GA352: Gippsland Basin 2D Marine Seismic Survey for CO2 Storage

A marine seismic reflection survey, Gippsland Basin Infill 2D Marine Seismic Survey - GA0352, was undertaken on the offshore southern margin of the Gippsland Basin. The survey was funded by the Australian Government's Department of Industry, Innovation and Science and acquired by Geoscience Australia to investigate potential sites for CO2 geological storage. The dataset consists of acquisition and processing reports in PDF and DOCX formats.

Use Cases

• Identify potential geological structures for CO2 storage based on seismic reflection data.
• Assess the subsurface prospectivity of the offshore Gippsland Basin for energy-related projects.
• Support national carbon infrastructure planning by analyzing pre-competitive seismic survey reports.

Strengths

• Data was acquired by Geoscience Australia, a national geoscience agency.
• Reports are associated with a specific government initiative, the National CO2 Infrastructure Plan (Carbon Storage Taskforce 2009).
• The survey targeted a specific geographical area: the offshore southern margin of the Gippsland Basin.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset consists of reports (PDF, DOCX), not raw or processed numerical/seismic data files.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Acquired through a funded marine seismic reflection survey.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:20:37.928914; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Offshore southern margin of the Gippsland Basin, Australia.