Interpretation of vitrinite reflectance–depth profiles in the Northern Denison Trough, Bowen Basin, Australia

Present-Day Stress Field of the Northern Perth Basin, Australia

Thematic Article Noble gases in pillow basalt glasses from the northern Mariana Trough back-arc basin

Noble gas concentrations and isotopic compositions have been measured in eight samples of pillow basalt glasses collected from seven different localities along 250 km of the Mariana Trough spreading and rifting axis. The samples have uniform and mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB)-like He/He values of 9±12 ́ 10 (6.4±8.6 times atmospheric) despite large variations in He. Concentrations of the noble ga...

Assessing social and economic impacts associated with changes in the coal mining industry in the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia

Purpose – The coal mining industry makes a key contribution to the Queensland economy, and is the underlying driver of employment and economic conditions in many local and regional communities. This article aims to focus on how the social and economic impacts of mining should be assessed and negotiated with local and regional communities. Design/methodology/approach – The following assessment t...

The potential benefits of using artificial intelligence for monthly rainfall forecasting for the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia

The Bowen Basin contains the largest coal reserves in Australia. Prolonged heavy rainfall during the 2010-2011 wet-season severely affected industry operations with an estimated economic loss of A$5.7 billion (£3.8 billion). There was no explicit warning of the exceptionally wet conditions in the seasonal forecast from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, which simply suggested a 50-55% probab...

Feasibility of time-lapse gravity monitoring of producing gas fields in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Australia

Figure 1. Model of P-wave velocity (above) and density (below) verses gas saturation for a sandstone reservoir with a porosity of 25%. The velocity was modelled using Gassmann’s equation (1951) with the Reuss average moduli of the fluids. For a gas saturated reservoir, a decrease in gas saturation causes a negligible change in the P-wave velocity for saturations above 20% and more significant c...