Western Australian offshore oils are the focus of this dataset. It contains ultra-violet fluorescence (UVF) surface maps for 60 open file oils, generated as part of a multi-client remote sensing study by AGSO's Petroleum and Marine Division. The data aims to correlate sea surface hydrocarbon anomalies detected by Airborne Laser Fluorosensor (ALF) surveys with specific oil sources.
Use Cases
- Correlating sea surface hydrocarbon anomalies to specific oil sources based on fluorescence signatures.
- Mapping hydrocarbon seeps for exploration targeting based on remote sensing data.
- Typing and characterizing oils from their fluorescence spectral features mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific set of 60 western Australian oils.
- Part of a structured multi-client study with a published companion report (Part 1) providing supplementary geological and geochemical information.
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 offshore Western Australian region.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data (AGSO's Petroleum and Marine Division).
- Collection Method
- Generated from Airborne Laser Fluorosensor (ALF) surveys and subsequent analysis as part of a remote sensing study.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-20 01:18:19.622860; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Offshore Western Australia.