Seismic Velocity Models for Capel and Faust Basins, 2006/07 Survey

Geoscience Australia's GA302 marine survey acquired seismic velocity data during the summer of 2006/07 over the Capel and Faust Basins on the Lord Howe Rise. The survey was the final phase of the Big New Oil initiative, aiming to provide high-quality data to support petroleum prospectivity evaluation in frontier basins. The report describes seismic reflection, refraction, and potential field data from the survey.

Use Cases

• Estimate sediment thickness for petroleum prospectivity evaluation based on seismic velocity data.
• Model the geological structure of the Lord Howe Rise based on seismic reflection and refraction data.
• Support frontier basin acreage release decisions based on modern, high-quality geophysical survey data.

Strengths

• Data was acquired and processed to modern standards, as stated in the description.
• Survey was designed to address sparse previous data coverage in the region.
• Focuses on a specific geographic area (Capel and Faust Basins, Lord Howe Rise).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Primary data formats are PDF and HTML, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Acquired during Geoscience Australia's seismic marine reflection, refraction and potential field survey GA302.

Time Range

Summer of 2006/07

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 18:40:22.250788; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Capel and Faust Basins, Lord Howe Rise