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1974 PROGRAM

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BMRRecord1974/52

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The information contained in this report has been obtained by the Department of Minerals and Energyas part of the policy of the Australian Governmentto assist in . the exploration and development of.mineral resources. It may not be published in any form or used in a company prospectus or statementwithout the permi ssion in writing of the Director, Bureau of Mineral Resources; Geology and Geophysics.

Record 1974/52

BMR 1974 PROGRAM

by

A. Driessen

CONTENTS

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CRUSTAL STUDIES^ 1SEDIMENTARY BASINS^ 6METALLIFEROUS AREAS^ 11TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT^ 15ENGINEERING^ 18HYDROLOGY^ 20TECHNICAL SERVICES^ 22RESOURCES AND INDUSTRY^ 24

PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS (EXCLUDING MAPS) Appendix A

PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS (GEOLOGICAL MAPS) Appendix B

NOTES

The program does not list the preparation of BMR Records (unpubl.)on the results of current projects; however, it can generally be assumed thatsuch Records will be prepared for most projects. A list of Recordsreleased on Open File is brought out regularly by BMR.

The dates given in brackets after each field operation refer totime actually spent in the field. In most cases office work on the projectcontinues to the end of the current year or early in the following year.

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Continue collation of heat flow data on the GreatArtesian Basin for computer processing andcompilation of heat flow maps.

Complete gravity coverage (by contract) of south-.eastern Australia; recordings over the mainlandare at approximately 11 km gridpoint intervals, overTasmania at 7 km intervals, while coverage of BassStrait is restricted to readings on offshore drillingplatforms and islands (Jan-May). This survey is thefinal stage in providing gravity coverige of Australiaat a station density of one per 125 km or better.

Continue compilation and preparation of free air andBouguer anomaly maps of Australia at 1:2 500 000scale. This work includes continual development ofADP programs to recompute gravity data from earlyBMR and company surveys and for storage and retrievalof gravity data. Publication is scheduled for 1976 tocoincide with the International Geological Congress.Maintain gravity data files for use by BMR, industryand other organizations. Maintain and check gravitymeters.

Take precise measurements of gravity at Hobart andPort Moresby for correlation with values at Potsdam;a co-operative project with the Geophysical Committeeof the Soviet Academy of Sciences, University ofTasmania, and Port Moresby Geophysical Observatory(Nov).

'feat Flow Studies

L connaissance HelicopterGravity Survey,routheastern Australia.

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^Operate horizontal pendulum apparatus for continuouse Vertical^ measuring of solid earth tides to determine elastic

properties of the earth. The equipment is installed ina mine tunnel near Armidale and is operated jointlywith the University of New England.

take George^ Record gravity observations at approximately 200Gravity Survey, NSW^stations over the dry lake bed and surrounds to

investigate the thickness of sediments in the lake andfeatures of the Lake George Fault.

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IAeromagnetic Mapof Australia

lIsomagnetic Survey ofAustralia and

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/Third Order MagneticSurveys

Produce aeromagnetic map of Australia at1:2 500 000 scale from all available aeromagneticdata; some fill-in survey flying to be undertakenby BMR aircraft.Supervise contracts for flying of control networkand for compilation of regional magnetic data andmap production.

Re-occupy 1st order magnetic (D) stations at NealeJunction/Decca Airport (WA), Christmas Island,Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Willis Island (Q1d), LordHowe Island, Norfolk Island, Honiara (SolomonIslands), Vanimo (PNG) and stations in the PrinceCharles Mountains, Antarctica (Jan-April).Observations are required for completion of theIsogonic Map of Australia by 1975.

Provide 3rd order magnetic coverage, usinghelicopters, of the more remote and inaccessibleportions of eastern WA, central, southwesternand southeastern NT, and northwestern and north-eastern SA. (June-Sept). This work will virtuallycomplete coverage of Australia. Densitystations is approximately one per 730 km or 24per standard 1:250 000 Sheet area.Take 3rd order magnetic measurements in PrinceCharles Mtns, Antarctica.

Organize and support magnetic surveys on Divisionof National Mapping bathymetric surveys.

Analyse and report on results of the contract marinegeophysical survey of the Australian continentalmargin; the survey provided seismic, gravity, magnetic,and bathymetric data along lines 30-40 km apartbetween the 20 m and 4000 m isobaths, and deter-mined on a reconnaissance basis the geologicaland bathymetric nature and extent of the Australiancontinental margin.

Develop ADP programs for the processing, inter-pretation, and display of survey data.

ILarine Magnetic Recordings

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Continental Margingurvey

Melbourne (Toolangi)

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I Seismic Array Surveys,Northwestern WA

• Seismograph Stations -11 Canberra Group

I Strong Earth MotionStudies - Canberra Group

I Seismology DataProcessing and

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Group

Carry out seismic array surveys in northwesternWA, using mine explosions, to investigate theseismic characteristics of Archaean rocks of thearea.

Maintain and calibrate stations for 3-component SPreading at Alice Springs and Manton (NT); installSP-Z seismographs at Giles (WA) and studyfeasibility of installing stations at Mt Isa andArmidale.

Maintain accelerograph networks; install accelero-graph in the Dalton/Gunning region.Measure ground accelerations near large explosions;carry out field studies of damaging or felt earth-quakes as required.

Prepare phase and epicentral data tapes for theInternational Seismological Centre and producemonthly phase and time sorted bulletins; maintainregional earthquake data files and prepare seismicitymaps. Seismological data processed by BMR are alsocontributed by Australian National University,Universities of Tasmania, Adelaide, and Brisbane,and Rabaul and Honiara.

Record, analyse and report on geomagnetic andseismic observations at the observatory and processSeismic data from Bellfield Reservoir, Melbourne,Broken Hill and Norfolk Island.

Continue the normal program of SP-Z recording atBellfield Reservoir and Norfolk Island; resiteMelbourne station at a quieter site east of the city.Take accelerograph recordings at the Melbournestation; carry out field studies of felt or damagingearthquakes as requiered and record aftershocktremors.

Continue the standard program of recording, analysingand reporting on geomagnetic, seismic, and ionosphericobservations made at the observatory; trainpersonnel for Antarctic projects.

Port Moresby'Observatory Group

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IMundaring ObservatoryGroup (contd)

Continue the normal program of SP recording atKalgoorlie, Meekatharra, Kununurra, and MarbleBar; install seismographs at Swan View and Wagin.Carry out micro earthquake studies and short termSP and accelerograph recordings in the Meckeringearthquake zone; carry out field studies of felt ordamaging earthquakes as required.Take 'opportunity' seismic refraction recordingsof various mine blasts to study P wave residualsand travel times.Instal USGS Seismological Research Observatoryin bore hole approx. 150 km south of Mundaring,WA and provide telemeter link to Mtmdaring.

Record, analyse and report on geomagnetic andseismic observations made at the observatory(ionospheric recording has been suspended pendingreplacement of ionosonde); maintain the PNGseismicity file.Operate SP seismographs at Wabag, Lae, Momote,Talasea, Kavieng, Kobuan, Vanimo, and Madang; studyfeasibility of installing a seismic station in the StarMountains area.Maintain accelerographs at Port Moresby, Lae,Musa Damsite, Ramu Damsite, Wewak, Rabaul,Frieda River, and Star Mountains; carry out fieldstudies of significant earthquakes and recordaftershock tremors.

'Macquarie Island^Record and analyse geomagnetic and seismiciObservatory^ observations; operate tide gauge and micro-'^ pulsation recorders for Flinders and Alaska

Universities.

IVIawson Observatory^Record and analyse geomagnetic and seismicobservations.

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Geomagnetic DataProcessing andReductions - CanberraGroup.

Maintain Australian Geomagnetic Standards;convert magnetic results to IAGA format. PrepareGeophysical Observatory Report (Vol. 22) fordistribution.

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SEDIMENTARY BASINS

Carpentaria Basin,Qld

Provide aeromagnetic and radiometric coverageof Torres Strait (partly), Jardine River, OrfordBay (pt), Weipa, Cape Weymouth, Aurukun, Coen,Ebagoola (pt), Rutland Plains, Hann River,Cooktown, and Red River 1:250 000 Sheet areasat 1.5, 3.0, and 6.0 km line spacing (May-Nov)Carry out auger drilling for geological informationin areas of poor outcrop and for testing areas ofground water potential as indicated by resistivitysurveys (June - Oct)Carry out resistivity survey south of Weipa toinvestigate aquifers in Cainozoic sequences.Prepare 1:1 000 000 Preliminary map of northernpart of the Basin and prepare Report to accompany1:1 000 000 map of southern part of the Basin.Prepare outstanding Preliminary and First Edition1:250 000 maps as detailed in the Publicationslisting.

Prepare 1:1 000 000 First Edition map and Notes

Prepare 1:1 000 000 First Edition map and Notes.

Prepare Report and isopach maps.

Prepare 1:1 000 000 First Edition map andBulletin on geology of the Basin; prepare Bulletin

- on the lower Cretaceous palynology of the Basin.

Northern EromangaBasin, Qld

Western EromangaBasin, Qld

Central EromangaBasin, Qld

Surat Basin, Qld

I Galilee Basin, Qld^Prepare report on the taxonomy of Permianmiospores.

Southwest QueenslandGeomorphology

Continue studies on the relation of geomorphologyand deep weathering profiles to geology as the basisfor the interpretation of Cainozoic structuralmovements; a co-operative study with the Universityof NSW.

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Lake Frome, SA

ICarnarvon Basin, WA

tanning Basin, WA

Browse, Bonaparte Gulf, and

lioney Shoal Basins, WA

Study metal precipitation in an inland drainagebasin; a joint project with ANU, SA Mines Deptand Baas Becking Laboratory.

Prepare Bulletin on 1970 and 1972 airborne surveys.

Supervise aeromagnetic contract providing coverageof Browne, Bentley, Scott, Robert, Yowalga, Talbot,Cooper, Throssell, Westwood, Lennis, Waigen, Neale,Vernon, Wanna, Jubilee, and Mason at 1.5 and 3 kinline spacing.

Study Permian and Tertiary palynostratigraphy ofthe Basin; also a contribution to Permian Periodstudies.

Prepare 1:1 000 000 map and Bulletin.Prepare outstanding Preliminary and First Edition1:250 000 maps as detailed in the Publications list.

Study Upper Palaeozoic conodont faunas to assistGSWA 1:250 000 mapping project (June-July).Carry out systematic and stratigraphic studies ofTertiary foraminifera.

Map Noonkanbah 1:250000 Sheet area; a jointproject with GSWA (June--Sept). -

Study sedimentological aspects of Devonian andCarboniferous units.

Prepare outstanding Preliminary Edition 1:250 000maps as detailed in the Publications listing.Prepare isochron, structure contour, isopach, andlithofacies maps of selected areas.

Collect vertebrate material from the Dulcie Sand-stone and Cravens Peak Beds.

Prepare publications (mainly palaeontological) asdetailed in the Publications listing.

Commence review and correlation of geophysical andgeological data.

Eucla Basin, SA

Officer Basin, WA

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Carry out systematic palaeontological studies oflower Carboniferous ostracods from the BonaparteGulf Basin.

Melville Island -Cobourg Peninsula, NT

Wiso Basin, NT

Georgina Basin, NT

Ngalia Basin, NT

Amadeus Basin, NT

Quaternary EustasyStudies

Palaeontological Studies

Carry out shallow stratigraphic drilling as followup to previous years' 1:250 000 scale mapping.Investigate heavy mineral occurrences and studytheir stratigraphic control.Prepare outstanding First Edition 1:250 000 mapsand Notes as detailed in the Publications listing.

Carry out shallow stratigraphic drilling andreconnaissance traverses in preparation for the1975 mapping program (Aug-Nov).

Study lower Palaeozoic carbonate rocks and faunas;field map critical sections in the southeasternportion of the Basin. This work includes a studyof primitive molluscs by a USGS exchange Fellow.Carry out shallow stratigraphic drilling (June-Aug).

Prepare Bulletin and 1:500 000 geological mapprepare Bulletin on Tertiary pollen from theBasin.

Study stromatolite biostratigraphy and micro-fossils associated with stromatolites.

Carry out shallow seismic survey of the continentalshelf off northern NSW; test deep water free fallsampling equipment during cruise (Nov-Dec).Carry out shallow stratigraphic drilling' in theCoorong area of South Australia to assess thevalue of this area for Quaternary eustasy studies(Oct-Nov).

Study palynological material from Ngalia, Officer,and Eromanga Basins to determine stratigraphicand palaeoclimatic conditions of the Tertiary period.Carry out Silurian and Permian period studies.

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PetrochemicalStudies

Continue fluorescent palynological work on Recentand Tertiary pollens; study comparative systematicpalynology and stratigraphy of marine Cretaceousmicroplankton of eastern, southern and westernAustralia.Continue search for Tertiary fossil mammals inSouth Australia and at Nerriga, NSW; studysystematic palaeontology of fossil mammals fromBullock Creek, Riversleigh, and PNG.Continue preliminary descriptive work on Devonianvertebrate faunas from Taemas/Wee Jasper NSW,Canning Basin WA, and Amadeus Basin NT.Study systematic palaeontology of Dikelokephalinidtrilobites, Ordovician ichnolites and Cambrianmolluscs from central Australia.Provide general support for mapping projects andprepare publications as detailed in the Publicationslisting.

Continue studies in the diagenesis of organicmaterial in relation to oil and gas occurrencesspecifically from the Northwest Shelf and theAmadeus Basin.Continue comparative studies of the variousparameters used to measure organic diagenesis;a continuation of 1973 studies of kerogens andphosphorites. Study the role of micro-organismsin the generation and alteration of petroleumprecursors; a joint project with Baas BeckingLaboratory Group.Carry out routine analyses and testing of gas,oil, and bitumen samples.

IPetrophysical Carry out porosity, permeability, density, fluidlnvestigations saturation, pore size distribution, and capillary

pressure analyses of petroleum reservoir rocks;core samples are obtained from wells drilledunder the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act andPetroleum (Submerged Lands) Act and from StateMines Departments, private companies, and BMRparties.

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'Reservoir EngineeringStudies

1Carry out thermodynamic (PVT) studies ofhydrocarbons for determination of oil bubblepoint, dew point of gas condensate, oil andgas formation volume factors, reservoir oiland gas compressibility, reservoir gas, oiland water compressibility, fluid densities, andsolution gas and oil ratios. Study the recoveryof petroleum reservoir fluids at simulatedreservoir temperatures.

METALLIFEROUSBureau of Mineral Resources

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Westmoreland, Qld

Mount Isa -Cloncurry, Qld

1Lachlan Geosyncline,NSW and Vic

Complete geological mapping and stream sedimentgeochemical sampling of Forsayth and Georgetown1:100 000 Sheet areas (May-Sept).

Study the geochemistry, geochronology, and associatedmineralization of acid igneous rocks of northeastern Queensland, particularly the mineralizedgranites of the Herberton and Mount Garnet region.Prepare Preliminary and First Edition 1:100 000maps as detailed in the Publications listing.

Study the petrology of granites and volcanics ofthe region; complete petrological and geochemicalstudies of the Cliffdale Volcanics and the Norrisand Nicholson Granites.

Prepare Preliminary and Second Edition 1:250 000and 1:100 000 maps as outlined in the Publicationslisting.

Map Precambrian rocks of Kennedy Gap 1:100 000Sheet area and complete mapping of Quamby 1:100 000Sheet area; a co-operative project with GSQ(May-Sept).

Provide aeromagnetic and radiometric coverage ofDuchess 1:250 000 Sheet area at 1.5 km linespacing (Oct-Nov).

Continue petrological and geochemical studies ofbasic igneous rocks of the region; continue geo-chronological investigations.

Prepare Preliminary and First Edition 1:100 000maps and other publications as detailed in thePublications listing.

Complete geological mapping of Brindabella1:100 000 Sheet area (Jan-April); study anddescribe the palaeontology and stratigraphy ofthe ACT and surrounding areas.

1 Georgetown, Qld

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Provide aeromagmetic and radiometric coverageof Wagga and Canberra 1:250 000 Sheet areas inNSW and of St. Arnaud and Ballarat 1:250 000Sheet areas in Victoria. (April-May).

Prepare Preliminary Edition 1:100 000 mapsdetailed in the Publications listing.I Granite s-Tanami,^Prepare 1:500 000 map and Bulletin; prepare

NT, WA^ Preliminary and Second Edition 1:250 000 mapsand Notes as detailed in the Publicationslisting.

1 Kimberley Basin, WA^Prepare Kimberley Basin and West Kimberley1:500 000 maps and Bulletins.

I Victoria River Basin,^Prepare 1:500 000 Preliminary Edition map andNT^ Bulletin.

I Alligator River, NT^Map Kapalga and Mundogie 1:100 000 Sheet areas;study the petrology, geochemistry, and geochronologyof granites and volanic rocks, particularly theirrelationships with uranium, base metal, and goldmineralization. This work is to be supported by ashallow stratigraphic drilling program of 70-80holes to 150 metres (June-Oct).

Provide aeromagnetic and radiometric coverageof Darwin, Fog Bay, Cape Scott (all partly), PineCreek, Mt Evelyn (pt), and Katherine 1:250 000Sheet areas at 1.5 km line spacing; carry outdetailed aeromagmetic and radiometric survey ofthe Koolpin Formation at 0.2 km line spacing(June-Oct).

Establish reconnaissance ground geophysicaltechniques to detect marker horizons in un-metamorphosed Koolpin Formation, apply optimumtechniques to establish the relationship betweenKoolpin Formation exposed near Barramundi Creekand postulated Koolpin Formation extending north-wards from the Jim Jim 1:100 000 Sheet area(Aug-Oct).

Prepare Preliminary and Second Edition 1:100 000and 1:250 000 maps and Bulletin as detailed in thePublications Listing.

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Rum Jungle, NT

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Carry out field checks for revision of the RumJungle Special Geological Map (1:63 360);investigate the genesis of base metal depositsof the area - a co-operative project with theBaas Becking Laboratory. This work is supportedby a shallow stratigraphic drilling program of15-35 holes to 70 metres maximum depth(May-Oct).

Carry out a gravity survey to obtain regionalinformation on granite-metasediment relation-ships and on differential relationships withinthe metasediments; carry out resistivity and E Msurveys over selected gravity traverses todevelop methods for delineating the CoomalieDolomite-Golden Dyke Formation boundary(May-Oct).

Study stromatolite biostratigraphy and micro-fossils associated with stromatolites.

Prepare Bulletins as listed in the Publicationslisting.

Continue geochemical laboratory studies ofmineralization characteristics of the TennantCreek field; prepare Bulletin.

Review geophysical data; provide geophysicallogging facilities for NT Mines Branch drill holes;carry out density and susceptibility measurementson available drill core.

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Study petrology of basic granulite rocks fromcentral Australia; continue geochronological work.

Prepare 1:100 000 Special Map of the Arltunga NappeComplex and Bulletin and Preliminary Edition1:100 000 maps as listed under Publications,

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Baas Be ekingLaboratory Projects

Antarctica

Papua New Guinea

Investigate parameters governing the fractionationof stable isotopes during bacterial sulphate re-duction; evaluate sulphur isotope ratios as ameans of distinguishing between biogenic and non-biogenic sulphides; investigate the evolution ofbacterial sulphate reduction.

Investigate the role of organic material inprocesses leading to metals concentrations; studyearly diagenetic processes.Study co-precipitation characteristics of calcium/magnesium carbonates and heavy metal ions;study metal concentration and transport processesin sediments; investigate organo- metallic complexesderived from algal material.Carry out petrological and geochemical studies of theHYC Member, McArthur River and investigatethe genesis of base metal-uranium deposits, RumJungle.

Continue geological mapping of selected areas ofthe Prince Charles-Grove Mountains area; take3rd order magnetic measurements on traversesand re-occupy 1st order magnetic stations inPrince Charles Mountains.Prepare 1:500 000 maps and Bulletin on Geologyof Prince Charles Mountains.

Continue petrological, geochronological and paly-nological studies of previous years' mapping projectsand in support of GSPNG field projects.Prepare maps, Bulletins and Reports as detailedin the Publications listing.

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Analyse and evaluate future system requirements,from data collection through to presentationstages, for the marine program.

Carry out studies on developing high resolutioncapabilities for shallow seismic profiling system;study compact low energy sparker power supplyunits, improved sonobuoy for shallow waterrefraction, bubble suppression devices forenergy levels greater than 1000 Joules andtechniques for differentiating sediment types fromreflected acoustic energy characteristics.

Prepare duplicate analog seismic tapes for loanto industry.

Carry out feasibility studies and market survey ofmarine coring drill equipment for offshoresampling.

Continue feasibility studies on seismic digitalrecording systems; prepare programs for pro-cessing digital seismic data through BMR minicomputers and the Cyber 76. Digitize existingseismic data, well logs and other logs forcomputer processing.

Design feasibility studies for a camera withindependent x and y reduction ratios for reducingseismic records.Develop special non-explosive techniques forshallow seismic refraction investigations indeveloped areas.

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'Magneto - Telluric Investigations^Study the use of magneto - telluric method inmetalliferous areas.

Gravity Techniques and Equipment Maintain BMR gravity meters; check privatecompany gravity meters if requested.

Provide training in the use of gravity meters forBMR personnel and other Government Departments.

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I Time-Domain Methods

Resistivity Techniques

Magnetic Techniques

I Airborne Systems, Techniques,and Data Reductions

Carry out an experimental M-T survey in theCooper Basin, SA, to define Cambrian structurebelow Permian coal horizons, which are generallydifficult to penetrate seismically; a co-operativeproject with Macquarie University (April-May).

Continue general development and testing of time-domain geophysical systems; specific studies arebeing carried out on digital recording of transient-EM data and on developing methods which may beapplied to regional studies. Field tests are pro-grammed for Cobar, Alligator River, and RumJungle areas (Jan-Oct).

Continue transient-EM modelling work to developinterpretative techniques.

Continue development and testing of time-domainIP, applied potential, EM, and magnetic downholesystems; fieldtest methods at Cobar, Woodlawn,Tumut, and the Darwin-Katherine area.

Study instrument feasibility of a downhole IPcontinuous logging system.

Assess the use of resistivity techniques forgroundwater surveys; this work has been requestedby AWRC and will largely comprise office studiesof case histories on resistivity methods.

Continue studies of continuous magnetic recordingtechniques to outline areas of igneous intrusion incoal seams; this work has been requested byQueensland Mines Department (Oct).

Continue development work on gamma ray surveyequipment, methods, and processing and inter-pretative techniques.

Reduce magnetic digital data from BMR and contractairborne surveys of the current program; developcomputer programs to facilitate processing andinterpretative techniques.

1Downhole Geophysical Techniques

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I Rock Measurement

'Observatory Equipment and'Maintenance

'Drilling Engineering

Complete construction of heat conductivity measuringequipment and equipment for measuring soundabsorption in =consolidated sediments.

Install a gamma ray spectrometer for analysis ofrock and soil samples.

Develop equipment to measure static Poisson ratiosand Young's modules; develop triaxial strengthtesting equipment.

Study methods of measuring earth strains and ofdetecting faults in advance of rock tunnelingoperations.

Provide maintenance and testing support for seismicobservatories. Develop and construct seismographcalibration units, observatory timers, remoterecording seismographs and playback systems,digital magnetic recording systems, and a magnetogramdigitizer.

Provide drilling and drilling support services forBMR operations and, if requested, other GovernmentDepartments. Prepare technical specifications forcontract drilling operations and purchase or modifynew plant and equipment.

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ENGINEERING

Project^ Nature of Work

Damsite and ReservoirInvestigations, ACT, NSW

Watermains Investigations,ACT, NSW

Sewer TunnelInvestigations ACT, NSW

Roadworks Investigations,ACT

Construction MaterialsInvestigations, ACT, NSW

Provide geological and geophysical support servicesto Department of Housing and Construction and/orNCDC projects. Services comprise detailedgeological mapping, core and auger drilling,detailed magnetic and resistivity surveys, andshallow seismic profiling; these are presentlyrequired for the Googong Dam project, theTuggeranong Creek damsite investigation, andreservoir site investigations at Belconnen, Woden,Gungahlin and Tuggeranong.

Carry out field assessments for DHC and/or NCDCof watermain routes in the Canberra regionincluding one linking the Googong treatment plantto the Canberra water main; assess water reti-culation projects at Tuggeranong, Belconnen, andGungahlin.

Provide geological and geophysical services asoutlined above and make general assessments forDHC and/or NCDC on the Tuggeranong tunnel andappurtenant works, the Tuggeranong connectingsewer project, the Molonglo Valley interceptor,the Mulligans Flat sewer reticulation project, theCanberra City sewer augmentation project, theBelconnen Plant to lower Molonglo PollutionControl Plant tunnel, the Jerrabomberra trunksewer, and the Harman - Queanbeyan sewer.

Provide preliminary assessments and continuingadvice to NCDC on the Molonglo - TuggeranongParkway Interchange, the Waniassa ArterialRoad, the Callinan Arterial Road, and the EasternFreeway.

Sample, test, and estimate inferred reserves, byboring and seismic methods, of sand deposits onthe bed of the East Basin of Lake Burley Griffin,the Dairy Flat area east of the lake, and variousstretches along the Gudgenby River.

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Carry out investigations for brickshale, gravel,and aggregate in the Gungahlin area

Major Buildings, ACT

Urban and RegionalDevelopment Areas

Miscellaneous Projects

Conduct site investigations and map excavationsand provide geological advice as required to thevarious construction projects in the City centre,Belconnen and Woden town centres, the High Courtand Art Gallery sites, the Parliamentary Triangle,and Black Mountain.

Carry out geotechnical studies of hydrology, soilmechanics, and engineering geological constraints,on urban planning and development projects atTuggeranong, Gungahlin, Isabella Plains, GooromonPonds, and areas south of Queanbeyan; contributionsto NCDC and Queanbeyan Planning Council projects.

• Compile and prepare from existing data a generalthematic map at 1:250 000 scale showing soil, rock,and hydrological constraints to regional planningof the Canberra region including Yass, Goulburn,Braidwood, Bredbo, and the Goodradigbee River.Co-ordinate and provide liaison on hydrology,soil mechanics, and engineering geologicalconstraints, for urban planning projects atAlbury - Wodonga, Holsworthy, and Darwin.Involved parties include Cities Commission, NCDCExternal Projects, Albury-Wodonga DevelopmentCorporation, and the Geological Surveys of NSW,Vic and NT.

Co-ordinate and provide liaison on geotechnicalaspects for the Newcastle Dry Dock, MelbourneDry Dock, and Cairns - Weipa microwave linkprojects; involved parties include DHC and theGeological Surveys of NSW, Vic and Qld.Provide training in engineering geology andhydrology to Colombo Plan and UNDP Fellows.

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HYDROLOGY


Great Artesian Basin, Qld,NSW, SA, NT

Cape York Peninsula, Qld

Murray-Goulburn Rivers Valley,Vic

The Australian CapitalTerritory

Continue the review, collation, and analyses ofhydrogeological data of the Basin for constructionof a mathematical model of its hydraulic and ground-water characteristics. The Australian Water ResourcesCouncil nominated BMR as the co-ordinating body forthe study, which is drawing on information held by BMRand relevant State Water Authorities and MinesDepartments.Supervise contract geophysical logging programs inareas relevant to this study and log those bores whichare unsuitable for letting by contract and which havenot been logged by State Mines Departments.

Carry out resistivity surveys south of Weipa toinvestigate aquifers in Cainozoic sequences(May-July).

Continue seismic reflection and refraction surveywork in the region to locate shallow aquifers and thebase of unconsolidated sediments; a joint project withthe Victorian Mines Department and the State Riversand Water Supply Commission (Feb-March).Carry out experimental resistivity surveys in selectedareas and continue experimental studies to assess thevalue of using conventional marine seismic profilingtechniques in irrigation canals (Sept-Oct).

Maintain and monitor groundwater characteristics inobservation bores in the ACT and Jervis Bay; repairor re-drill Observation Bore U 11 at Jervis Bay.

Provide surveillances of Corin Dam and other damsin the ACT; monitor the water level and quality ofLake George; monitor leakage from Lake Windemere.Provide analytical services for Zn monitoring of theMolonglo River system; provide advice and support forthe rehabilitation of Captains Flat and the MolongloRiver valley upstream of Carwoola.

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Study the groundwater regime fractured rocks of theTuggeranong and Molonglo Tunnels, particularlyinflows and the effects of dewatering profiles.

Provide general hydrological advice to GovernmentDepartments, other organizations, and local land-holders. Participate in Australian Water ResourcesCouncil (AWRC) and Technical Committee on Under-ground Water (TCUW) activities.

NB: All ACT hydrological activities are generallycarried out in liaison with NCDC, DHC, and theAgricultural Branch of DCT.

I Norfolk Island^ Provide advice on hydrological potential of the Island.

ICore and CuttingsLaboratory

IGe ologic a 1 Services

Prepare and disseminate information related toBMR, to Government, industry, the public, and thenews media; answer queries from Ministers andParliament as required.

Prepare the BMR Annual Report, Pictorial Index ofActivities, List of Maps, List of Geoscience Events,and Open File Circulars, for distribution; organizethe Annual BMR Symposium and other variouslectures and displays for Universities and Schools.

Continue feasibility studies on an information storageand retrieval system for BMR.

Library^ Maintain and operate an efficient and comprehensivelibrary for use by BMR personnel and visitors.

Museum^ Maintain and operate an efficient and comprehensivemuseum of geological material; provide informationaland educational services to the public and teachingorganisations.

Information Services

Provide facilities to examine approved samples ofcore and cuttings from oil and gas wells. Data areobtained under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act, thePetroleum (Submerged Lands) Act, State MinesDepartments, private companies, and BMR parties andare released from time to time under variousprovisions of the Acts, or by consent of companies.

Provide map compilation and editing services for BMRpublications; train field geologists in map preparation.Details of individual maps to be published are listedunder Publications.

Prepare and revise Mineral Reports; maintain indexesand technical data files for use by BAIR personnel;maintain the Central Register of Stratigraphic Names.

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TECHNICAL SERVICES


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Photogeology and RemoteSensing

Planning and Co-ordination

Complete final report to NASA on ERTS imagery ofCanberra, Mt Isa, and Alice Springs; install ERTSmultispectral viewer. Provide Secretariat forACERTS Interdepartmental Committee.

Evaluate Skylab photography of Alice Springs andCanberra regions.

Compare and evaluate colour infra-red imagery withcolour film imagery and detailed aeromagneticresults in well exposed mineralised terrain, particular];Mt Isa. Evaluate SLAR imagery of Mt Isa region.

Give lectures to the AMF Course in photo interpretation

Provide ADP facilities and advice to BMR activities.

Edit BMR publications and papers for scientificjournals.

Review and investigate short and long term programproposals in terms of priorities, manpower require-ments, financial resources, cost effectiveness, andco-ordination of interrelated projects.

Automatic DataProcessing

Publications Editing

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RESOURCES AND INDUSTRY


Petroleum Search Subsidy Act Make recommendations on applications, inspectoperations and monitor progress, assess finalreports and determine subsidy payable; preparereports for publications. The Subsidy Act willterminate on 30 June 1974 but the wind-up ofpayments and reports should continue to year'send.

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act Receive, index, and store data (core and cuttings)and reports received under the Act. Providefacilities for examination and testing of samples;prepare representative thin sections. Maintain aregister of all operations undertaken in offshoreareas.

'Petroleum Economics Provide continuing assessments of Australian petroleumresources, particularly in terms of conservation andorderly development, costs of exploration, developmentand production, the economics of oil shale development,and comparative costs for alternative fuels. Preparethe Petroleum Titles map and Petroleum Newsletter;provide participation to the Oil Advisory Committee.

IMineral Economics Studies^Study long range production and consumption trendsof metals and minerals, new techniques of mineralextraction, processing and utilisation, consumption

I .^ statistics of recycled metals, and the contribution madeby the mining and mineral processing industries toGNP. These studies contribute towards departmentaladvices and to the BlVIR publication 'AustralianMineral Industry Review'.Carry out special studies to assess Australian resourcesof iron ore, copper, lead and zinc. Assess Australianequity and control of the domestic mineral industry interms of production, reserves and profits. Study thedomestic gemstone industry, particularly opals andsapphires, in relation to export controls.

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Mining Engineering Studies Carry out continuing econometric studies of themineral industry in terms of the feasibility ofproposed mining projects, inter-industryrelationships of the mining industry, itscontribution to national income and exportearnings, and legislative aspects.

Report on operations of gold mines receivingassistance under the Gold Mining IndustryAssistance Act. Provide participation to theConference of Chief Inspectors of Mines and theStandards Association of Australia.

APPENDIX A

PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS (EXCLUDING MAPS)

Authors:^Suprascripts after an author's name indicates the following:1. Formerly with BMR2. With, or formerly with State Geological Survey

3. With, or formerly with university or other institution.

Status of Publications: Each publication passes through three stages priorto being released, viz:In preparation (i.e. being written)With editorsIn press

In the following pages, the current stage of each publicationis shown followed by the expected completion date of thatstage. To estimate the release date of a publication in thepreparation or editorial stages, it can generally be assumedthat the editing process ranges from 3 to 6 months andprinting requires from 6 to 12 months.

I= INN NMI MI MI MI • IIIIII^MI^

NMI all^MI 11E111 NM • NM

Publications ^ Author ^

Status atJanuary 1974

CRUSTAL STUDIES

BULLETINS

Diurnal variations in the earth's magnetic field

Standard curves for magnetic anomalies over thin dykes(No 152)

Australian and Soviet gravity surveys along the AustralianCalibration Line (No 161)

Explanatory Notes to accompany the Gravity Map ofAustralia, Scale 1:2,500,000

Gravity measurements in the Prince Charles Mountains,Antarctica

New Britain crustal survey

East Papua crustal survey

Geology of south Qld and north NSW continental shelf

_Geology of south and central NSW continental shelf

Geology of Bass Strait and Tasman continental shelf

Geology of the Northwest Shelf (No 136)

Parkinson, D1^

with editors(June)

Haigh, J E 1^in pressSmith M S^

(December)

Wellman, P^

in preparationBoulanger^

(February)Barlow, B CShcheglovCoutts, D A

Barlow, B C^

in preparationWellman, P^

(1975)Fraser, AAnfiloff, WZadoroznyj, IDooley, J C et al.

Wellman P^

in preparationTingey, R^

(1975)

Wiebenga, W A^

in preparationFinlayson, D

^(June)

Wiebenga, W A^

in preparationFinlayson, D

^(1976)

Jones, H A^on program

Davies, P J^

in preparation(November)

Davies, P J^


_Jones, H A^

in press(February)

OM MI MIMI II•11 MI MI OM MN 11M111 NMI IIM1^MI MI 111•1 IIIIII MI NM NM OM

Publication

CRUSTAL STUDIES

BULLETINS

Geology of the Arafura Sea (No 157)

REPORTS

AFMAG Records (No 168)

Seismicity of PNG, 1968 (No 169)

Seismicity of PNG, 1970

Seismicity of PNG, 1873-1973


Focal mechanisms of PNG - Solomon Islands earthquakes1963-1970 (No 178)

Madang earthquake 1970 (No 176)

Strong motion results from Yonki, PNG 1967-72

Atlas of Australian Isoseismal Maps

Catalogue of tsunamis, New Guinea/Solomon Islands1768-1972

Solomon Sea earthquakes, 1971


Author

Jongsma, D

Almond, R A

Denham, D

Ripper, I DByrne, W M

Everingham, I BRipper, I D

Ripper, I D

Ripper, I D

Everingham, I B

Denham, D

Denham, DPetkovic, J

Everingham, I B

Everingham, I B

Ripper, I DByrne, W M


in press(December)

in press(July)

in press(August)

in preparation(March)

in preparation(September)

in preparation

with editors(March)

with editors(February)

with editors(April)


with editors(April)


in preparation(1975)

IMO^IMIN • MINI NIN •^ME1^MIN OM • MN^IM

Publication^ Author^Status atJanuary 1974

CRUSTAL STUDIES

REPORTS

Deep crustal seismic tests, 1968

Galilee Basin seismic and gravity survey (No 175)

Officer Basin seismic, gravity, magnetic and radiometricsurveys

The isogal project

Trans Australia seismic survey

Magnetic MHV Gnangara 1957-1970 (7 biennial Reports)

Magnetic MHV Port Moresby 1957-1970 (7 biennial Reports)

Magnetic MHV Toolangi 1959-1970 (6 biennial Reports)

Magnetic MHV Mawson 1957-1970 (7 biennial Reports)

Magnetic MHV Macquarie Island 1957-1970(7 biennial Reports)

Isogonic Map of Australia

Branson, J Set al.

Harrison, Pet al.

Harrison, PZadoroznyj, I

Barlow, B C

Finlayson, Det al.

McGregor, P MGregson, P J

Wilkie, Ret al.

Small, G Ret al.

Small, G RMcGregor, P Met al.

McGregor, P MSmall, G Ret al.

Van der Linden, JMcMullan, MSilich, J

with editors(April)

with editors(March)

in preparation(December)

in preparation(May)


in preparation(July)





in preparation(April)

Author

Zadoroznyj, I

Mutter, J C

Watt, C J

Wilcox, J BPetkovic, JTilbury, L A

Publication

CRUSTAL STUDIES

REPORTS

A magnetic reference field for the Australian region

Observatory Report Vol 22

Reconnaissance helicopter gravity survey southeasternAustralia.

Marine geophysics, Bismarck Sea and Gulf of Papua,1970 (No 179)

Nature of the continental margin

The Timor Trough, geophysical interpretation

Base of the crust around Australia

Sedimentary basins, offshore WA

Evolution of the coast of WA

Tasman Sea tectonics

Magnetic basement around Australia

The Great Australian Bight, geophysical interpretation

The Woodlark Basin, geophysical interpretation


issued monthly

in preparation(August)

with editors(April)

in preparation(June)









McGregor, P M^in preparationVan der Linden, J^(June)Whitworth, R

IM1^EN NEI I= MI NM In INN NMI MN NMI NEI 1=1^1=1 NM INN INN

Publication

CRUSTAL STUDIES

REPORTS

The northwest continental margin, geophysicalinterpretation

The Naturaliste Plateau, geophysical interpretation

The Coral Sea Plateau, geophysical interpretation

Author

Hogan, AJacobson, E

Cameron, PPetkovic, J

Mutter, JWatt, C J





ME =I 11•11^=II NM^11•Il^NM =I MN NM II•11^IMO NMI =I IMO

Publication

SEDIMENTARY

BULLETINS

Permo-Triassic sedimentology, Bowen Basin (No 154)

Geology of the Rouchel district (No 147)

Sydney Basin review (No 149)

Palaeontological Papers 1972-1973- Tertiary foraminifers, Irian Jaya- Marine Triassic cephalopods of Australia and PNG

- Some Ordovician graptolites from the Canning Basin WA,part 2

- The Jurassic fossils of WA, part 1

Conodont biostratigraphy of Upper Devonian reef complexesof the Canning Basin, WA (No 158)

Cambrian trilobites (No 159)

Palnyology of Cenomanian rocks of Bathurst Island,NT (No 151)

Canning Basin conodonts

Lower Cretaceous spores, pollenfrom the Surat Basin, Qld

Tertiary pollen grains from the

Author

Jensen, A R

Roberts, J1Oversby, B S

Mayne, S JNicholas, EBigg-Wither, A L

Belford, D JSkwarko, KKumme1,13 a

Skwarko, § KKummel, B"'Skwarko, S K

Druce, E C

elpik, A A

Burger, D

Druce, E CNicoll, R S

Burger, D

Burger, D

grains, and microplankton

Ngalia Basin, NT


in press(December)

in press(December)

in press(March)

in press(December)

in press(1975)

with editors(July)

with editors(April)



in preparation(October)

MI •^I•11^• I= MI • • MO • • MN OM 0111^• I= •Publication

SEDIMENTARY

BULLETINS

Templetonian and Ordian xystridurid trilobites (No 121)

Carboniferous correlation chart (No 156A)

Devonian antiarchan fishes from Victoria Land,Antarctica

Ordovician dikelokephalinid trilobites from northernAustralia

Ordovician ichnolites from central Australia

Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician trilobite faunas ofthe Burke River structural belt, western Queensland(No 153)

Late Cambrian trilobite faunas of the Chatsworth area,western Qld

Laurel-Fairfield conodonts

Oscar-Napier Range conodonts

Llandoverian conodonts

Geology of the Ngalia Basin, NT

Geology of the Surat Basin, Qld

Author

äpik, A A

Jones, P JCampbell, K W3

Roberts, J S J-

Young, G C

Gilbert-Tomlinson,

Gilbert-Tomlinson,

Shergold, J

Shergold, J

Nicoll, RDruce, E C

Nicoll, R

Nicoll, R

Wells, A TMoss, F JShelley, E P

Exon, N



in press(March)

in preparation(May)

J in preparation(December)

J in preparation(December)

with editors(March)


in preparation(April)





• IIII MN IMO • MI NM MI • MN • MI • • • • IMP Ell • •

Publication

SEDIMENTARY

BULLETINS

Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous history of theCanning Basin

Officer Basin

West Canning Basin

Sedimentology and(Broad Sound, Qld)

Geochemistry of a

Mall acoota

Bothryolepis from

•ucla Basin 1970 and 1972 airborne surveys

Canning Basin review

Bonaparte Gulf Basin

REPORTS

Cainozoic geology of Broad Sound, Qld (No 172)

Geology of the north Bowen Sheet (No 145)



on program








•on program

in press(November)

in press(March)

Author

Druce, E CRadke, B M .

Jackson, M Jet al

Radke, B.M

Cook, P JMayo, W

Cook, P JMayo, W

Reinsen, E

Young, G C

Lambourn,

Burgis,

Paine, A G L

Holocene history of a tropical estuary

tropical estuary (Broad Sound, Qld)

Antarctica

I= • • • • • NIB INN • • • NU NM INN all • • • •SEDIMENTARY

Publication Author^Status atJanuary 1974

REPORTS

11Palaeozoic geology of Warwick-Goondiwindi 1:250,000Ôlgers, Fîn press

Sheet areas (No 164)^ Flood, P G .^(June)

Post Palaeozoic geology of Warwick 1:250,000 Sheet areaÊxon, N F 1în press(No 140)^ Reiser, R g`^(delayed

Casey, D J^through loss ofBrunker, R L 2 edition in fire)

Catalogue of type specimens (No 160)^ Crespin, Iîn press .(June)

Blackwater coal deposits (No 171)^ Burgis, W^with editors(March)

Bowen Basin thermal infrared imagery^ Simpson, C Jîn preparation(May) 1.0

Geochemistry of Devonian-Carboniferous Canning Basin

Report 41A - (Revision)

Roma Shelf 1967/68 seismic survey

Cnology of Melville Island

Australian evaporites

Ngalia Basin seismic survey, 1967-69

Druce, E C^

in preparationM •^

(December)

'Nicholas, .E^

on program -• Rixon,. K •

Willcox, J B et al. in preparation(1975)

.Hughes,în preparation(December)

Wells A T •în preparation(December)

.Moss, F J^


• • • INS • MINI IIIII^NMI SIMI • MS MI • SIIII SIMI • MIN MINI •Author

Blake, D HHodgson, I M,Muhling, P C`

. Plumb K A

Publication

METALLIFEROUS

BULLETINS

Mineral deposits of Papua New Guinea (No 148)

Chemical analyses of Australian rocks (Supplement) (No 146)

Earth science abstracts, PNG (No 143)

Geology of the Kubor Anticline (No 155)

Geochronology of the New Guinea Highlands (No 162)

Geology of the Carpentaria Proterozoic Province,Arnhem Land, NT

Geology of the Carpentaria Proterozoic Province: RoperRiver to Qld border

Geology and petrology of the Antrim Plateau volcanics

Geology of the Prince Charles Mountains Antarctica

C -salogy of the Granites-Tanami area, NT and WA

Precambrian geology of the Kimberley region, WA -the Kimberley Basin


in press(July)

in press(December)

in press(April)

with editors(March)

with editors(March)

in preparation(January)

on program(indefinite)

in preparation(May)




1Grainger, D J IGrainger, R.L!'Palfreyman, W D

Joplin, .. -G A

• 3Manser,'W -

J H et al.

Page, R W

Roberts, H G1Plumb, K A

Plumb, K A•Dunn, P RRoberts

' H1G

Smith, J W

Bultitude R J

lingey, R J

O

OM MI NM 111111 NM NS INN /MI ON 1111 IBM MO MI MN 1111111 MIN Ell MN MO MN

Geochronology of the east Kimberley. region

Geology of the Victoria River Basin

Petrology and geochemistry of basic igneousrocks - NW Qld

Geochemistry of the Tennant Creek Mineral Field

Author

Gellatly, D C lSofoulis, J 2Derrick, G M

1Mendum, J RiTonkin, D C

Stewart, A JShaw, RD 2

Yar KhanqeFunk, J L

Hutchison, D SNorvick, M S

MacKenzie, DRyburn, R J

Wilson, I H 2

Hill, R MGlikson, A YDerrick, G M

Bofinger, V M1

..Sweet, I P

Ellis, D JGlikson, A YWalker, K R

Haldane, A DSmith, S E






in preparation(1975)in preparation(1976)

in preparation(indefinite)

in preparation• (August)



Publication

METALLIFEROUS

BULLETINS

Precambrian geology of the Kimberley region, WA -the West Kimberley

Geology of thea Tennant Creek 1:250,000 Sheet area

The Arltunga Nappe Complex, NT

Geology of the north Sepik region

Geology of New Britain, PNG

..eology of the Cloncurry - Mount Isa region

• SIM NM • MO IMO • SIMI MB IMO 110 NIS MI NMI MO all I= WIN^NIB

Publication

METALLIFEROUS

BULLETINS

Geochemistry of north Qld granites

Geology of the Aligator Uranium Province

Gosses Bluff

Petrology and geochemistry of acid rocks of theGeorgetown Inlier

Notes to accompany Map of the Geology of theNorthern Territory

Geology of southeastern Papua

'Geology of the Western Central Range, PNG

Author

Sheraton, J W. Weeks, JCW

Needham, R SSmart, P GWatchman, A L

Barlow, B C

Sheraton, J WLabonne, BD'Addario, G W

Smith, I E l l

Davies, H L'"Belford, D J

Davies, H LlNorvick, M SHutchison, D S

D Cl

REPORTS

Geology of the Charnley 1:250,000 Sheet area (No 154)

Geology of the Lennard River 11250,000 Sheet area (No 153) Gellatly, D C l

Geology of the northern Victoria River region (No 166)^Sweet, I P et al.

Geology of the southern Victoria River region (No 167)^Sweet, I P et al.







with editors(June)


in press(August)

in press(October)

in press_, 11:

(August)

in press(December

INN 11111^11111 NS in OM NIP NM OMNI 11111 111111 111111 11115 IMP IMP^.1111

Publication

74_,IFEROUS

REPORTS Geology of the Auvergne 1:250,000 Sheet area (No 161)

Geology of the Lansdowne 1:250,000 Sheet area (No 152)

Isotopic age catalogue (No 162)

Petrology of the Arnhem Land basement rocks

Precambrian geology of the Granites, Billiluna, Stansmoreand Lucas 1:250,000 Sheet areas

Geology of Birrindindi and Tanami 1:250,000 Sheet areas

Geology of the Cloncurry 1:100,000 Sheet area

Geology of the Mary Kathleen 1:100,000 Sheet area

Gcology of the Mount Isa 1:100,000 Sheet area

Geology of New Ireland'

Ringwood evaporites

Author

Sweet, I P

•Gellatly, D C 1

1Bennet, RPage, R W

Plumb, K A

Blake, D HHodgson, I M

Blake, D HHodgson, I MSmith, P A

Glikson, A YDerrick, G M

Derrick, GWilson, I AHill, R MGlikson, A Y

Wilson, I H2

Hill, R MDerrick, G M

Hohnen, P D

Stewart, A J


in press(August)

with editors(June)




with editors(April)

in preparation(February)




with editors(June)

MI IMO MS IMO MI • OM NMI IIIII MIN IIIIII^• IMO OM • 11111111 MO MIS IMO

Publication

METALLIFEROUS

REPORTS

Progress Report - McArthur River/Roper River area

Geology of the Marraba 1:100,000 Sheet area

Amadeus Basin airborne survey, 1965

Tottenham airborne survey, NSW

Author^Status atJanuary 1974

Roberts, H G1^

in preparationPlumb, K A^(1975)

Derrick, G M et al. in preparation(June)

Young, G A^in preparationShelley, E P^(June)

Rees, J E^with editorsTaylor, R J G

^(April)

tr-e

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Author^Status atJanuary 1974

Publication

HYDROLOGY

REPORTS

Recharge of aquifers in the ACT (Ns 173)

Lake George hydrology

Burdekin Delta underground water investigaticnc1962-63 (No 177)

MISCELLANEOUS

REPORTS

Bibliography of silcrete and laterite

Burton, G M^with editors(April)

Burton, G M^with editors(May)

Wiebenga, W A^with editorset al.^(April)

Watts, G3^in press(June)

APPENDIX B

PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS (GEOLOGICAL MAPS ONLY)

Note :^The dates shown on the following pages refer to theestimated date of release.

an MI MB all all all

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1:250,000 SERIES AND EXPLANATORY NOTES

all OM NS

PreliminaryEdition (s)

MS all MI

FirstEdition

MO all 1111^• MN

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SC/52 - 15- 16

Bathurst IslandMelville Island

available11

mid 1975mid 1975

SC/53 - 13 Cobourg Peninsula 11SC/54 - 12 Torres Strait August* 1st Prelim. Ed. available

- 15 Jardine River August- 16 Orford Bay August* 1st Prelim. Ed. available

SD/52 -^3 Fog Bay availableSD/53 -^1 Alligator River available 2nd Ed. in preparationSD/54 -^3 Weipa available

4 Cape Weymouth7 Aurukun II

8 Coen- 11 Holroyd- 12 Ebagoola'- 16 Hann River

SE/51 -^3 Yampi It August- 16 Crossland • August

SE/52 -^3 Waterloo available April4 Victoria River Downs II April

- 11 Birrindudu early 1975- 12 Winnecke Creek II additional mapping programmed

for 1975-76- 13 Mount Bannerman August* available- 14 Billiluna April * available- 15- 16

TanamiTanami East

availableft.^•

early 1975 .

additional mapping programmedfor 1975-76

SE/53 -^9 South Lake Woods 11 11^ ti

- 13 Green Swamp Well 1 1

- 14 Tennant Creek indefiniteSE/54 -^1

2MorningtonCape van Diemen

availableft

1st Ed. in preparationII^11ÎI

4 Walsh It IIÎ IÎI

2nd Preliminary Edition

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SE/54 -^5 Westmoreland July*-^8 Red River available late 1975- 11 Croydon II 1st Ed. in preparation

SF/51 -^4 Dummer late 1974-^8 Percival late 1974

SF152 -^1 Cornish December* available-^2 Lucas August* n

3 The Granites March-^4 Mount Solitaire available additional mapping programmed

for 1975-76-^5 Helena late 1974-^6 Stansmore April available-^7 Highland Rocks - December-^8 Mount Theo August- 10 Webb December

SF/53 -^1 Lander River available additional mapping programmedfor 1975-76

- 10 Alcoota 11 early 1975- 14 Alice Springs mid 1975* available

SF/54 -^2 Cloncurry 1975SF/55 -^1 Hughenden available August

- 14 Jericho AugustSF/56 -^9 Port Clinton early 1975

- 13 Rockhampton early 1975SG/51 -^3 Madley 11 early 1975

-^4 Warni II early 1975-^7 Herbert 11 early 1975-^8 Browne mid 1975- 11 Robert-Kingston May- 12 Yowalga available mid 1975- 15 Throssel indefinite GSWA to contribute- 16 Westwood available late 1975

SG/52 -^1 Cobb early 1975- 13 Lennis August- 14 Waigen December

lc' 2nd Preliminary Edition

PreliminaryEdition (s)

available

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DecemberDecemberDecember

• AugustAprilDecemberDecember

AugustAugustavailableDecember*availableAprilavailable

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Decemberavailable

ti

FirstEdition

AugustAugust

April

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Decembermid 1975Aprilindefiniteearly 1975Decemberearly 1975

Decemberindefinite

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to be published by GS Qld.

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pending availabilityof base maps fromDivision ofNational Mapping

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SH/52 - 1-2

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FirstEdition

Remarks

1:100,000 SERIES

SERIES R 611 (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)

available113665^Yampi

3962^Leopold Downs

SERIES R 621 (NORTHERN TERRITORY)

5474 Murgenella incorporated in CobourgPeninsula 1:250,000 Sheet

5574 Wellington Range 19755674 Junction Bay 19755373 Field Island 19755473 East Alligator December5573 Oenpelli December5673 Goomadeer 19755372 Kapalga 19755472 Cahill December5572 Howship 19755371 Mundogie 19755471 Jim Jim 19755571 Gilruth 197564625355

SeigalStudholme

Decemberpartly mapped;^will bepresented as Bulletintext fig.

5454 Mount Peake November5253 Yuendumu 19755353 Denison 19755453 Reynolds Range November55535452

Tea TreeNapperby

Novemberpartly mapped;^will bepresented as Bulletintext fig.

5552 Aileron December

IIIIIII^MEI^MS^11••^11•111 • NIB MO MN NMI =I UM MIN

Reference^ Sheet Preliminary First RemarksEdition (s) Edition

SERIES R 621 (NORTHERN TERRITORY)^(Cont'd)

5451^ Narwietooma 19755551^ Anburla 19755651^ Burt 19755751^ Laughlen. December5851^ Riddoch December5450^ Hermannsburg December5650^ Alice Springs December5750^ Undoolya December5850^ Fergusson Range December

Rum Jungle Special Map 1975

SERIES R 631 (QUEENSLAND)

6562^ Hedleys Creek November6561^ Bowthorn 1976 additional mapping programmed

for 197511^11

6560^ Musselbrook 1976 Ui

6660^ Lawn Hill6757^ Kennedy Gap6857^ Prospector6957^ Quamby

1976mid 1975mid 1975mid 1975

11^ 11

6756^ Mount Isa6856^ Mary Kathleen6956^ Marraba7056^ Cloncurry

available111111

1975197519751975

7661^ Georgetown December7760^ Forsayth December

SERIES R 651 (NEW SOUTH WALES)

8627^ Brindabella November8626^ Tantangara May

=I^ 1•1111

Reference

OTHER SCALES

Sheet

• MI NW =II

PreliminaryEdition(s)

Mill •

FirstEdition

MI MN NMI NM I=

Remarks

North Carpentaria Basin 1:1,000,000 DecemberSouth Carpentaria Basin 1:1,000,000 available 1975Kimberley to Mount Isa 1:2,500,000 MayBurdekin River Region 1:500,000 available indefiniteNorthern Eromanga Basin 1:1,000,000 available 1975Western Eromanga Basin 1:1,000,000 available 1975Central Eromanga Basin 1:1,000,000 available 1975

Surat Basin 1:1,000,000 available 1975Officer Basin 1:1,000,000 1975Granites-Tanaml 1:500,000 1975West Kimberley 1:500,000 available 1975Kimberley Basin 1:500,000 available 1975Ord River Region 1:500,000 available indefiniteVictoria River Region 1:500,000 MayWiso Basin 1:1,000,000 available for Bulletin only;

following additionalmapping 1974/75

Ngalia Basin 1:500,000 DecemberCentral Australia(Metamorphic) 1:1,000,000 available available

Geological Map of theNorthern Territory 1:2,500,000 availableCainozoic Stratigraphyof the NorthernTerritory 1:2,500,000Geology of New Britain 1:500,000 1975

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