Geoscience Australia's GA302 survey acquired seismic velocity data during the summer of 2006/07 over the Lord Howe Rise. The survey aimed to improve sediment thickness estimation confidence for frontier petroleum provinces. The report reviews seismic reflection, sonobuoy refraction, and stacking velocity data.
Use Cases
- Estimate sediment thickness based on seismic velocity models.
- Evaluate petroleum prospectivity based on improved confidence in basin parameters.
- Analyze the geological structure of a continental fragment based on marine reflection and refraction data.
Strengths
- Data was acquired and processed to modern standards, providing high quality.
- Survey was part of the Australian Government's Big New Oil initiative, suggesting strategic importance.
- Report integrates seismic reflection, refraction, and potential field data from a single survey.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data freshness should be verified; the survey was conducted in 2006/07.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Seismic marine reflection, refraction, and potential field survey GA302.
- Time Range
- Summer of 2006/07
- Geography
- Capel and Faust Basins, Lord Howe Rise