Geochemical characteristics of Mesozoic petroleum systems in the Bonaparte Basin, northwes

The Bonaparte Basin in northwestern Australia has been actively explored for over twenty years. This dataset likely contains results from isotopic and biomarker analyses of Mesozoic oils, used to characterize oil families within the Westralian Petroleum Supersystem and presented at the 2000 AAPG International Conference.

Use Cases

• Correlating oil families between sub-basins based on geochemical signatures mentioned in the description
• Identifying source rock ages (e.g., Jurassic, Early Cretaceous) based on statistical analysis of oils
• Contrasting Mesozoic and Palaeozoic petroleum systems as described for the Petrel Sub-basin
• Classifying oils by influence (e.g., land-plant, marine, marine carbonate) based on biomarker signatures

Strengths

• Analysis is based on oils from a basin with over twenty years of active exploration history
• Study contrasts multiple petroleum systems and identifies distinct oil families/sub-families
• Findings were presented at a recognized industry conference (2000 AAPG International Conference)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is associated with a 2000 conference; freshness should be verified against current research

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Likely contains results from isotopic and biomarker analyses carried out on Mesozoic oils.

Time Range

Study presented in 2000; temporal coverage of the underlying samples is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 04:33:44.941687; freshness should be verified

Geography

Bonaparte Basin, northwestern Australia, including the Vulcan Sub-basin, ZOCA region, and Browse Basin.