Geoscience Australia's seismic marine survey GA302 acquired velocity data during the summer of 2006/07 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 basin acreage release. The report reviews seismic reflection, sonobuoy refraction, and stacking velocity data.
Use Cases
- Estimate sediment thickness based on seismic velocity models.
- Evaluate petroleum prospectivity in frontier basins based on modern seismic data.
- Analyze the geological structure of a continental fragment based on reflection and refraction data.
- Support acreage release decisions with high-quality, modern marine survey data.
Strengths
- Data acquired and processed to modern standards, providing high-quality inputs.
- Survey designed to improve confidence in sediment thickness estimation, a critical parameter.
- Report reviews multiple data types: seismic reflection, sonobuoy refraction, and stacking velocities.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific survey area.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Seismic marine reflection, refraction, and potential field survey GA302.
- Time Range
- Summer of 2006/07
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 14:09:46.049999; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Capel and Faust Basins, Lord Howe Rise