Geoscience Information Update 2016

Geoscience Information Update 2016

new features, new data, new products

Bronwyn Witham Geoscientist Databases

Geoscience Information and Services update

• New Maps & Data Packages • New Publications • Upgraded Systems • New Data • New Services • New Web Functions

2015-2016 Highlights

New maps

Title: Kayrunnera 1:100 000 Geology (1) Title: Bunda 1:100 000 Geology (2) Title: Advanced Mineral Projects & Exploration Highlights in New South Wales 2016 (3) Title: Industrial Minerals of New South Wales 1:1 500 000 (4)

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Title: Gosford-Lake Macquarie 1:100 000 Geology Title: Sydney Area Coastal Quaternary 1:25 000 Geology (1) Title: Tibooburra 1:100 000 Regolith (2) Title: Grasmere 1:100 000 Geology (3) Title: Nuchea 1:100 000 Geology (4)

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New data packages

Title: XplorPak2016 (1) New South Wales Explorers Directory

Title: Coastal Quaternary Geology (2) Title: Oaklands Basin Petroleum (3) Title: Seamless Geology Zone 56 (4)

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$33 $110

New Publications

Subscribe to Quarterly Notes: www.resourcesandenergy.nsw.gov.au/about-us/subscribe

Quarterly Notes

Title: Moss Vale 1:100 000 Geology Explanatory Notes (1) Title: QNotes 144 New lead isotopic and geochronologic constraints on mineralisation in the Macquarie Arc (2) Title: QNotes 145 Seamless geology of New South Wales (3) Title: QNotes 146 Coastal Quaternary mapping of the southern Hunter to northern Illawarra regions, NSW (4)

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http://www.resourcesandenergy.nsw.gov.au/miners-and-explorers/geoscience-information/products-and-data/research-and-technical-reports

Research & Technical Reports

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Technical Reports

8 35 2

Palaeontology Papers

18 11 0

Other Research Papers

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New Commodity Flyers

Fact Sheets covering: • Rare earth elements • Gypsum • Coking coal • Thermal coal

New Posters

Recent examples: Title: Magnetic modelling & interpretation of the Hay-Booligal Zone and its basement Title: Defining major structures and their depth extent under cover in the southern Thomson Orogen, NSW Title: A long overdue systematic revision of Ordovician graptolite faunas from New South Wales, Australia

Common Ground

• Designed for the community, to provide easy access to titles information

http://commonground.nsw.gov.au

Soon to include • water data map layers • property search feature

New DIGS system: 2 collections

• Reports = old DIGS system • Publications = old Geoscientific Product Catalogue

https://search.geoscience.nsw.gov.au/

DIGS: more powerful searching

• Basic vs Advanced • Spatial • Save searches

DIGS: spatial searching

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DIGS: finding relevant records

1. Sorting 2. Filtering 3. Exact matches vs any word

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DIGS: Geophysical images

DIGS: 3D models

• Topographic surfaces

• Lithological volumes

• Fault surfaces • Confidence

attribution volumes

Access via online viewer or these file formats:

DXF, Gocad, Leapfrog

Geoscientific Data Warehouse (GDW) Focus of development for searching and discovering GSNSW data sets, & associated reference layers

http://dwh.minerals.nsw.gov.au/CI/warehouse

GDW: new data sets

1. Core library resampling reports in DIGS

2. Historic titles

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GDW: new data sets

• Whole rock geochemistry

(GSNSW work & academic

research) ~ 27,000 samples ~ 629,000 results

GDW: new functions

• GIS friendly download formats for complex data sets: assays, whole rock geochemistry

GDW: explore hyperspectral data

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GDW: maps for mobile devices

• Web interface upgraded to Drupal database

• New Seamless Geology and Outcrops vector maps

• Search georeferenced detailed maps by locality

• CWEDG, SMEDG • AIG workshop at Core Library • Careers nights • Newcastle Time Walk

Outreach & System Promotion

Feedback & Keeping in Touch

• Stay up to date – subscribe to e-newsletter

– Resource & Energy web site for news

• Share your experiences of using our services

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