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Architecture of the Arrowie Basin, South Australia, Based on Deep Seismic...
The Arrowie Basin in South Australia represents the last phase of sedimentation in the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Adelaide Rift System. As part of the Onshore Energy Security... -
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Distribution, abundance and trail characteristics of acorn worms at...
Acorn worms (Enteropneusta), which were previously thought to be a missing link in understanding the evolution of chordates, are an unusual and potentially important component... -
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Building blocks for data management in Geoscience Australia
Geoscience Australia (GA) is improving its stewardship and sharing of data and information products that are discoverable, freely accessible, interoperable, standardised,... -
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Application of European Macroseismic Scale 1998 in the Asia-Pacific region
The paper presents the application of European Macroseismic Scale - 1998 (EMS-98) in assessing building vulnerability and to construct damage scenarios for the building stock in... -
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Geoscience Australia's Onshore Energy Security Program and Geothermal Energy Project
Work at the Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Geoscience Australia) in the early 1990s was instrumental in bringing hot rocks geothermal research and development to Australia.... -
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Tropical Cyclones: Hazard Modelling and Risk Assessment
A tropical cyclone (or hurricane in North America, typhoon in Asia) is an intense tropical low-pressure weather system where, in the southern hemisphere, winds circulate... -
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Geophysical Studies of Australia's Remote Eastern Deep-Water Frontier:...
The Capel and Faust Basins in Australia's remote eastern offshore frontier, 800 km east of Brisbane in 1000-3000 m of water, are being studied as part of the Australian... -
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Community Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Contributing to total risk assessment
The impact of natural hazards on Australian communities can be devastating. After such events, the devastation is commonly measured in terms of costs to property, businesses and... -
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Deep seismic reflection profiling in the Northern Territory: past work and...
Current geological mapping by the Northern Territory Geological Survey is leading to a much better understanding of the surface geology of the Territory. Less well understood is... -
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Seismic methods for hard rock mineral exploration
Mineral systems are often formed by the processes of fluid flux. Fluids may be sourced from igneous or epithermal events and can be focussed into permeable zones resulting from... -
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Probabilistic seismic hazard map of Papua New Guinea
Probabilistic seismic hazard map of Papua New Guinea, in terms of Peak Ground Acceleration, is developed for return period of 475 years. The calculations were performed for... -
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Corner reflectors for the Australian Geophysical Observing System and...
Abstract n the subject of AGOS corner reflectors submitted to the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) meeting to be held in Melbourne, 21-26 July 2013. -
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Supporting Australia's geothermal industry through provision of...
Australia's emergent geothermal energy industry is growing rapidly. So far, 29 companies have applied for geothermal exploration licenses. The majority of these companies are... -
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Optimising back-projection for source character in 3-D
Back projection using data from extended arrays, such as USarray, has become a powerful tool for examining the high frequency radiation from major earthquakes. Energy... -
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Floods: Hazards, modelling and risk assessment
Floods are estimated to be the most costly natural disaster in Australia. The average direct annual cost of flooding between 1967 and 1999 has been estimated at A$314 million... -
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Reliable assessment of flood impact: an urban stormwater case study of a...
The flood risk in many urban catchments is poorly understood. Legacy stormwater infrastructure is often substandard and anticipated climate change induced sea level rise and... -
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Next Generation Australian Datum
Within the coming decade it is anticipated that GNSS will be capable of providing pseudorange-based positioning services with an uncertainty (1-sigma) of 3 cm (open sky) and 15... -
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Surface and Sub-surface Geology and the Role of Basement Structure in the...
The Capel and Faust basins are part of the northern Lord Howe Rise, offshore eastern Australia. These frontier basins formed during the initial phases of extension leading to... -
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A preliminary seismicity model for southwest Western Australia based on...
Seismic hazard assessment in Australia is based on the fundamental assumption that past earthquake activity is the key to what we might expect in the future. However, the... -
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Potential field modelling of proposed land seismic transects in the Northern...
Four land seismic surveys were proposed over the Northern Territory: • Southern McArthur Basin, crossing the Batten Trough. • The Tanami region and north-western...