Geoscience Australia produced palaeogeographic maps for the South Perth Shale Supersequence in the Vlaming Sub-basin. The project, part of the National CO2 Infrastructure Plan from 2011, assessed the sealing capacity of this 1900-meter-thick deltaic formation for long-term CO2 storage. Analysis of mudstone facies distribution and thickness informs the containment potential for carbon storage in the basin.
Use Cases
- Assess regional CO2 containment potential based on mapped mudstone facies distribution.
- Model seal integrity for carbon storage sites based on sequence-stratigraphic analysis.
- Evaluate spatial variability in sealing capacity across the Vlaming Sub-basin.
- Characterize reservoir-seal pairs for geological storage based on the Gage Sandstone and South Perth Shale formations.
Strengths
- Based on a three-year project initiated by Geoscience Australia in 2011.
- Applies a sequence-stratigraphic approach to map facies distribution across the basin.
- References specific sealing capacity estimates from 6 MICP tests.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-06-27 20:27:29.768679; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Sequence-stratigraphic mapping and analysis of spatial distribution and thickness of effective seal facies.
- Time Range
- Project started in 2011; references data from 2006.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-27 20:27:29.768679
- Geography
- Vlaming Sub-basin, Perth Basin, Australia.