Geological Assessment of Capel and Faust Basins, Offshore Eastern Australia

Geoscience Australia's Remote Eastern Frontiers project conducted a multi-year geological and petroleum prospectivity assessment from 2006 to 2010. This AusGeo New article outlines the regional setting, data acquisition, methodology, and findings for the Capel and Faust basins on the northern Lord Howe Rise. The assessment was aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess regional petroleum prospectivity based on the outlined geological findings
• Study basin evolution and structure based on the described regional setting
• Review data acquisition strategies for remote offshore exploration based on the methodology
• Compare assessment methodologies for frontier basins based on the project's approach

Strengths

• Assessment conducted by a national geological authority, Geoscience Australia
• Project spanned a defined four-year period from 2006 to 2010
• Metadata includes a specific last updated timestamp of 2026-04 -10

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is presented as an HTML article, not as a structured dataset

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Regional geological and petroleum prospectivity assessment project

Time Range

2006-2010

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 18:29:25.561680; freshness should be verified

Geography

Capel and Faust basins, northern Lord Howe Rise, offshore Eastern Australia