A 2011 project by Geoscience Australia assessed the CO2 storage potential of the Vlaming Sub-basin. The study mapped mudstone facies within the South Perth Shale Supersequence to characterize its sealing capacity, which varies across the basin. The data likely includes spatial distribution and thickness maps of the effective seal.
Use Cases
- Assessing containment potential for CO2 storage based on mapped mudstone facies distribution.
- Evaluating regional seal variability across the basin based on sequence-stratigraphic mapping.
- Modeling CO2 column height capacity using seal thickness and spatial analysis.
- Identifying prospective storage locations based on the distribution of the effective sub-regional seal.
Strengths
- Based on a three-year national project (NCIP) initiated in 2011.
- Maps a thick (1900 m) deltaic succession with highly variable lithologies.
- Analysis incorporates a sequence-stratigraphic approach for facies mapping.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data files are in PDF, DOCX, HTML formats, which may require extraction for analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Sequence-stratigraphic mapping and analysis of spatial distribution and thickness.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 02:24:14.274321; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Vlaming Sub-basin, Perth Basin