Geoscience Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science conducted the SOL5754/GA0340 marine survey in May 2013 on the Leveque Shelf, Browse Basin, Western Australia. The survey collected seabed and shallow geological information to assess the basin's CO2 storage potential, focusing on evidence of gas or fluid seepage and associated seabed habitats. This work supports the Australian Government's National CO2 Infrastructure Plan.
Use Cases
- Identify potential CO2 storage sites based on seabed geological and structural data.
- Assess containment integrity for CO2 storage by analyzing evidence of past or current gas seepage.
- Map seabed habitats and biota to understand communities associated with geological features.
- Evaluate the regional integrity of seal units like the Heywood Formation for subsurface storage.
Strengths
- Data collected by a national geological agency (Geoscience Australia) and a marine science institute.
- Survey conducted in May 2013 using the AIMS research vessel Solander, providing a specific temporal and methodological reference.
- Interpretative report addresses specific geological questions related to CO2 containment in a Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous sedimentary section.
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 quantitative analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia and Australian Institute of Marine Science
- Collection Method
- Marine survey (SOL5754/GA0340) undertaken on the research vessel Solander.
- Time Range
- Survey conducted in May 2013.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 04:49:04.510614; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Leveque Shelf, Browse Basin, Northwest Shelf, Western Australia.