UVF Surface Maps of 60 Offshore Western Australian Oils

60 ultra-violet fluorescence surface maps of open file western Australian oils, produced by AGSO's Petroleum and Marine Division. This report concludes the second stage of a multi-client study on using fluorescence signatures to detect and type hydrocarbon seeps. Supplementary geological and geochemical information for the oil set is presented in a separate report.

Use Cases

• Correlating sea surface hydrocarbon anomalies detected by ALF surveys to specific oil sources based on fluorescence signatures.
• Mapping hydrocarbon seeps to their geological sources using the provided UVF surface maps.
• Typing detected hydrocarbon seeps by comparing their fluorescence signatures to the mapped reference oils.

Strengths

• Focuses on 60 distinct oil samples from western Australia.
• Part of a structured multi-client study by a national geological organization (AGSO).
• Designed to support correlation with airborne survey data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Likely generated from laboratory analysis of oil samples as part of AGSO's remote sensing study.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 01:00:04.737203; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Offshore Western Australia