Capel and Faust Basins: Seismic Interpretation of Australia's Offshore Frontier

Geoscience Australia's interpretation of approximately 6,000 km of 2D seismic data acquired over the remote Capel and Faust basins in late 2006 and early 2007. The dataset details Cretaceous rift structures within the Lord Howe Rise and is complemented by multibeam bathymetry and potential field data. It is released in digital workstation formats to support geological analysis.

Use Cases

• [Basin resource assessment] based on [interpreted seismic sections and structural geology]
• [Stratigraphic modeling] based on [seismic interpretation of sedimentary basins]
• [Tectonic reconstruction] based on [data from Cretaceous rifts on the Lord Howe Rise]
• [Integration with geophysical surveys] based on [complementary multibeam, gravity, and magnetic data]

Strengths

• Contains approximately 6,000 km of industry-standard, 106-fold 2D seismic data, providing detailed subsurface coverage.
• Integrates multiple geophysical datasets, including ~24,000 km² of multibeam bathymetry and ~11,000 line-km of gravity and magnetic data.
• Interpretations are provided in digital workstation formats (GeoFrame, Kingdom) for direct professional use.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, specific column names, license, and author are not provided in the sources.
• The dataset's primary content is the interpretation of seismic data; scientific conclusions from integrated analysis are published separately.
• The 'last updated' metadata field shows a future date (2026), indicating a potential data entry error or system artifact.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia (GA), published via the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Acquired via marine seismic survey and subsequent geological interpretation.

Time Range

Seismic data acquired late 2006 to early 2007; complementary surveys in late 2007.

Freshness

Last updated metadata shows 2026-04-16, which is a future date and may be an error; an earlier entry shows 2026-04-10.

Geography

Capel and Faust basins, deepwater offshore eastern Australia, within the Lord Howe Rise.