Queensland Plateau Marine Geophysical and Stratigraphic Survey Data

Geoscience Australia Data presents results from a 1971 marine geophysical survey and stratigraphic drilling campaign on the Queensland Plateau. The data includes acoustic stratigraphy from seismic reflection profiling tied to a drill site, used to deduce the sedimentary and structural history of the plateau. The analysis compares the plateau's evolution to generalized rift-margin models.

Use Cases

• Modeling rift-margin evolution based on the described sedimentary and structural history.
• Comparing acoustic stratigraphy interpretations from seismic reflection profiling tied to drill sites.
• Studying the departure from normative geological models mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific stratigraphic drill site from 1971.
• Analysis is based on extensive marine geophysical traversing conducted in the same year.

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/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Marine geophysical traversing and stratigraphic drilling.

Time Range

1971

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 03:30:50.871450; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Queensland Plateau, off northern Queensland, Australia.