Leveque Shelf Seabed Survey for CO2 Storage Assessment

Geoscience Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science conducted a marine survey of the Leveque Shelf in May 2013 to support CO2 storage potential assessment. The survey collected seabed and shallow geological data, including evidence of gas seepage and seabed habitat mapping. This work was part of the Australian Government's National CO2 Infrastructure Plan.

Use Cases

• Identify gas seepage features and correlate them with seabed fault structures from survey data.
• Map seabed habitats and biota communities associated with potential fluid seepage points.
• Assess the integrity of the Heywood Formation seal unit using shallow geological and seabed evidence.
• Evaluate the containment potential of the Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous CO2 storage unit by integrating shallow survey findings with deeper geological studies.

Strengths

• Survey conducted by national scientific agencies Geoscience Australia and AIMS.
• Data addresses both geological containment and seabed habitat impacts for CCS.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column names, and dataset size are unknown.
• Primary data formats are interpretative reports (DOCX, PDF, HTML), not raw structured data.
• Survey is from a single time period (May 2013), limiting temporal analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

Collection Method

Marine survey aboard the AIMS research vessel Solander (survey SOL5754/GA0340).

Time Range

May 2013.

Freshness

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Geography

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