Queensland Plateau Marine Geophysical and Stratigraphic Survey, 1971

Geoscience Australia Data presents a bulletin on the Queensland Plateau, a submerged continental fragment off northern Australia. The dataset includes results from extensive marine geophysical traversing and stratigraphic drilling conducted in 1971. It features acoustic stratigraphy from seismic reflection profiling tied to a drill site, used to deduce the sedimentary and structural history of the plateau.

Use Cases

• Modeling rift-margin evolution based on described sedimentary and structural history.
• Analyzing acoustic stratigraphy from the described seismic reflection profiling.
• Comparing geological features against generalized models based on the reported 'considerable departure from the norm'.
• Studying the morphology of submerged continental crust based on the plateau's description.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific stratigraphic drill site from 1971.
• Analysis is based on extensive marine geophysical traversing conducted in a single year.
• The bulletin presents a deduced sedimentary and structural history for the plateau.

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 temporal bias inherent to the 1971 survey date.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Marine geophysical traversing and stratigraphic drilling.

Time Range

1971

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 01:52:17.477910; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Queensland Plateau, off northern Queensland, Australia.