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AusSeabed: Three years of coordinating seabed mapping efforts - are we there yet?
Australia’s marine jurisdiction covers over 10 million square kilometres, and we estimate that only 25% of its seafloor has been mapped to the adequate resolution required to... -
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Large earthquake recurrence in low seismicity regions: accounting for aperiodicity
Characterising earthquake hazard in low seismicity regions is challenging, due to both the inherent lack of data and an incomplete theoretical understanding of the controls on... -
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Earth Science Education & Engagement Post 2020
Many people fondly remember assembling their first rock collection or exploding a baking soda volcano as a child. These experiences can be a great gateway into the Earth... -
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The Flying Hellfish Digital Journey
The Flying Hellfish provide Geoscience Australia with web portals of an unprecedented quality and impact. They have achieved this by embracing automation, digital culture and... -
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Australia's Identified Mineral Resources: Taking on the four horsemen of the...
The year 2020 has, for many people, seemed apocalyptic: the unprecedented fires of the summer, damaging storms, locust plagues, the global pandemic and rising geopolitical... -
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Extending groundwater salinity estimation using borehole and AEM data
Salinity of groundwater directly affects its suitability for different uses, from human consumption, agricultural use, to mineral and energy extraction. Traditionally, direct... -
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Convergent margin metallogenic cycles: a window to secular changes in...
Compilation of age and endowment data on volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS), porphyry copper, orthomagmatic nickel, orogenic gold, granite-related rare metal and pegmatite... -
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Lithospheric conductors reveal source regions of convergent margin mineral systems
The clean energy transition will require a vast increase in metal supply, yet discoveries of new mineral deposits are declining. Recently, several case studies have demonstrated... -
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Groundwater monitoring in California's Central Valley using satellite remote sensing
Rapid population growth and an increasing demand for water has been depleting groundwater resources in the Central Valley of California for decades. The lack of sufficient... -
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Signal-to-Noise Boost of Australia's Small Earthquakes
Australia's vast terrains harbour small seismic events that often go unnoticed due to sparse station coverage and ambient noise interference. Innovative data processing... -
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Isotopic mapping: Unravelling the evolution of Earth's continents and their...
Earth is the only terrestrial planet in the solar system with continents, and hence understanding their evolution is vital to unravelling what makes Earth special – our liquid... -
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Geoscience Australia's role in the IGS Analysis Centre Coordination
Geoscience Australia currently retains the Analysis Centre Coordinator role for the International GNSS Service (IGS). The IGS Analysis Centre Coordinator (ACC) has overall... -
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Passive seismic lithospheric imaging – implications for mineral potential assessment
In recent years, the application of passive seismic imaging techniques has gained significant traction in the industry and national programs, despite its long-standing... -
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We think Earth science rocks… but does the public agree?
Geoscience Australia’s Discovery & Engagement team are developing a comprehensive plan to make our public spaces and programs more inclusive for visitors and staff. This... -
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Cretaceous to Cenozoic controls on the genesis of the shelf-incising Perth Canyon
Perth Canyon is Australia's second largest submarine canyon, and its elongate and continental shelf-incising morphology contrasts with Australia's more prolific slope-confined... -
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Increasing the prospectivity of northern Australia [Carr] and Gross...
Exploring for the Future (EFTF) is a multiyear (2016–2024) initiative of the Australian Government, conducted by Geoscience Australia. This program aims to improve Australia’s... -
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What goes up must come down: Why is Australia sinking?
Motion of the Australian continent has been well studied in the horizontal direction, but there are minimal studies considering the vertical motion. Recent measurements using... -
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The Hydrogen Economy: Realising Jules Verne’s 1874 vision of the future
There is significant momentum in Australia to develop a hydrogen production industry. The Australian economy is highly reliant on fossil fuel exports and hydrogen is seen as a... -
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Food by Geoscience Design! The geoscience of food, from tectonic plates to...
Our planet provides everything we need for our lives, including the food we eat. As the human population increases and expectations for lifestyle quality increases, so too do... -
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Geoscience Australia's journey towards reconciliation
For National Reconciliation Week, Geoscience Australia staff will present the progress of the organisation's first Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan as well as examples of...