Capricorn and Northern Tasman Basins Marine Seismic Survey Data

December 1989 marine multi-channel seismic reflection survey data covering about 2900 km off southeast Queensland. The Bureau of Mineral Resources conducted the research cruise to investigate the structure, stratigraphy, and petroleum potential of the offshore basins. The survey included seismic ties to the Aquarius-1 and Capricorn-1A wells and collected sonobuoy refraction, gravity, magnetic, and bathymetric data.

Use Cases

• Modeling basin structure based on seismic reflection data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing petroleum resource potential based on stratigraphic and structural data
• Studying Late Cretaceous to Recent sediment deposition based on described syn-rift and post-rift sequences
• Correlating regional geology using seismic ties to deep offshore wells

Strengths

• 2900 km of seismic data acquired
• First multi-channel seismic survey in the region since 1974
• Includes ties to the only deep offshore wells in the region

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Bureau of Mineral Resources (Australia)

Collection Method

Marine multi-channel seismic reflection survey using RV 'Rig Seismic', with sonobuoy refraction, gravity, magnetic, and bathymetric data collection

Time Range

Survey conducted December 1989; data reflects geological history from Late Cretaceous to Recent

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 01:51:14.570545; freshness should be verified

Geography

Capricorn Basin and margins of the northern Tasman Basin off southeast Queensland, Australia