Western Australian offshore oils are represented by 60 ultra-violet fluorescence (UVF) surface maps. The maps were produced by AGSO's Petroleum and Marine Division as part of a multi-client study on using fluorescence signatures to detect hydrocarbon seeps. This report concludes the second stage of the study and is a standalone product, with supplementary information presented in a separate 1998 report.
Use Cases
- Mapping hydrocarbon seep locations based on fluorescence signatures.
- Correlating airborne laser fluorosensor survey anomalies with specific oil samples.
- Characterizing the source of sea surface hydrocarbon anomalies.
- Studying the geochemical and spectroscopic properties of offshore oils.
Strengths
- Contains 60 distinct oil sample maps.
- Focuses on a specific geographic region: offshore Western Australia.
- Part of a structured multi-client study with a published companion report.
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 data_gov_au.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Likely generated from Airborne Laser Fluorosensor (ALF) survey data and laboratory analysis.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 14:23:55.954380; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Offshore Western Australia