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Flood vulnerability research at Geoscience Australia
Australia has experienced devastating floods in recent years which have resulted in significant financial loss and disruption to communities. Even though flood events have... -
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Disaster Data Collection
A natural disaster event can stretch emergency personnel to breaking point. However, at the very time that the community is most pre-occupied with response, important but... -
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Impact of Landslides in Australia to June 1999
In the following discussion the term 'landslides' is used in a very broad sense to include rock falls, topples, flows of solid material and slow movements of a few tens of... -
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An enhancement of earthquake vulnerability models for Australian residential...
Geoscience Australia (GA) has developed the Earthquake Risk Model (EQRM) as an open source software for probabilistic earthquake hazard and risk assessment. In the EQRM... -
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Event chronology and prospectivity of the mafic magmatic systems in the...
As part of the National Geoscience Agreement with the Northern Territory Geological Survey, Geoscience Australia is evaluating the geological setting of the mafic-ultramafic... -
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Timing of regional tectonism and Au-mineralisation in the Tanami Block:...
Existing age constraints for geological events in the Tanami Block come predominantly from U-Pb geochronology of i) detrital zircons in sediments, and ii) magmatic zircons in... -
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Co-seismic surface deformation relating to the March 23, 2012 Mw5.4...
On 23 March 2012, at 09:25 GMT, a MW 5.4 earthquake occurred in the eastern Musgrave Ranges region of north-central South Australia, near the community of Ernabella (Pukatja).... -
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Basin geometries and fracture zone development along Australia's southern...
Paleogeographic reconstructions of the conjugate Australian and Antarctic rifted continental margins based on geological versus plate tectonic considerations are rarely, if... -
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Temporal clustering of surface ruptures on stable continental region faults:...
A characteristic of Australian stable continental region (SCR) faults appears to be the temporal clustering of surface rupturing earthquakes. With the possible exception of... -
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Complete list of Volcano Infrasound Abstracts - Infrasound Technology Workshop 2004
Large atmospheric acoustic sources such as: volcanic eruptions, bolides (terminating meteorite explosions), the ocean surface, chemical and nuclear detonations generate copious... -
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Complete list of General Infrasound Abstracts - Infrasound Technology Workshop 2004
Large atmospheric acoustic sources such as: volcanic eruptions, bolides (terminating meteorite explosions), the ocean surface, chemical and nuclear detonations generate copious... -
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Legal Traceability of GPS Positions in Australia
The national measurement system in Australia ensures a basis for legally traceable, consistent and internationally recognised measurements. With the growing societal dependency... -
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Wollongong Landslides: Hazard Modelling and Risk Assessment
Landslide in Australia, for the most part, is not seen as a major threat to our urban communities. However, this general belief is far from the reality of the situation. Our... -
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A short user guide for UBC-GIF gravity and magnetic inversions
Obtaining reliable predictions of the subsurface will provide a critical advantage for explorers seeking mineral deposits at depth and beneath cover. A common approach in... -
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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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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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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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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...