Geoscience Australia acquired 2570 km of seismic, gravity, and magnetic data in 2008-09 for the Southwest Margins survey 310. This data enabled mapping of structures and supersequences in the frontier Mentelle Basin, a 36,000 m2 sedimentary basin west of Cape Leeuwin. The assessment suggests the basin contains an active petroleum system with multiple source rocks, reservoirs, and seals.
Use Cases
- Mapping subsurface structures and supersequences based on seismic interpretation data
- Assessing petroleum prospectivity based on identified source rock intervals and reservoir characteristics
- Identifying hydrocarbon play types based on described faulted anticlines, stratigraphic, and unconformity plays
- Analyzing basin geology and sedimentology based on fluvial, lacustrine, and marine strata data
Strengths
- Includes 2570 km of industry-standard seismic data
- Covers a large, defined sedimentary basin area of 36,000 m2
- Integrates multiple data types: seismic, gravity, and magnetic
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia
- Collection Method
- Acquired during the Southwest Margins seismic survey 310 in 2008-09
- Time Range
- 2008-2009
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 00:45:23.939946; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Mentelle Basin, located about 150 km west of Cape Leeuwin, Australia