The Capel and Faust basins are located on the northern Lord Howe Rise between eastern Australia and New Caledonia in water depths of 1300-2500 meters. Geoscience Australia acquired and analyzed geological data, including high-quality 2D seismic and multibeam bathymetry, under government programs from 2003 to 2011. The analysis improved the definition of depocentres, with the largest being approximately 150 km long and 40 km wide, and identified basin fill with a maximum thickness of over 6 km.
Use Cases
- Modeling basin evolution and rift history based on interpreted syn-rift and sag megasequences.
- Assessing regional petroleum prospectivity based on seismic data suggesting deltaic and shoreline sandstones.
- Mapping subsurface structures and depocentres using high-resolution multibeam bathymetry and gravity data.
Strengths
- Includes high-quality 2D seismic data, multibeam bathymetry, gravity, magnetic data, and rock dredge samples.
- Analysis defines depocentres approximately 150 km long and 40 km wide, with basin fill over 6 km thick.
- Data collection was part of structured Australian Government programs from 2003 to 2011.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Primary data formats are PDF and HTML, which may require extraction for quantitative analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Acquired through geological surveys including seismic, bathymetry, gravity, magnetic, and rock sampling.
- Time Range
- Data primarily acquired between 2003 and 2011; analysis presented in July 2010.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-30 13:06:52.572351; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Capel and Faust basins, northern Lord Howe Rise, offshore eastern Australia.