured columns are provided, limiting analytical depth.
• Represents a single issue from 1985, offering a narrow temporal slice without historical context or subsequent issues.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, originating from the Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR).

Collection Method

Published research newsletter compilation.

Time Range

Content from 1985 (based on workshop date mentioned in one title).

Freshness

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Geography

Primarily Australia (e.g., Eromanga Basin, Tasmania), with some international references (USSR, Europe, SE USA).