Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretation of Cretaceous through Miocene, Barcoo Sub-basin, Browse Basin, Northwest Shelf of Australia

• Main Author: Laitrakull, Kasira
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: CU Scholar 2012
• Subjects: Australia; Barcoo Sub-basin; Browse Basin; Northwest Shelf; Sequence Stratigraphy; Geology; Sedimentology; Bonaparte; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://scholar.colorado.edu/geol_gradetds/45; https://scholar.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1048&context=geol_gradetds

The petroleum exploration in Australia started in the nineteenth century. However, due to little exploration activity only one well has been drilled for every 1300 km2 of sedimentary basins. In fact Australia (apart from Antarctica) is the least explored continent on earth (Longley, 2001). The North...