Brief description
Gravity data measure small changes in gravity due to changes in the density of rocks beneath the Earth's surface. The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose. This West Amadeus Basin Gravity P201481 SCBA267GU is a complete Bouguer anomaly grid for the West Amadeus Basin Gravity Survey, 2014 (P201481) survey. This gravity survey was acquired under the project No. 201481 for the geological survey of NT. The grid has a cell size of 0.00471 degrees (approximately 499m). The data are given in units of um/s^2, also known as 'gravity units', or gu. A total of 8109 gravity stations were acquired to produce this grid.Lineage
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Statement: This West Amadeus Basin Gravity P201481 SCBA267GU is a spherical cap Bouguer anomaly grid for the West Amadeus Basin Gravity Survey, 2014 (P201481). This gravity survey was acquired under the project No. 201481 for the geological survey of NT. The grid has a cell size of 0.00471 degrees (approximately 499m). The data are given in units of um/s^2, also known as 'gravity units', or gu. A total of 8109 gravity stations were acquired to produce this grid. Three processes are required to correct the gravity observations for the effects of the surrounding topography: (1) a Bouguer correction (Bullard A), which approximates the topography as an infinite horizontal slab; (2) a correction to that horizontal slab for the curvature of the Earth (Bullard B); and (3) a terrain correction (Bullard C), which accounts for the undulations of the surrounding topography. The Spherical Cap Bouguer gravity anomalies were calculated by applying Bullard A and Bullard B corrections to the free air anomalies using a density of 2670 kg per cubic metre. These data were then gridded using the nearest neighbour algorithm from the INTREPID Geophysics software package. The processed data are checked by GA geophysicists using standard methods for assessing quality to ensure that the final data are fit-for-purpose. The final Spherical cap Bouguer anomalies grid contains data values which account for a correction due to the shape or curvature of the Earth, and provide a more accurate representation of crustal density variations beneath the Earth's surface. Details of the specifications of individual surveys held in the Australian National Gravity Database (ANGD) can be found in the Second Edition of the Index of Gravity Surveys (Wynne and Bacchin, 2009).
References:
Intrepid Geophysics, http://www.intrepid-geophysics.com;
Wynne, P., and Bacchin, M., 2009. Index of Gravity Surveys (Second Edition). Geoscience Australia, Record 2009/07.
Created: 07 03 2020
Issued: 07 03 2020
Modified: 05 07 2021
Data time period: 28 06 2014 to 11 08 2014
text: westlimit=128.9727; southlimit=-26.0323; eastlimit=131.3851; northlimit=-23.2241; projection=GDA94 (EPSG:4283)
Subjects
Australia |
Bouguer |
EARTH SCIENCES |
Earth sciences |
GADDS2.0 |
NCI |
NT |
Published_External |
geophysical survey |
geophysics |
geoscientificInformation |
grav |
gravity |
grid |
ground digital data |
raster |
spherical cap |
survey 201481 |
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Other Information
The Geophysical Archive Data Delivery System (GADDS2) portal provides HTTP download of geophysics datasets in a number of formats. Point and line datasets are available in NetCDF and ASEG-GDF2. Grid datasets are available in NetCDF, GeoTIFF and ERS. (File available for download in various formats from the GADDS2 portal)
Identifiers
- URI : pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/143894
- global : e8cb1bad-8ac7-4191-8f5a-f65027412a7b
