Seismic Interpretation of Capel and Faust Basins, Offshore Eastern Australia

Australia's remote offshore Capel and Faust basins are covered by approximately 6,000 km of industry-standard 2D seismic data acquired in late 2006 and early 2007. The data was acquired by Geoscience Australia as part of efforts to evaluate the resource potential of frontier basins. This record details the interpretation of that seismic data, complementing the release of digital interpretations in workstation formats.

Use Cases

• Map subsurface geological structures based on interpreted seismic horizons.
• Integrate seismic interpretations with potential field data (gravity, magnetic) for basin analysis.
• Assess the Cretaceous rift evolution of the Lord Howe Rise based on the seismic record.

Strengths

• Approximately 6,000 km of industry-standard, 106-fold 2D seismic data provides substantial coverage.
• Data is complemented by approximately 24,000 km² of multibeam bathymetry and 11,000 line km of gravity and magnetic data.
• Interpretations are available in digital workstation formats (GeoFrame, Kingdom) for direct analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing on a specific frontier region.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia via the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Acquired via seismic survey and interpreted by geoscientists.

Time Range

Seismic data acquired late 2006 to early 2007.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 20:08:47.862772; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Capel and Faust basins, offshore eastern Australia in the Tasman Sea.