Seismic Velocity Models for Capel and Faust Basins, Lord Howe Rise

A report describing velocity data from the GA302 marine seismic survey conducted in the summer of 2006/07. The data includes seismic reflection, refraction, and potential field measurements over the Capel and Faust Basins on the Lord Howe Rise. The survey was part of the Australian Government's Big New Oil initiative to support frontier petroleum exploration.

Use Cases

• Modeling sediment thickness for petroleum prospectivity evaluation based on seismic velocity data.
• Analyzing the geological structure of the Lord Howe Rise based on reflection and refraction data.
• Calibrating modern seismic processing standards using the high-quality data from survey GA302.

Strengths

• Data was acquired and processed to modern standards, as stated in the description.
• Survey aimed to improve confidence in sediment thickness estimation, a critical parameter for exploration.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a specific survey in 2006/07; temporal coverage is limited.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Marine seismic reflection, refraction, and potential field survey GA302.

Time Range

Summer of 2006/07

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 25 16:41:44.710881; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Capel and Faust Basins, Lord Howe Rise