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The Geological Survey of NSW developed a Seamless Geology of UTM Zone 56 during 2014 as part of a project to develop a seamless vector geology dataset of the best available geological mapping data covering the whole of NSW.The overarching aims of the Statewide Seamless Geology Project were to: (i) compile the different original scales, formats and rock unit naming conventions into a consistent, statewide format; (ii) edge-match the geology across existing map sheets; and (iii) interpret the basement geology under cover. The resulting geodatabase comprises a series of layers which include: (i) solid basement geology; (ii) cover rocks (defined as undeformed and unmetamorphosed); (iii) Mesozoic igneous rocks; and (iv) Cenozoic sedimentary and igneous rocks. The project was divided into 3 major stages corresponding to the UTM zones which divide New South Wales. This dataset includes the seamless geology layers from the NSW portion of UTM Zone 56 (ie.east of 150 degrees longitude to the coast).
The Seamless Geology dataset for Zone 56 was compiled from over 200 individual datasets representing published and unpublished GSNSW maps, thesis maps, journal publications, and unpublished maps from the Survey's GS Reports. The lineage and processing of this seamless dataset will be the subject of a GSNSW Quarterly Note to be published in 2015. A brief summary is presented below: • Between 1962 and 1972, first edition 1:250,000 scale geological maps were published by the GSNSW over all of Zone 56. During the 1980's and early 90's many of these maps in the New England area were remapped as part of the Survey's Metallogenic Mapping Program. This era also saw the digital back-capture of older maps. A small number of 1:100,000 scale geological maps were also completed during this period in the Sydney area [Sydney (1983), Penrith (1991), and Wollongong-Port Hacking (1985)] and in the sourthern New England Orogen [Camberwell (1991), Dungog (1991) and Bullahdelah (1991)]. • During the late 1990's and early 2000's, several large regional geological compilations were carried out as part of forestry and bioregion studies in the New England area and also in the southern parts of Zone 56. These included: the Lower Northeast Regional Forestry Agreement (1999), the Upper Northeast Regional Forestry Agreement (2000), the Southern Regional Forestry Assessment (2000), the Nandewar Western Regional Assessment (2003), the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion Assessment (2003), and the Comprehensive Coastal Assessment Quaternary Geology (2004). Other important compilations undertaken by the GSNSW in this period were the East Lachlan Orogen datasets (2004 and 2007) and the Coalfield Regional Geology series [Western Coalfied South (1992), Hunter Coalfield (1994), Newcastle Coalfield (1995), Western Coalfield North (1998), and Southern Coalfield (1999)]. Collectively, these studies resulted in a rapid upgrade of the geology datasets covering large areas of Zone 56. In particular, the various compilations in the New England Orogen area substantially improved the geological coverage of the region, with the existing GSNSW 1:250,000 and 1:100,000 Geology and 1:250,000 Metallogenic Maps being combined with numerous thesis maps and other previously unpublished mapping (in particular, compilations of Carboniferous geology by John Roberts). These compilations were brought together and merged during 2004-05 by Ken McDonald and Mark Dawson. Collectively, these regional compilation datasets form the basis of much of the Zone 56 Seamless Geology dataset apart from in the greater Sydney area and in several areas covered by more recent geological mapping, namely: Woodburn 1:100,000 Geological Sheet (2003), Bare Point 1:100,000 Geological Sheet (2004), Warwick-Tweed Heads 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map (2013 - provisional), Manilla 1:100,000 Geological Sheet (2013), Moss Vale 1:100,000 Geological Sheet (2013 - provisional), and Gosford-Lake Macquarie 1:100,000 Geological Sheet (2013 - provisional). • During 2009-2013, the GSNSW Statewide Geology Geodatabase was extensively remodelled and upgraded. Over this period, all of the existing digital vector geology datasets held by the GSNSW were imported into the new geodatabase schema, and assigned a standard set of attributes, projections and data structure. In addition, a program to back capture data from older maps and compilations was also undertaken, resulting in over 70,000 structural data points and 18 entire geology maps being captured. • The Seamless Geology Project commenced in late 2013 when a merge of the best available datasets for Zone 56 was assembled in the Statewide Geology Geodatabase (v.2) format. The source datasets for this merge are shown in the associated layer "Zone56_SourceDatasets" in this geodatabase. This merged dataset was divided into stratotectonic layers which were then edited by a small team of geologists, resolving edge-match issues and nomenclature problems between the geology of adjacent map sheets, and interpreting various layers under the cover of overlying layers. This produced a series of seamless geology layers which showed, for the first time, the actual distribution of rock units and structures, both in outcrop and under cover. In addition, Alexa Troedson was contracted to provide a digital map of the Quaternary coastal geology between Newcastle and Wollongong, an area which was missing from the 2004 CCA Quaternary Geology dataset. A complete list of the 205 data sources which were used in the compilation of the Zone 56 Seamless Geology dataset appears below. More details on which datasets were used in specific areas can be obtained by interrogating the fields "Src_Data", "MapName" and "MapNumber" and by referring to the accompanying feature class layer "Zone56_SourceDatasets" in this geodatabase. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation col. Guyra 1:100,000 sheet 9237. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Abington 1:25,000 sheet 9137-III-N. GSNSW unpubilished • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Balala 1:25,000 sheet 9136-I-N. GSNSW unpubilished • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Baldersleigh 1:25,000 sheet 9137-II-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Barraba 1:25,000 sheet 9037-III-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Baryulgil 1:25,000 sheet 9439-IV-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Bendemeer 1:25,000 sheet 9136-III-S. GSNSW unpubilished • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Berrioye 1:25,000 sheet 8936-I-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Brooms Head 1:25,000 sheet 9538-I-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Buccarumbi 1:25,000 sheet 9438-III-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Bundarra 1:25,000 sheet 9137-IV-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Camelback 1:25,000 sheet 9439-III-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Cangai 1:25,000 sheet 9338-I-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Carnham 1:25,000 sheet 9439-III-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Cobbadah 1:25,000 sheet 9037-IV-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Coryah 1:25,000 sheet 8937-IV-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Cowarral 1:100,000 sheet 9525. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Dalmorton 1:25,000 sheet 9338-II-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Drummond 1:25,000 sheet 9037-I-S. GSNSW unpubilished • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Dundee 1:25,000 sheet 9238-I-N. GSNSW unpublished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Eulowrie 1:25,000 sheet 8937-I-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Glen Elgin 1:25,000 sheet 9338-IV-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Glen Innes 1:25,000 sheet 9238-IV-S. GSNSW unpublished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Glenirie 1:25,000 sheet 9037-I-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Grattai 1:25,000 sheet 8937-IV-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Gundahl 1:25,000 sheet 9438-IV-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Gunnedah 1:25,000 sheet 8936-II-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Guy Fawkes River 1:25,000 sheet 9338-II-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Haning 1:25,000 sheet 9136-III-N. GSNSW unpubilished • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Horton 1:25,000 sheet 8937-I-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Ironbark 1:25,000 sheet 9037-II-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Jackadgery 1:25,000 sheet 9438-IV-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Kelvin 1:25,000 sheet 8936-II-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Kentucky 1:25,000 sheet 9136-II-N. GSNSW unpubilished • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Kings Gap 1:25,000 sheet 9137-IV-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Kingstown 1:25,000 sheet 9136-IV-N. GSNSW unpubilished • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Linton 1:25,000 sheet 9037-II-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Marengo 1:25,000 sheet 9337-I-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Mount Slow 1:25,000 sheet 9238-II-S. GSNSW unpublished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Mount Wellington 1:25,000 sheet 9338-I-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. New Valley 1:25,000 sheet 9137-I-N. GSNSW unpublished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Nymbodia 1:25,000 sheet 9438-III-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Piedmont 1:25,000 sheet 9037-III-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Pillar Valley 1:25,000 sheet 9538-III-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Plagyan 1:25,000 sheet 8937-II-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Rangers Valley 1:25,000 sheet 9238-IV-N. GSNSW unpublished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Red Range 1:25,000 sheet 9238-II-N. GSNSW unpublished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Shannon Vale 1:25,000 sheet 9238-I-S. GSNSW unpublished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Tareela 1:25,000 sheet 8937-II-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Tenterden 1:25,000 sheet 9137-I-S. GSNSW unpublished • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Tucabia 1:25,000 sheet 9538-IV-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Upper Bingara 1:25,000 sheet 9037-IV-N. GSNSW unpubilished • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Uralla 1:25,000 sheet 9136-I-S. GSNSW unpubilished • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Walcha Road 1:25,000 sheet 9136-II-S. GSNSW unpubilished • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Willuri 1:25,000 sheet 8936-I-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Yarrowyck 1:25,000 sheet 9137-II-S. GSNSW unpubilished • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Yates Flat 1:25,000 sheet 9439-IV-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Yellow Jacket 1:25,000 sheet 9338-IV-S. GSNSW unpubilished • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation on topo. Chaelundi 1:25,000 sheet 9337-I-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation on topo. Emmaville 1:50,000 sheet 9239-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation on topo. Guyra 1:25,000 sheet 9237-IV-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation on topo. Kookabookra 1:25,000 sheet 9337-IV-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation on topo. Sara River 1:25,000 sheet 9338-IIII-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Torryburn 1:25,000 sheet 9137-III-S. GSNSW unpubilished • AUTHORS UNKNOWN1969. Jamison 1:50 000 Geological Map 8930-2, Prov 1st ed. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney (unpublished) • AUTHORS UNKNOWN 1988. Camden Haven (9434) 1:100,000 Geology Compilation Map - dyeline with legend. Geological Survey of NSW, unpublished. • AUTHORS UNKNOWN 1988. Camden Haven 1:100,000 9434 - Geological Compilattion Map - Hand Coloured On Topographic Sheet. Geological Survey of NSW • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1947-88). Geological Compilation on topo. Ashford 1:50,000 sheet 9139-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1947-88). Geological Compilation on topo. Bonshaw 1:50,000 sheet 9139-N. GSNSW unpubilshed. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1963-83). Geological Compilation on topo. Elsmore 1:25,000 sheet 9138-II-N. GSNSW unpublished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1965-87). Geological Compilation dyeline. Elsmore 1:25,000 sheet 9138-II-N. GSNSW unpublished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1966-77). Geological Compilation on topo. Gravesend 1:50,000 sheet 8938-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1966-85). Geological Compilation on topo. Terry Hie Hie 1:25,000 sheet 8938-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1968-88). Geological Compilation on topo. Texas 1:50,000 sheet 9140-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1968-88). Geological Compilation on topo. Yetman 1:50,000 sheet 9040-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1971-87). Geological Compilation dyeline. Sapphire 1:25,000 sheet 9138-I-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1971-87). Geological Compilation on topo. Bukkulla 1:25,000 sheet 9138-IV-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1971-87). Geological Compilation on topo. Indiana 1:25,000 sheet 9138-II-S. GSNSW unpublished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1971-87). Geological Compilation on topo. Nullamanna 1:25,000 sheet 9138-IV-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1971-88). Geological Compilation dyeline. Cherry Tree Hill 1:25,000 sheet 9038-I-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1971-88). Geological Compilation on topo. Bingara 1:25,000 sheet 9038-III-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1971-88). Geological Compilation on topo. Gum Flat 1:25,000 sheet 9038-II-N. GSNSW unpublished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1971-88). Geological Compilation on topo. Rocky Dam 1:50,000 sheet 9039-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1971-88). Geoloigcal Compilation on topo. Copeton Dam 1:25,000 sheet 9038-II-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1977-88). Geological Compilation on topo. Dinoga 1:25,000 sheet 9038-III-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • AUTHORS VARIOUS (1971-87). Geological Compilation on topo. Hurricane Hill 1:25,000 sheet 9138-I-N. GSNSW unpublished. • AUTHORSHIP T.B.A 2010. Gosford-Lake Macquarie 1:100,000 Geological Sheet 9131 & 9231. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Maitland • BARNES R.G. (Compiler) 1987. AUTHOR / YEAR UNKNOWN. Geological Compilation dyeline. Washpool 1:25,000 sheet 9339-II-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • BARNES R.G. (Compiler) 1987. Geological Compilation dyeline. Coombadjha 1:25,000 sheet 9339-II-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • BARNES R.G. (Compiler) 1987. Geological Compilation dyeline. Rockadooie 1:25,000 sheet 9339-III-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • BARNES R.G. (Compiler) 1987. Geological Compilation dyeline. Sandy Flat 1:25,000 sheet 9339-IV-S. GSNSW unpubilished. • BARNES R.G. (Compiler) 1987. Geological Compilation dyeline. Spirabo 1:25,000 sheet 9339-III-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • BARNES R.G. (Compiler) 1987. Geological Compilation on topo. Mole River 1:50,000 sheet 9239-N. GSNSW unpubilished. • BARNES R.G., DAWSON M., SPILLER F.C.P, and McDONALD K.M., 2002. Interpreted and re-compiled geology of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion – Digital Data Set. NSW Department of Mineral Resources for NSW Resource and Conservation Assessment Council. • BEMBRICK C.S., 1969, Glen Alice 1:50 000 Geological Map, 8931-IV, Provisional 1st ed., Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney • BEMBRICK, C.S, HERBERT, C. & POGSON, D.J. 1971. Yerranderie 1:50 000 Geological Map, 8929-IV, Provisional 1st ed. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney • BENSON J. 1976 Geology of the Mirannie-Glendon Brook area. BSc Hons Thesis UNSW unpublished • BLAKE & MURCHEY, NSW Quarterly Note #72. • BOWMAN H.N., 1974. Kiama 1:50 000 Geological Map, 9028-I, Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney • BOWMAN H.N., 1974. Robertson 1:50 000 Geological Map, 9028-IV, Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney • BOWMAN, H.N. 1972. Nowra-Toolijooa 1:50 000 Geological Map 9028-2 & 9028-3 (part), Provisional 1st ed. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney (unpublished) • BROWN R.E., CRANFIELD L.C., DENARO T.J., BURROWS P.E., HENLEY H.F., STROUD W.J. & BROWNLOW J.W. 2013. Warwick-Tweed Heads 1:250,000 Metallogenic Map (Provisional) SH/56-02, 03. Geological Survey of NSW, Maitland/Geological Survey of QLD, Brisbane • BROWN R.E., HENLEY H.F., VICKERY N.M., GLEN R.A. & STROUD W.J. 2013. Manilla 1:100,000 Geological Sheet 9036. Geological Survey of NSW, Armidale • BROWNE W.R 1927. Geology Of The Gosforth District. Jnl Royal Soc NSW 60, 213-235 • BROWNLOW J.W. et al. 1988. Wingham 1:100,000 Geological Sheet. Provisional compilation map. Geological Survey of NSW (unpubl.). • BROWNLOW J.W. 2004. Bare Point 1:100 000 Geological Sheet 9538, provisional edition. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney • BROWNLOW J.W., 2003. Woodburn 1:100,000 Geological Sheet 8539, 1st edition. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney • BRUNKER R.L. & CHESNUT W.S.. 1976, Grafton 1:250 000 Geological Sheet SH/56-06, 1st edition, Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney. • BRUNKER R.L., CAMERON R.G., TWEEDALE G. and REISER R., 1972, Tweed Heads 1:250 000 Geological Sheet SH/56-03, 1st edition, Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney. • BRUNKERR.L., OFFENBERG A.C. and CAMERON R.G., 1970, Hastings 1:250 000 Geological Sheet SH/56-14, 1st edition, Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney. • BRYAN J.H., 1966, Sydney 1:250 000 Geological Sheet SI/56-05, 3rd edition, Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney. • BUCK M.D. 1988. Source areas & geochemistry of Lower Carboniferous Ignimbrites, Southern New England Orogen, NSW, Australia. PhD Thesis Macquarie Uni, unpubl. • CAMPBELL KSW & McKELVEY BC 1971. The Geology of the Barrington District, N.S.W. Pacific Geology 5, 7-48. • CHALKER L.E. and BEMBRICK C.S., 1975, Narooma 1:100 000 Geological Sheet 8925, 1st edition. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney. • CHESNUT W.S. and CAMERON R.G., 1971, Inverell 1:250 000 Geological Sheet SH/56-05, 1st edition, Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney. • CLARK N.R. & JONES D.C. 1991. Penrith 1:100 000 Geological Sheet 9030, 1st edition. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney • DAWSON, M., VICKERY, N., BARNES, R.G., & McDONALD, K., 2003. Compiled & interpreted geological dataset of the Nandewar Western regional Assessment area, northern NSW. Digital dataset, Geological Survey of NSW, NSW Department of Mineral Resources • DIRKS P.H.G.M et al. 1992. Structural-metamorphic evolution of the Tia Complex, New England fold belt; thermal overprint of an accretion-subduction complex in a compressional back arc setting - Fig 3. Form Surface Map. • Elcom Clyde Rive DDH1. Report MF27065. 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This layer shows a depth slice from a 3D resistivity model of the crust derived from an inversion of the AusLAMP NSW long period MT data.
Time-series records of the magnetic and electric fields measured at the AusLAMP MT sites were QA\QCed, pre-processed and transformed into the frequency domain (Kyi et al, 2020). Data were then inverted to a 3D resistivity voxet model of the crust using the ModEM 3D code on the National Computing Infrastructure supercomputer (Kirkby et al, submitted). The 3D resistivity model was sliced to display the voxet cells at 10 km depth in plan-view. The cells were coloured according to their resistivity value to create the image. Kirkby, A. L., Musgrave, R., Czarnota, K., Doublier, M., Kyi, D., Duan, J. and Cayley, R., (submitted). The resistivity structure of the Tasmanides, southeastern Australia, from AusLAMP magnetotelluric data and implications for tectonic evolution. Submitted to Tectonophysics. Kyi, D., Duan, J., Kirkby, A. and Stolz, N., 2020. Australian Lithospheric Architecture Magnetotelluric Project (AusLAMP): New South Wales; Data Release Report (Phase One). Record 2020/11 Geoscience Australia, Canberra.
Hydrogeochemistry is the sampling and analysis of water to test its chemical properties. The chemistry of bore water can provide clues to the properties of the underlying rocks it has flowed through. Hydrogeochemistry data provides useful information about the quality of groundwater and the processes affecting it. The data is useful for landholders and local government agencies in assessing groundwater resources and their suitability for human and animal consumption, and for industry, other government agencies and scientists to assist with targeting and assessment of natural resources in the earth’s crust. The hydrogeochemistry data presented here has been sourced from various entities including the Geological Survey of New South Wales (GSNSW), Water NSW, CSIRO, and Geoscience Australia (GA). GSNSW and GA collect hydrogeochemistry data on a project basis. CSIRO has curated a groundwater hydrochemistry dataset by collating and standardising data from most State and Territory lead water agencies. Data within NSW will be continually added to this dataset as it is collected or acquired by GSNSW in the future. The hydrogeochemistry dataset presented here includes the following data: • Field measurements and laboratory analyses, such as pH, electrical conductivity, and total dissolved solids (TDS, a measure of salinity) • Major and minor ions, such as sodium and calcium • Trace element metals and non-metals, such as gold, silver, copper and zinc • Stable and radioactive isotopes, such as oxygen-18, carbon-14, and sulphur-34 In addition to this, CSIRO has calculated variables such as saturation indices, which are derived from the hydrochemistry measurements. Information for methodologies used by CSIRO, including the saturation indices, is available from the CSIRO Research Publications Repository.
The hydrogeochemistry data presented here has been sourced from various entities including the Geological Survey of New South Wales (GSNSW), Water NSW, CSIRO, and Geoscience Australia (GA). GSNSW and GA collect hydrogeochemistry data on a project basis. CSIRO has curated a groundwater hydrochemistry dataset by collating and standardising data from most State and Territory lead water agencies. Data within NSW will be continually added to this dataset as it is collected or acquired by GSNSW in the future.
This is the coal subset of the NSW drilling dataset available from Geoscientific Data Warehouse. The drillhole data has been compiled over time from various sources including mineral exploration reports and departmental records.It provides drill collar information for coal drillholes and associated data including classification of drilling purpose, drill type, licencee/driller information, date the hole was drilled, depth of hole drilled and references. This data is part of the New South Wales Geoscientific Data Warehouse (NSW GDW) series.
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