GA0340: Seabed and Shallow Geology Survey of the Leveque Shelf, Western Australia

An interpretative report from a 2013 marine survey of the Leveque Shelf, Browse Basin, Western Australia. Geoscience Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science conducted the survey to assess CO2 storage potential and map seabed habitats. The research aimed to identify evidence of gas or fluid seepage and evaluate the integrity of geological formations for carbon containment.

Use Cases

• Identify potential CO2 storage sites based on seabed and shallow geological information.
• Analyze evidence of past or present gas and fluid seepage mentioned in the survey description.
• Map seabed habitats and biota associated with geological features like faults.
• Assess the containment potential and regional integrity of specific geological formations (e.g., Heywood Formation).

Strengths

• Survey conducted by authoritative national institutions Geoscience Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
• Explicitly linked to the Australian Government's National CO2 Infrastructure Plan (NCIP).
• Combines seabed mapping with deeper concurrent geological studies to address specific containment questions.

Limitations

• Data is presented as interpretative reports (PDF, DOCX, HTML); raw tabular or geospatial data files are not specified.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, limiting pre-download assessment of structure.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Marine survey (SOL5754/GA0340) undertaken aboard the AIMS research vessel Solander in May 2013.

Time Range

Survey conducted in May 2013.

Freshness

Metadata last updated 2026-04-30 12:51:39.641900; survey data is from 2013.

Geography

Leveque Shelf, Browse Basin, Northwest Shelf, Western Australia.