Quantitative characterisation of Australias surface and near surface - EFTF Showcase 2024 @GeoscienceAustralia

GeoscienceAustralia Geoscience Australia held the final Exploring for the Future online public Showcase during 13–16 August 2024, marking the conclusion of this remarkable 8-year program and celebrating its enduring legacy.

Since 2016, the $225m Exploring for the Future program has been gathering, analysing and providing precompetitive geoscience data, information and tools to help inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources, supporting our transition to net zero by 2050.

The 2024 Showcase was a free online event, where geoscience experts shared the latest results from the program and highlighted its impacts, benefits and achievements.

Day 2 included a ‘National geoscience theme’ covering our 3 flagship national geophysics surveys – AusAEM, AusLAMP and AusArray, and the ways national datasets have been used to develop transformational geoscience products, such as new maps of the lithosphere and the first national layered solid geology coverage, including a spotlight on the Heavy Mineral Map of Australia and the Isotopic Atlas of Australia.

00:00 - Exploring for the Future Introduction
5:11 - AusAEM: The national coverage and sharpening near surface imaging - Dr Anandaroop Ray
26:17 - Unlocking the surface geochemistry of Australia - Phil Main
48:27 - Spotlight on the Heavy Mineral Map of Australia - Dr Alex Walker
1:09:10 – Q&A Session

Links to other Day 2 sessions:
Session 1 - youtu.be/EHBsq0-pC8c
Session 3 – youtu.be/qeTLc1K-Cds

The 2024 Showcase program and slides can be found at:
Day 1: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149746
Day 2: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149747
Day 3: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149748
Day 4: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149749

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Quantitative characterisation of Australias surface and near surface - EFTF Showcase 2024

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-09-02 | Geoscience Australia held the final Exploring for the Future online public Showcase during 13–16 August 2024, marking the conclusion of this remarkable 8-year program and celebrating its enduring legacy.

Since 2016, the $225m Exploring for the Future program has been gathering, analysing and providing precompetitive geoscience data, information and tools to help inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources, supporting our transition to net zero by 2050.

The 2024 Showcase was a free online event, where geoscience experts shared the latest results from the program and highlighted its impacts, benefits and achievements.

Day 2 included a ‘National geoscience theme’ covering our 3 flagship national geophysics surveys – AusAEM, AusLAMP and AusArray, and the ways national datasets have been used to develop transformational geoscience products, such as new maps of the lithosphere and the first national layered solid geology coverage, including a spotlight on the Heavy Mineral Map of Australia and the Isotopic Atlas of Australia.

00:00 - Exploring for the Future Introduction
5:11 - AusAEM: The national coverage and sharpening near surface imaging - Dr Anandaroop Ray
26:17 - Unlocking the surface geochemistry of Australia - Phil Main
48:27 - Spotlight on the Heavy Mineral Map of Australia - Dr Alex Walker
1:09:10 – Q&A Session

Links to other Day 2 sessions:
Session 1 - youtu.be/EHBsq0-pC8c
Session 3 – youtu.be/qeTLc1K-Cds

The 2024 Showcase program and slides can be found at:
Day 1: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149746
Day 2: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149747
Day 3: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149748
Day 4: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149749

Unveiling hidden treasures - Exploring new geological insights of the Delamerian Margin

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-09-27 | In outback Australia, beneath a blanket of red earth, lies an ancient part of the continent that formed over 500 million years ago; The Delamerian Orogen.

Through a multi-disciplinary approach to geological and geophysical data collection and integration, we shed new insights into Delamerian Orogen—its evolution and its mineral prospectivity.

Journeying through more than 400 million years of history, this talk will speak to how we sought to unite disjointed geological architecture of the eastern Delamerian Orogen into a cohesive framework to enable us to understand the regional mineral systems and enhance the exploration potential of this under-explored region.

0:00 - Introduction
2:42 - Seminar

Unifying Australian groundwater data and knowledge in the National Hydrogeological Inventory

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-09-20 | The National Hydrogeological Inventory is a new online application delivering consistent data and information about Australia's hydrogeology and groundwater systems. This presentation uncovers the story behind the inventory and plans for its future.

Did you know that groundwater is one of Australia's most precious natural resources and often accounts for around one-third of Australia's total annual water consumption? It is the only reliable and cost-effective source of water for more than 60% of the country, providing drinking water supplies to many cities, towns and regional communities, and supporting extensive economic development in the agricultural, mining and resources sectors. Groundwater is also critical for supporting many of our unique native ecosystems and environmental assets, including natural springs, diverse wetlands and terrestrial vegetation communities.

One of Geoscience Australia's strategic drivers is to Improve understanding of Australia's groundwater systems to support their sustainable management and use. Aligned with this key objective, and as part of the recently completed Exploring for the Future program, we developed and delivered the first comprehensive update of the Hydrogeology of Australia map and supporting report since first published more than 35 years ago.

Known as the National Hydrogeological Inventory (NHI), this new online mapping application delivers consistent national-scale synthesis of hydrogeological and related data and information for the nation's 42 major groundwater provinces. Accessible via the Geoscience Australia Data Discovery Portal, the NHI provides an enhanced and updated picture of groundwater systems across Australia, giving us a broader understanding of the communities, industries, and environments that rely on access to groundwater. This presentation uncovers the story behind the development of the inventory, looking at why it was developed, the type of information it contains, and plans for further improvements as part of the new Resourcing Australia's Prosperity Initiative.

0:00 - Introduction
4:32 - Seminar

How the Digital Atlas of Australia is transforming place-based decision making

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-09-13 | Join the team behind the Digital Atlas of Australia to explore how they are collaborating with government partners to transform how we access and use location data.

In this webinar, key partner agencies - earlier adopters of the Australian Government’s new geospatial platform - will share valuable insights on how they are using the Digital Atlas. You will learn how the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Department of Social Services, and the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, are making their data easier to access and use and the innovative, interactive maps and tools they’re creating collaboratively to unlock place-based insights to inform their policy, program and service delivery.

Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to geospatial data, this webinar will showcase how the Digital Atlas is transforming decision-making and driving cross-sector innovation.

0:00 - Introduction
2:39 - Lisa Bush - Mapping Australia's Future
10:01 - Scott Clouder - DISR's use of the Digital Atlas
20:52 - Michael Chadbourne - ABS uplifting data and establishing services in Digital Atlas if Australia
29:48 - Tomm Robinson - DSS data and applications for place-based policies
34:57 - Lisa Bush - Using the Digital Atlas

Satellite Symphony in Space: Harmonising Earth observations through cross-calibration

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-09-04 | This talk highlights the importance of data quality and presents a concept for harmonising data from several Earth observing satellites through a space-based system called satellite cross-calibration radiometer.

Data streams from the growing constellation of commercial Earth observation (EO) satellites are of variable quality for several reasons such as, differences in sensor design, calibration methods, or post-launch performance monitoring. Inconsistent data quality limits the potential for integrating data from multiple EO sources to support monitoring applications that cover long periods. Recent reports have highlighted quality assurance and trust in data, as critical elements that support a thriving EO sector. This talk will cover approaches to address EO data quality issues and presents the concept of an in-orbit calibration system called Satellite Cross-calibration Radiometer, for characterising several satellite-based sensors, to improve the quality and consistency of data generated by different sensor systems. The presentation also highlights how improvement in data quality across multiple EO platforms can provide better insights from the data, reduce the risks for access to science-quality data in Australia, and deliver a higher return on the global investments in EO.

0:00 - Introduction
2:00 - Seminar

Seabed geomorphology: mapping Australia’s way to a sustainable ocean economy

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-08-30 | The shape of the seabed is as diverse as it is deep. The team at Geoscience Australia have co-developed a world-first geoscience classification scheme to map the seabed to support the development of Australia’s sustainable ocean economy.

Seabed geomorphology describes shape and evolution of underwater landscapes. These landscapes interact with ocean currents to create diverse marine habitats. Similar to geological maps on land, maps of seabed geomorphology are vital for making informed decisions to support the sustainable growth of our Ocean Economy.

As we gather more detailed seabed data and face increasing ocean pressures, there's a need for new, standardised maps that support consistent decision making at multiple scales and between administrative jurisdictions. Dr Rachel Nanson and an international team have developed a new seabed geomorphology classification system that is designed to simplify complex seabed interpretations into a map format that is accessible to a broad range of end users.

This approach has is being adopted internationally and is currently being implemented by Geoscience Australia. We are using the method to map parts of Australia’s extensive Marine Park network and to support government to make informed decisions regarding Australia’s rapidly expanding Offshore Renewable Energy sector.

Groundwater systems of the Curnamona and upper Darling-Baaka River - EFTF Showcase 2024

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-08-30 | Geoscience Australia held the final Exploring for the Future online public Showcase during 13–16 August 2024, marking the conclusion of this remarkable 8-year program and celebrating its enduring legacy.

Since 2016, the $225m Exploring for the Future program has been gathering, analysing and providing precompetitive geoscience data, information and tools to help inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources, supporting our transition to net zero by 2050.

The 2024 Showcase was a free online event, where geoscience experts shared the latest results from the program and highlighted its impacts, benefits and achievements.

Day 4 included a ‘Regional deep dives’ theme, exploring our regional projects, including the Delamerian Orogen, the Curnamona Province, Birrindudu, West Musgrave and the upper Darling-Baaka River floodplain. This was followed by a final reflection and a look at what’s next for Geoscience Australia.

Chapters:
00:00 - Exploring for the Future Introduction
4:57 - Groundwater systems of the upper Darling-Baaka floodplain: An integrated assessment - Dr Sarah Buckerfield
25:49 - Potential for a Managed Aquifer Recharge Scheme in the upper Darling-Baaka floodplain: Wilcannia region - Dr Kok Piang Tan
40:37 - Aquifer alchemy: Decoding mineral clues in the Curnamona region - Ivan Schroder
59:52 – Q&A Session
1:30:39 - Exploring for the Future: Final reflection – Dr Karol Czarnota
1:42:10 - Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity – Dr Andrew Heap

Links to other Day 4 sessions:
Session 1 – youtu.be/4nuIQsl71cY
Session 2 – youtu.be/9N3dIZRAcHk

The 2024 Showcase program and slides can be found at:
Day 1: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149746
Day 2: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149747
Day 3: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149748
Day 4: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149749

Deep dives into Birrindudu, West Musgrave and South Nicholson - EFTF Showcase 2024

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-08-30 | Geoscience Australia held the final Exploring for the Future online public Showcase during 13–16 August 2024, marking the conclusion of this remarkable 8-year program and celebrating its enduring legacy.

Since 2016, the $225m Exploring for the Future program has been gathering, analysing and providing precompetitive geoscience data, information and tools to help inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources, supporting our transition to net zero by 2050.

The 2024 Showcase was a free online event, where geoscience experts shared the latest results from the program and highlighted its impacts, benefits and achievements.

Day 4 included a ‘Regional deep dives’ theme, exploring our regional projects, including the Delamerian Orogen, the Curnamona Province, Birrindudu, West Musgrave and the upper Darling-Baaka River floodplain. This was followed by a final reflection and a look at what’s next for Geoscience Australia.

00:00 - Exploring for the Future Introduction
5:47 – Northwest Northern Territory Seismic Survey: Resource studies and results - Paul Henson
22:55 - Tracing Ancient Rivers: A hydrogeological investigation of the West Musgrave Region - Joshua Lester
39:40 - Water's journey: Understanding groundwater dynamics in the South Nicholson and Georgina basins, NT and QLD - Dr Prachi Dixon-Jain
56:13 – Q&A Session

Links to other Day 4 sessions:
Session 1 – youtu.be/4nuIQsl71cY
Session 3 – youtu.be/_ddvLAnUdOI

The 2024 Showcase program and slides can be found at:
Day 1: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149746
Day 2: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149747
Day 3: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149748
Day 4: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149749

Deep Dives into the Delamerian - EFTF Showcase 2024

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-08-30 | Geoscience Australia held the final Exploring for the Future online public Showcase during 13–16 August 2024, marking the conclusion of this remarkable 8-year program and celebrating its enduring legacy.

Since 2016, the $225m Exploring for the Future program has been gathering, analysing and providing precompetitive geoscience data, information and tools to help inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources, supporting our transition to net zero by 2050.

The 2024 Showcase was a free online event, where geoscience experts shared the latest results from the program and highlighted its impacts, benefits and achievements.

Day 4 included a ‘Regional deep dives’ theme, exploring our regional projects, including the Delamerian Orogen, the Curnamona Province, Birrindudu, West Musgrave and the upper Darling-Baaka River floodplain. This was followed by a final reflection and a look at what’s next for Geoscience Australia.

00:00 - Exploring for the Future Introduction
06:30 – Scaffold to success: An overview of the Delamerian Orogen, and its crustal and lithospheric architecture - Chris Lewis
23:11 - Only time will tell: Crustal development of the Delamerian Orogen in space and time - David Mole
41:17 - Is it a big deal? New mineral potential insights of the Delamerian Orogen - Dr Yanbo Cheng
59:56 – Q&A Session

Links to other Day 4 sessions:
Session 2 – youtu.be/9N3dIZRAcHk
Session 3 – youtu.be/_ddvLAnUdOI

The 2024 Showcase program and slides can be found at:
Day 1: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149746
Day 2: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149747
Day 3: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149748
Day 4: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149749

Towards a national inventory of resource potential and sustainable development - EFTF Showcase 2024

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-08-30 | Geoscience Australia held the final Exploring for the Future online public Showcase during 13–16 August 2024, marking the conclusion of this remarkable 8-year program and celebrating its enduring legacy.

Since 2016, the $225m Exploring for the Future program has been gathering, analysing and providing precompetitive geoscience data, information and tools to help inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources, supporting our transition to net zero by 2050.

The 2024 Showcase was a free online event, where geoscience experts shared the latest results from the program and highlighted its impacts, benefits and achievements.

Day 3 included a ‘National resource potential assessments’ theme, covering our latest research into hydrogen, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and green steel with an overview of the new Green Steel Economic Fairways tool and our work on national inventories of basins for energy and groundwater, mineral and mine waste potential.

00:00 - Exploring for the Future Introduction
05:10 – Towards a national inventory of mineral potential - Dr Arianne Ford
25:52 - Towards an inventory of mine waste potential - Dr Anita Parbhakar-Fox
49:09 - ESG mapping of the Australian mining sector: A critical review of spatial datasets for decision making - Dr Eleonore Lebre
1:09:07 – Q&A Session

Links to other Day 3 sessions:
Session 1 – youtu.be/Ho6QFMIleuE
Session 2 – youtu.be/ePZfgEwo0m4

The 2024 Showcase program and slides can be found at:
Day 1: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149746
Day 2: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149747
Day 3: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149748
Day 4: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149749

Sedimentary basin resource potential - EFTF Showcase 2024

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-08-30 | Geoscience Australia held the final Exploring for the Future online public Showcase during 13–16 August 2024, marking the conclusion of this remarkable 8-year program and celebrating its enduring legacy.

Since 2016, the $225m Exploring for the Future program has been gathering, analysing and providing precompetitive geoscience data, information and tools to help inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources, supporting our transition to net zero by 2050.

The 2024 Showcase was a free online event, where geoscience experts shared the latest results from the program and highlighted its impacts, benefits and achievements.

Day 3 included a ‘National resource potential assessments’ theme, covering our latest research into hydrogen, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and green steel with an overview of the new Green Steel Economic Fairways tool and our work on national inventories of basins for energy and groundwater, mineral and mine waste potential.

00:00 - Exploring for the Future Introduction
7:19 - Australian Source Rock and Fluid Atlas - Accessible visions built on historical data archives - Dr Dianne Edwards
22:35 - CO2: Where can we put it and how much will it cost? - Claire Patterson
41:26 - National aquifer framework: Putting the geology into hydrogeology - Dr Nadege Rollet
1:05:20 - Q&A Session

Links to other Day 3 sessions:
Session 1 – youtu.be/Ho6QFMIleuE
Session 3 – youtu.be/CjsZVK4h6Dk

The 2024 Showcase program and slides can be found at:
Day 1: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149746
Day 2: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149747
Day 3: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149748
Day 4: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149749

Hydrogen opportunities across Australia - EFTF Showcase 2024

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-08-30 | Geoscience Australia held the final Exploring for the Future online public Showcase during 13–16 August 2024, marking the conclusion of this remarkable 8-year program and celebrating its enduring legacy.

Since 2016, the $225m Exploring for the Future program has been gathering, analysing and providing precompetitive geoscience data, information and tools to help inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources, supporting our transition to net zero by 2050.

The 2024 Showcase was a free online event, where geoscience experts shared the latest results from the program and highlighted its impacts, benefits and achievements.

Day 3 included a ‘National resource potential assessments’ theme, covering our latest research into hydrogen, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and green steel with an overview of the new Green Steel Economic Fairways tool and our work on national inventories of basins for energy and groundwater, mineral and mine waste potential.

Chapters:
00:00 - Exploring for the Future Introduction
06:43 – Hydrogen storage opportunities and the role of depleted gas fields - Dr Eric Tenthorey
25:48 - The Green Steel Economic Fairways Mapper - Dr Marcus Haynes
50:26 - Natural hydrogen: The Australian context - Chris Boreham
1:08:43 – Q&A Session

Links to other Day 3 sessions:
Session 2 – youtu.be/ePZfgEwo0m4
Session 3 – youtu.be/CjsZVK4h6Dk

The 2024 Showcase program and slides can be found at:
Day 1: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149746
Day 2: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149747
Day 3: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149748
Day 4: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149749

Maps of Australian geology like never before - EFTF Showcase 2024

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-08-30 | Geoscience Australia held the final Exploring for the Future online public Showcase during 13–16 August 2024, marking the conclusion of this remarkable 8-year program and celebrating its enduring legacy.

Since 2016, the $225m Exploring for the Future program has been gathering, analysing and providing precompetitive geoscience data, information and tools to help inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources, supporting our transition to net zero by 2050.

The 2024 Showcase was a free online event, where geoscience experts shared the latest results from the program and highlighted its impacts, benefits and achievements.

Day 2 included a ‘National geoscience theme’ covering our 3 flagship national geophysics surveys – AusAEM, AusLAMP and AusArray, and the ways national datasets have been used to develop transformational geoscience products, such as new maps of the lithosphere and the first national layered solid geology coverage, including a spotlight on the Heavy Mineral Map of Australia and the Isotopic Atlas of Australia.

00:00 - Exploring for the Future Introduction
05:08 - An Isotopic Atlas of Australia: Extra dimensions to national maps - Dr Geoff Fraser
24:09 - First continental layered geological map of Australia - Dr Guillaume Sanchez
42:18 - An integrated 3D layered cover modelling approach: Towards open-source data and methodologies for national-scale cover modelling - Sebastian Wong
1:00:47 – Q&A Session

Links to other Day 2 sessions:
Session 1 - youtu.be/EHBsq0-pC8c
Session 2 - youtu.be/xih4lbDk-1A

The 2024 Showcase program and slides can be found at:
Day 1: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149746
Day 2: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149747
Day 3: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149748
Day 4: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149749

Architecture of the Australian Tectonic Plate - EFTF Showcase 2024

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-08-30 | Geoscience Australia held the final Exploring for the Future online public Showcase during 13–16 August 2024, marking the conclusion of this remarkable 8-year program and celebrating its enduring legacy.

Since 2016, the $225m Exploring for the Future program has been gathering, analysing and providing precompetitive geoscience data, information and tools to help inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources, supporting our transition to net zero by 2050.

The 2024 Showcase was a free online event, where geoscience experts shared the latest results from the program and highlighted its impacts, benefits and achievements.

Day 2 included a ‘National geoscience theme’ covering our 3 flagship national geophysics surveys – AusAEM, AusLAMP and AusArray, and the ways national datasets have been used to develop transformational geoscience products, such as new maps of the lithosphere and the first national layered solid geology coverage, including a spotlight on the Heavy Mineral Map of Australia and the Isotopic Atlas of Australia.

00:00 - Exploring for the Future Introduction
7:05 – AusArray: Australian lithosphere imaging from top to bottom – Dr Alexei Gorbatov
20:14 – AusLAMP: Mapping lithospheric architecture and reducing exploration space in Australia – Jingming Duan
36:07 – Constraining the thermomechanical and geochemical architecture of the Australian mantle – Dr Mark Hoggard
54:43 – Q&A Session

Links to other Day 2 sessions:
Session 2 - youtu.be/xih4lbDk-1A
Session 3 – youtu.be/qeTLc1K-Cds

The 2024 Showcase program and slides can be found at:
Day 1: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149746
Day 2: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149747
Day 3: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149748
Day 4: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149749

Exploring for the Future 2024 Showcase – Plenary

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-08-30 | Geoscience Australia held the final Exploring for the Future online public Showcase during 13–16 August 2024, marking the conclusion of this remarkable 8-year program and celebrating its enduring legacy.

Since 2016, the $225m Exploring for the Future program has been gathering, analysing and providing precompetitive geoscience data, information and tools to help inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources, supporting our transition to net zero by 2050.

The 2024 Showcase was a free online event, where geoscience experts shared the latest results from the program and highlighted its impacts, benefits and achievements.

Day 1 included an ‘Overview of transformational 8-year geoscience program’ presentation by Dr Andrew Heap, a panel discussion with government and industry leaders on the value of the Exploring for the Future program and precompetitive geoscience to industry, communities and government, followed by ‘Geoscience for all Australians’ session.

The panel discussion included:
Dr Andrew Heap, Chief of Division, Minerals, Energy and Groundwater, Geoscience Australia
Dr Bronwyn Camac, Director, Geological Survey of South Australia
Cam McCuaig, Head of Geoscience Excellence, BHP
Kym Moore, A/g General Manager of Mining Branch, Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Shane Gaddes, Head of Net Zero Industries Division, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

00:00 - Exploring for the Future Introduction
05:06 - Hon Madeleine King MP address
09:27 - ‘EFTF Showcase 2024 Introduction’ Dr James Johnson
16:01 - ‘Exploring for the Future: innovative science at an unprecedented scale’ Dr Andrew Heap
41:12 - Question and answer session
58:44 - Panel discussion

Link to Session 2 of Day 1:
Session 2 – youtu.be/asQ6Y7qhUfo

The 2024 Showcase program and slides can be found at:
Day 1: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149746
Day 2: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149747
Day 3: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149748
Day 4: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149749

Geoscience for all Australians - EFTF Showcase 2024

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-08-30 | Geoscience Australia held the final Exploring for the Future online public Showcase during 13–16 August 2024, marking the conclusion of this remarkable 8-year program and celebrating its enduring legacy.

Since 2016, the $225m Exploring for the Future program has been gathering, analysing and providing precompetitive geoscience data, information and tools to help inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources, supporting our transition to net zero by 2050.

The 2024 Showcase was a free online event, where geoscience experts shared the latest results from the program and highlighted its impacts, benefits and achievements.

Day 1 included an ‘Overview of transformational 8-year geoscience program’ presentation by Dr Andrew Heap, a panel discussion with government and industry leaders on the value of the Exploring for the Future program and precompetitive geoscience to industry, communities and government, followed by ‘Geoscience for all Australians’ session.

00:00 - Exploring for the Future Introduction
05:30 – Rocks that Shape Australia: Sharing stories of Australian geoscience through an exhibition - Dr Verity Normington
13:20 - Field work and community engagement across the whole country - 8 years of learning - Dr Margaret Sweeney
24:42 - Sharing geoscience for managing Country - Dr Meredith Orr
36:39 - Digital pathways for getting our science to users - Mark Webster
52:22 - Launch of the pilot GeoInsight application: A new digital hub for access to geological insights - Dr Kathryn Waltenburg
1:04:47 – Q&A Session

Link to Session 1 of Day 1:
Session 1 – youtu.be/Qs910SdHCxk

The 2024 Showcase program and slides can be found at: · Day 1: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149746 · Day 2: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149747 · Day 3: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149748 · Day 4: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149749

Charting New Frontiers: Harnessing Global Navigation Satellite System for local solutions

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-08-23 | Global Navigation Satellite System Analysis (GNSS), one of which is the more familiar US Global Positioning System (GPS), have become part of our everyday life… in our cars, phones and even smartwatches – helping us know where we are and where we want to go. Join me to explore advances in the analysis of GNSS in an Australia context. This presentation will take you through advances in positioning and navigation technologies through the lens of GNSS products and services based at Geoscience Australia, and how these benefit everyday Australians.

Knowing our ‘place in space’ is an inherent human emotive connection and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), as a technology, has become prevalent in the world around us, and as a society we have become reliant on basic functions such as knowing where we are, and how to navigate from one place to another.

Advances in analysis of GNSS observations has led to us being able to determine a location down to the sub-millimetre; calculate precise orbital arcs of low earth satellite platforms that are exploding in numbers for innovative communication technologies and earth observation; define how wet the troposphere is, and assist weather forecasting models; and even provide real-time precise positioning at the centimetre-level for a variety of applications.

Join, explore, succeed: your career with Geoscience Australia!

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-07-26 | Our highly educated and skilled workforce spans an array of specialisations, and our unique offering encompasses extensive professional development opportunities, career progression, assistance for further study, and exciting projects that benefits the Australian community.

https://www.ga.gov.au/about/careers/why-work-with-us

Cross-Continental Collaborative Coding on the Landsat Data Processing and Archive System

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-07-26 | This talk will cover the story of how Geoscience Australia and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) work together on the Landsat satellite program, with a focus on code co-development for the Data Processing and Archive System (DPAS).

Since the 1970s, Geoscience Australia has worked together with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) on the Landsat satellite program. This talk will cover the story of an emerging opportunity of code co-development for the USGS’ Landsat Data Processing and Archive System (DPAS). We aim to deliver high quality Landsat data more suited to Australia's needs, serve a larger user base, and enable high impact science applications. Geoscience Australia is part of the Landsat 2030 International Partnership Initiative that will assure Australian access to the next generation of Landsat Satellite data with enhanced spatial, temporal, and spectral resolution.

0:00 - Introduction
2:32 - Seminar

Australias Magmatism Through Time

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-07-19 | This animation depicts the history of magmatism through time across the Australian continent, from 3.5 billion years ago to the present. The animation is based on publicly-available geochronological data that has been compiled within the Interpreted Ages module of the ISOTOPES database, and delivered through the GA Portal via the Geochronology and Isotopes persona: https://portal.ga.gov.au/persona/geochronology

This video is also available to view or download from Geoscience Australia’s online catalogue eCat, from the following link: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149632

Mineral Deposits and Commodities of Australia Through Time

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-07-19 | This animation depicts the progressive addition of mineral deposits and commodities to the Australian continent through time, from approximately 3.5 billion years ago to the present. The animation is based on the mineral deposit dataset of Huston et al. (2021) GA Record 2021/20. (http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/Record.2021.020)

This video is also available to view or download from Geoscience Australia’s online catalogue eCat, from the following link:
dx.doi.org/10.26186/149633

Mineral Deposits and Magmatism in Australia Through Time

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-07-19 | This animation illustrates the timing of magmatism and mineralisation across Australia, from 3.5 billion years ago to the present. The animation is based on a compilation of geochronology data delivered via the GA Portal in the Geochronology and Isotopes persona (https://portal.ga.gov.au/persona/geochronology), and the compilation of mineral deposits of Huston et al. (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/Record.2021.020

This video is also available to view or download from Geoscience Australia’s online catalogue eCat, from the following link: dx.doi.org/10.26186/149634

Sights and soundings from the Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-06-21 | Come on a journey of scientific exploration to the East Antarctic Ice margin! Geoscience Australia's expeditioner Dr Mardi McNeil has recently returned from an international research voyage investigating the Antarctic ice shelf, seabed and Southern Ocean. Geoscience Australia's collaborative Antarctic Geoscience program provides scientific and strategic leadership on key national priorities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

From February to April 2024 one of our scientists participated in an international marine expedition to the East Antarctic Ice Shelf along Australia's Antarctic Territory coast. The expedition aboard the Research Vessel Polarstern entitled "East Antarctic Ice Sheet Instability and its interaction with changes in Southern Ocean circulation - Part 3" (EASI-3), was the third of the EASI expeditions to investigate ocean–ice sheet interactions along the East Antarctic margin.

This talk presents the voyage highlights, including scientific exploration, seabed mapping, sonars, sediment sampling, ship life and wildlife, by inviting the audience into the world of an Antarctic expeditioner.

0:00 - Introduction
1:45 - Seminar

SouthPAN can take you there

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-06-18 | SouthPAN (Southern Positioning Augmentation Network) will improve the accuracy and reliability of satellite-based positioning systems across New Zealand and Australia. When using SouthPAN, position accuracy will improve from 5-10 metres, down to less than a metre, and in some cases, as little as 10 centimetres. Industries across New Zealand and Australia will be empowered by SouthPAN to optimise operations, improve productivity and efficiency, maintain high health and safety standards, and drive innovation at scale to compete with global capabilities. SouthPAN is a joint initiative between Geoscience Australia and Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand. Early SouthPAN services are available, open-access and free. Visit https://www.ga.gov.au/southpan to learn more. Image credit: Inmarsat I-8 satellite image, based upon the SWISSto12 HummingSat platform. Courtesy SWISSto12.

New insights into the offshore Otway Basin

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-06-07 | Geoscience Australia has undertaken a regional seismic mapping study of the offshore Otway Basin extending across the explored inner basin to the frontier deep-water region. Seismic interpretation covers over 18,000 line-km of new and reprocessed data acquired in the 2020 Otway Basin seismic program, over 40,000 line-km of legacy 2D seismic data and GA’s new 2023 Otway 3D post-stack Mega Merge seismic dataset. This work provides a new perspective on regional structural architecture and basin evolution and has important implications for hydrocarbon prospectivity of this region.

0:00 - Introduction
2:50 - Seminar - Merrie-Ellen Gunning
31:53 - Seminar - Chris Nicholson

Cultural Rights to Water: An Indigenous perspective

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-05-31 | Queensland’s Lake Eyre Basin region covers almost a third of the state, taking in the catchments of the Georgina and Diamantina Rivers and Cooper Creek as they drain south through the Simpson and Strzelecki Deserts towards Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre). Although the basin lies within central Australia’s arid zone, its famous “Channel Country” features extensive freshwater and wetland habitats that support a dazzling array of native wildlife. The region is also home to 18 Aboriginal Traditional Owner groups who are culturally responsible for caring for the area’s native plants, animals and sacred places.

Join us as Yirendali traditional custodian Jim Hill and Lake Eyre Basin Rangers coordinator Carlin Burns take us on a journey through an indigenous perspective on cultural rights to water.

0:00 - Introduction
3:00 - Seminar

Introducing the Digital Atlas of Australia

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-05-28 | Visit the Digital Atlas of Australia here: https://digital.atlas.gov.au/

The Digital Atlas of Australia brings together, curates and connects trusted national location data in an interactive, secure, and easy-to-use online platform.

Australia’s continental scale AEM programme: The world’s largest airborne electromagnetic survey

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-05-24 | AusAEM, the largest survey of its kind, adds yet another layer of continental-scale geophysical data coverage in Australia. By revealing possible undercover minerals and groundwater, it paves the way for innovation and sustainable development. The Australian wide airborne electromagnetic programme AusAEM stands as the largest survey of its kind aiming to cover the Australian continent at approximately 20 km line-spacing. It is transforming resource exploration, unveiling potential minerals and groundwater. The open-access nature of AusAEM data and the modelling codes developed around it encourages collaboration between governments, industry, and academia, fostering a community focused on advancing geoscientific research and exploration. Overall, the AusAEM program is an asset that can drive economic growth, support sustainable resource management, and enhance scientific understanding of Australia’s geological landscape.

0:00 - Introduction
1:40 - Seminar

The Green Steel Economic Fairways Mapper

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-05-17 | The carbon intensity of steel production will need to rapidly decrease to meet net zero and hydrogen is the key. Join to explore Australia’s challenges and opportunities to unlock domestic hydrogen and green steel development.

Global steel demand is forecast to grow in the coming decades with continued development across Asia and Africa. Over the same period, the International Energy Agency suggests that the carbon intensity of steel production will need to decrease rapidly to align with projected pathways to net zero emissions by 2050. Balancing these competing priorities is a challenge that could shift global steelmaking business models. With abundant resources of both iron ore and metallurgical coal, Australia has benefited significantly from traditional steelmaking value chains. In the face of potential disruption, how should Australia navigate the challenges and opportunities accompanying the transition to ’green’ steel? How can geoscience help to identify and leverage Australia’s specific advantages?

The Green Steel Economic Fairways Mapper is a free, online tool that models the costs of hydrogen-based green ironmaking and steelmaking and maps how these costs vary across Australia. Developed through collaboration between Geoscience Australia and Monash University, it represents a novel approach to model multiple interconnected resource facilities. Following the Economic Fairways approach, the Mapper combines large-scale infrastructure and geoscience datasets to provide a high-level, geospatial analysis of the economic viability of hypothetical green steel projects. In doing so it creates a new capability within Australia—filling the void before the detail and expense of feasibility studies—to understand the broad contours of the decarbonization challenge, and to inform early-stage decision making in the pursuit of low-carbon steel. In this seminar, we introduce the Green Steel Economic Fairways Mapper, demonstrate its capabilities, and discuss some of the insights it reveals.

0:00 - Introduction
2:25 - Seminar

Integrated science for Australia’s regions | The story of the TEGI Program

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-05-10 | The TEGI program delivered geological and environmental information for north Bowen, Galilee, Adavale and Cooper basins. This talk presents TEGI results and the importance of engaging community, industry and government in integrated regional-scale science.

The Trusted Environmental and Geological Information (TEGI) Program (2021-2023) is a multi-disciplinary program that brought together the geology, energy resources, groundwater, carbon and hydrogen storage, mineral occurrences, surface water and ecology for four Australian basin regions. This talk will cover how the team leveraged their varied scientific expertise to deliver integrated scientific outcomes for the north Bowen, Galilee, Cooper and Adavale basin regions. This talk will highlight the approach and importance of meaningful engagement with those that live in, work in, rely on and care for the regions. The story of the TEGI program will outline how a committed team, collaborating across Australia’s leading scientific organisations, delivered genuine impact during a time of political change.

0:00 - Introduction
2:55 - Seminar

Martian Tectonic Systems: How the largest volcanoes in the Solar System shaped structures on Mars

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-05-03 | As a world without plate tectonics, Mars has a fundamentally different setting to Earth, and yet we observe many familiar structural features at the surface. Mars is also home to the largest volcanoes in the Solar System, which are the spectacular surface expressions of an enormous, long-lived magmatic system underlying the region known as Tharsis. The many surface structures in the Tharsis region are an important record of the geologic and volcanic history of Mars. They can provide insight into the timing and nature of volcanic systems, which is important to investigations of past climate and potential habitability. This talk will explore how volcanism has driven formation of the structures we see on the surface of Mars and how this can help us answer important questions about the evolution of the red planet.

0:00 - Introduction
2:27 - Seminar

Identifying Minerals - Acid Test

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-04-08 | The acid test is one of the techniques used in identifying minerals.

This video is part of a series which demonstrate how to undertake mineral identification tests.

Identifying Minerals - Hardness Test

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-04-08 | The hardness test is one of the techniques used in identifying minerals.

This video is part of a series which demonstrate how to undertake mineral identification tests.

The power of legacy geochemical sample collections

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-04-05 | Geoscience Australia's legacy samples unlock enduring value as new research methods emerge. Our advanced analyses of surface materials, including sediments and soils, set baselines and identify mineral systems, spotlighting critical minerals. This talk discusses fresh data and insights from past geochemical surveys in Cape York, and the first-ever continental heavy minerals dataset and atlas, derived from the National Geochemical Survey of Australia samples.

Geoscience Australia has a large holding of archived samples from regional- to continental-scale geochemical studies conducted over the last 50 years, the majority collected at high sampling densities that would be cost-prohibitive today. As part of the Australian government’s Exploring for the Future program, funding was dedicated to re-analyse ~9,000 samples from these legacy surveys. They were re-analysed for 63 elements at a single laboratory producing a seamless, internally consistent, high-quality dataset, providing valuable new insights.

0:00 - Introduction
2:45 - Seminar - Phil Main
28:00 - Seminar - Evgeniy Bastrakov

Quartz – the unsuspected critical mineral

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-03-28 | High Purity Silica (HPS) is the raw material required for production of silicon used for many technological applications. We present a new mineral system model and the first national mineral potential map supported by a national sampling campaign.

High Purity Silica (HPS) is the principal raw material used for the production of silicon, which is, in turn, used to create products including semiconductors, solar cells and other technologies being developed to support the transition to a net zero economy. The mineral quartz is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth’s crust, but the high purity form of quartz has preferred SiO2 content of over 99.995%, which makes it extremely uncommon. With growing demand for green technologies, there is a parallel increase in demand for the discovery of new high purity quartz deposits to supply the raw material. Geoscience Australia is addressing this demand by generating the first mineral systems model and accompanying national scale mineral potential map to help explorers accelerate discovery. Further, we are undertaking the first national scale sampling and analytical campaign to examine the impact of mineral systems on quartz purity and develop the Explorers’ Toolbox—an industry applicable, best practice guideline for the characterisation of potential HPS deposits.

0:00 - Introduction
3:45 - Seminar

Biases, Black Belts and Barbie

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-03-07 | In celebration of International Women’s Day, Geoscience Australia’s Gender Equity Champions and GENGA are proud to present Dr Kerstin Oberprieler. Hear from a behavioural scientist about the biases behind gender, and her own experiences about overcoming them in her business and personal life.

Dr Kerstin Oberprieler is a gamification and behavioural designer, blending academic research with design and innovation to tackle behaviour and engagement challenges. She works with governments, private organisations, educational institutions and not-for-profits to apply psychology to deliver impact. Dr Kerstin has her PhD in behaviour change and gamification and is described as one of the World’s Leading Figures in Behavioural Science by Insights Success Magazine. Dr Kerstin is an Adjunct Fellow with the University of Western Sydney. Dr Kerstin is a sought after keynote speaker, having Kerstin presented in Australia, USA, Germany, Singapore and Hong Kong. Kerstin has also delivered a TED talk.

Lessons learned from the Geoscience Australia Mobile Laboratory

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-03-01 | As part of the Exploring for the Future Geoscience Knowledge Sharing project, a mobile laboratory was designed and built to help with field work and enhance opportunistic outreach experiences for communities in the areas where field work is taking place. This seminar explores some of the lessons learned from outreach programs planned and evaluated during 2023. The presenters will describe how the craft of stakeholder engagement can be improved by well researched and designed models and engagement exhibits. Outreach not only promotes the field program but also the work an agency does more broadly and can help scientists to better understand the general community who are consumers of data. This in turn can help with future planning of field and other work programs.

0:00 - Intro
3:44 - Seminar

Signal-to-Noise Boost of Australia’s Small Earthquakes

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-02-16 | Australia's vast terrains harbour small seismic events that often go unnoticed due to sparse station coverage and ambient noise interference. Innovative data processing techniques hold the key to revealing signals present in the seismic records that are suppressed by noise. In this presentation, I will talk about how seismic array techniques play an important role in our ability to detect and understand these subtle seismic signals, and how we employ these methods to bridge the gaps in our seismic coverage. This has applications to earthquake monitoring, hazard assessment, and environmental insights.

0:00 Intro
2:32 Seminar

Global Earthquake Model: New developments and directions

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-02-09 | The GEM (Global Earthquake Model) Foundation, based in Pavia, Italy, is a non-governmental organisation and public-private partnership devoted to the assessment of earthquake risk worldwide. Geoscience Australia has been a government sponsor of and collaborator with GEM since 2010. GA utilises GEM's hazard and risk analysis software OpenQuake in Australia and in collaborations in the Australasia region, and GA contributes hazard and risk information to the global community through GEM. In this presentation, John will summarise recent developments in GEM, including the new (second generation) global earthquake hazard and risk maps, which were released in October 2023. He will also discuss strategic aims of GEM that are of particular interest to GA, especially opportunities to collaborate in multi-hazard risk assessment (e.g., tsunami, TC wind, flood), and in the assessment and delivery of earthquake impact forecasting to the emergency management community.

0:00 - Introduction
3:06 - Seminar

Geoscience towards net zero - Advancing Australias Green Steel potential workshop

GeoscienceAustralia 2024-02-05 | Geoscience towards net zero - Advancing Australia's green steel potential workshop

00:00:00 Welcome & Introduction
00:05:56 The ‘Green Steel’ opportunity and challenges for Australia
00:17:15 Geoscience of hydrogen
00:45:08 Hydrogen industry overview
01:07:17 Australia’s hydrogen policy
01:30:15 The Green Steel Economic Fairways Model & HEFT
02:11:22 Green Steel portal hands-on session
03:03:26 Decarbonising the mining sector – overview
03:30:11 Challenges and opportunities for decarbonisation of heavy industry in Australia

View or download the workshop presentations here:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/149076

Copernicus Australasia: Australias partnership to ensure European data for the Indo-Pacific

GeoscienceAustralia 2023-12-01 | The Copernicus Australasia Regional Data Hub (the Hub) is Australasia’s gateway to Sentinel satellite data from Europe’s Copernicus Programme in our region, covering a quarter of the Earth’s surface. A free, open and trusted service that has shared over 25 Petabytes (PB) of Sentinel data since going fully operational in April 2018.

The Copernicus Programme is a multi-billion Euro programme spanning over 20+ years, financed and managed by the European Commission (EC). The Sentinel satellites that collect this data are built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).

A cooperative arrangement between the EC and the Commonwealth (represented by Geoscience Australia) to access and use Sentinel data for the delivery of innovative products and services for societal benefit created the opportunity for the Hub, which is enabled by technical agreements with ESA and EUMETSAT. A consortium of five Commonwealth and State government agency Partners fund the Hub.

After five years of successful operation, the Partners have agreed to continue for another five years. But with the global explosion of Earth observation data and new uses for it being discovered every day, how will the Hub meet the ever-growing challenges of delivering petabytes of data to users in our region?

0:00 - Introduction
3:33 - Seminar

Defining Australia’s Stratigraphy: the need for ongoing education and geoscience

GeoscienceAustralia 2023-11-26 | The data in the Australian Stratigraphic Units Database (ASUD) is mainly compiled from publications that discuss Australian rocks and their distinct properties and distributions. Defining stratigraphic units is good basic science that enhances the quality of the data that is then available for use in other projects, but many new units are introduced without a definition, limiting the quality of the data available. Members of the Australian Stratigraphy Commission work hand in hand with ASUD staff to encourage and educate geologists on how to define rocks units. Cathy and Christo discuss this education role, and the basics of defining a stratigraphic unit.

0:00 Introduction
2:48 Seminar

Ginan positioning toolkit case study - Australian Institute of Marine Science

GeoscienceAustralia 2023-11-19 | Through the Positioning Australia program, GA provides accurate, reliable and real-time positioning data across Australia and its maritime zones, which includes the necessary satellite and ground infrastructure to track, verify, optimise and deliver precise positioning data and services.

The Ginan service and toolkit gives individuals and organisations no-cost access to software and products that have the potential to greatly enhance the accuracy of positioning – to within a few centimetres across Australia. Ginan provides a suite of open-source tools that provide the capability to analyse GNSS data in real-time and generate products that support precise positioning solutions.

As part of the Positioning Australia program, The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) was selected as the demonstration partner for a case study to showcase the Ginan capability supporting AIMS’s work on the Great Barrier Reef. ReefWorks is the tropical marine technology test range, which offers to test equipment in a real-world environment.

GIS Day Leadership Forum: Mapping Our Future Together

GeoscienceAustralia 2023-11-17 | Join geospatial leaders from across all levels of government this GIS Day as they come together to celebrate and explore the future of GIS. The panel will discuss the exciting prospects, challenges, and collaborative opportunities that lie ahead for GIS in Australia.

In this informative webinar, we will delve into the innovative applications of GIS technology, address pressing issues, and discuss how we can collectively chart the course to a geospatially empowered future for our nation.

This event offers you the opportunity to interact with the panel through an open Q&A session. Join this dynamic dialogue and help us shape the geospatial landscape in Australia, enhancing decision-making, addressing complex challenges, and propelling our nation towards a brighter geospatial future.

The Art of Play-based Resource Assessments: more than just a numbers game

GeoscienceAustralia 2023-11-10 | Geoscience Australia is developing a nationally consistent play-based approach for assessing the potential of yet-to-find sediment-hosted resources. Currently, these assessments are being undertaken in a series of onshore Australian basins under the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) Program and the Trusted Environmental and Geological Information (TEGI) Program.

Geoscience Australia has adapted the resource industry established and used ‘play-based exploration resource assessment approach’ to assess multiple sub-surface sediment-hosted resources. Expanding on the traditional identification of hydrocarbon reservoir-seal configuration in a time-space context, the work flow has been expanded to assess controls on the development, preservation and possible enhancement of porosity/ permeability characteristics in sedimentary sequences that may have suitable greenhouse gas storage potential. The work is also applicable to enhance the prediction of groundwater aquifer distribution and connectivity in Australia’s underexplored regions.

One of the main areas of interest is the greater Simpson-Pedirka-Eromanga region in central Australia. Here, several stacked sedimentary basins, spanning the time from early Paleozoic to Late Cretaceous, are known to host a variety of energy and groundwater resources, but overall have remained largely underexplored, offering untapped exploration potential for energy resource, greenhouse gas storage as well as groundwater.

While the outcome of such work will include quantitative appraisals of various resource commodities, the key aspect of the DGAL presentation will highlight that, in order to be realistic and reliable, the volumetric numbers produced are the result of integrated multidisciplinary geoscience studies that provide an improved regional understanding of Australia’s energy resources potential.

0:00 - Introduction
3:16 - Seminar

Towards the Exploration Metaverse

GeoscienceAustralia 2023-11-03 | As part of the MinEx CRC, UniSA's Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments has developed three innovative projects that use immersive technologies to work towards the goal of an Exploration Metaverse. These projects encompass augmented reality core logging (LogAR), virtual collaboration and visualisation of spatial datasets (OzMap), and immersive analytics for geoscientific data (ImAxesGEO). This presentation will demonstrate how each of these platforms introduce new tools to enable rapid data-driven decision making for geoscientists. An additional developing project is the RoXplorer®digital twin that will be used to optimise engineering and user workflows of coiled tubing drill sites, train drillers on the new platform, and act as a technology showcase for stakeholder engagement and commercialisation. Finally, no metaverse would be complete without a stunning virtual world to explore, so what better excuse to showcase an immersive reconstruction of the Flinders Ranges and its rich geological archive of the evolution of life on Earth through the 360°Flinders Ranges project, a VR experience in support of the World Heritage nomination for this region.

0:00 Introduction
3:09 Seminar

Navigating complexity with digital technologies

GeoscienceAustralia 2023-10-31 | Topic: Navigating complexity with digital technologies: Improving decision-making within Australia's maritime jurisdiction

Australia’s ocean territory is vast and complex, governed by multifaceted regulatory frameworks spanning various portfolios and jurisdictions. With development and inter-dependence increasing within the domain, emerging industries must co-exist with established activities, rules, and protections.

Digital spatial technologies provide tools to visualise and understand the interactions and intersections between use, rights, restrictions, and responsibilities in the domain. Geoscience Australia, through the Australian Marine Spatial Information System (AMSIS), provides access to authoritative Commonwealth regulatory information and integrates data across multiple marine sectors providing context for improved decision-making and marine planning; enhancing coordination and sustainable management for Government, industry, and communities.

About the Speaker:

David Arnold is the Assistant Director of the Marine Spatial Information team within the Oceans, Reefs, Coasts, and Antarctic Branch at Geoscience Australia, bringing over 14 years of experience in cartography and communication products for Government, industry, and communities. In his current role, David leverages his expertise to collaborate with Australian Government marine agencies and international working groups to provide greater understanding to spatial interactions between offshore activities. He is committed to delivering accessible digital knowledge platforms, contributing to improving the management of Australia's maritime jurisdiction.

Alkaline Rocks: A step towards evaluating Australias critical mineral potential

GeoscienceAustralia 2023-10-24 | Alkaline igneous and related rocks are a highly significant source of critical minerals essential for Australia’s, and the world’s, transition to net-zero carbon emissions. However, alkaline igneous rocks occur relatively rarely worldwide and comprise a volumetrically minor component of Australian rocks. To better understand these rocks, and their associated mineral systems and resource potential, Geoscience Australia is undertaking a range of activities as part of the Exploring for the Future program including:

Compilation of the distribution and geology of alkaline and related igneous rocks throughout Australia in the form of a national Alkaline Rocks Atlas
Investigation of the critical mineral systems related to alkaline igneous rocks, with a case study in the Darling-Curnamona-Delamerian deep dive project area
A mineral potential assessment of carbonatite-related rare earth element mineral systems in Australia using a range of national geological, geophysical and geochemical datasets including the Alkaline Rocks Atlas
About the Speakers:

Dr Eloise Beyer is a geologist with 25 years of experience in the public and university sectors. Eloise has a long background in mapping of both mantle and crustal geology including fifteen years working as a basement geologist with the Northern Territory Geological Survey, where she contributed to regional mapping programs and used geochemistry and geochronology to understand large scale magmatic systems. Joining Geoscience Australia in 2021, she currently leads the National Geological Mapping team, whose key role is to produce the fundamental continent-scale maps that underpin understanding of Australia’s geology and prospectivity. Eloise holds a BSc (Hons) in Geology from La Trobe University and a PhD in Mantle Petrology from Macquarie University.

Dr Arianne Ford is a spatial data analyst whose focus is on the use of spatial statistics and machine learning for evaluating mineral potential using mineral systems based approaches. She joined Geoscience Australia in 2022 as the Activity Leader for Mineral Prospectivity & Prediction and previously worked extensively in both academia and industry, largely focused on mineral potential mapping studies. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science and a PhD in Economic Geology, both from James Cook University.

Dr. Yanbo Cheng is currently leading the mineral potential assessment module of the Delamerian-Curnamona-Darling project under the Exploring for the Future program at Geoscience Australia. Prior to GA, Yanbo was a ‘forsker mineralressurser’ (researcher in economic geology) at the Geological Survey of Norway between 2019 and 2022 and he was involved in projects on volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (VHMS), porphyry and magmatic nickel, copper and platinum-group-element systems in Norway. As a postdoctoral researcher at the Economic Geology Research Centre, James Cook University, Yanbo worked on tin and tungsten mineral systems in northeast Queensland during 2014-2017 and magma fertility in the Mary Kathleen iron-oxide, copper, gold (IOCG) belt during 2018-2019. Yanbo temporarily joined the mining industry in 2018 as an exploration geologist on intrusion related gold deposits in Queensland. Yanbo was awarded his PhD in economic geology from James Cook University in 2013.

Communicating multi-disciplinary geoscience : Lessons from TEGI

GeoscienceAustralia 2023-10-23 | Communicating with integrity is fundamental to building trust in geoscience. This talk explores the importance of successful geoscience communication through examples and lessons from the recently completed Trusted Environmental and Geological Information (TEGI) Program. The TEGI Program developed a repository of the latest baseline data and information on geology, resources, groundwater, surface water and the environment for four basin regions (north Bowen, Galilee,Cooper and Adavale). This repository is designed to provide Australian governments, industry and communities with the highest-quality data an information available for these basin regions, enabling faster, evidence-based decisions and providing better outcomes for the environment.

About the Speaker:

Dr Sarlae McAlpine is the Senior Advisor for Critical Minerals, and Director of Strategy and Analysis in the Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division at Geoscience Australia. Prior to her current role, Sarlae lead the implementation of the Trusted Environmental and Geological Information Program.

Sarlae completed her PhD in Earth Sciences at the Australian National University in 2015. Her career has focused on integration and communication of multi-disciplinary geoscience, international science engagement and pre-competitive geoscience research for over 10 years within the Australian Government.

Understanding our oceans: updated 250 metre resolution map of Australia’s seabed is released

GeoscienceAustralia 2023-10-20 | This video shows the updated 250 metre resolution national seabed map and illustrates some of the benefits of seabed mapping for Australia.