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Organic petrology of samples from a group of four wells in the Simpson Desert and Pedirka Basins.
Sixty five samples from 4 wells were examined for organic matter type and abundance, and maturation levels. The Late Permian Purni and Early Jurassic Poolowanna Formations contain the best source rocks in the Poolowanna Trough. These sequences are...-
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1997 Koonakoo Telluric and Surface Geochemical Survey, PELs 49 and 50, Eromanga Basin. Reports and data.
As part of preparations to drill the Koonakoo Prospect in the eastern Simpson Desert, 60 km north-west of Goyder Lagoon, PEL 49 joint venturer Hunt Energy and Mineral Company conducted a prior electrotelluric survey of that prospect and others within...-
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Published: 17 Dec 1997
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Source rock and petroleum geochemistry of the Pedirka Basin, Simpson Desert Basin and superjacent Eromanga Basin.
Report collates in tabular format the available MESA open file, published literature-based and other University of Adelaide organic geochemical data on the hydrocarbon prospectivity of sediments underlying the Simpson Desert region. Likely oil...-
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MESA Pedirka and Eromanga Basins Thermal and Tectonic History Project. Reports for the period January 1995 to December 1996.
Apatite fission track analysis (AFTA), detailed source rock property and organic maceral vitrinite reflectance data has been collected from several key wells neighbouring the Eringa Trough, as part of a collaborative ARC grant project run by MESA and...-
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Source rock analysis of samples from Erabena 1, Simpson Desert region, SA.
Mature potential source rocks occur in the Juraasic Poolowanna Formation and the Triassic Peera Peera Formation. The lower Poolowanna interval has a greater source potential than does the upper Poolowanna. Marginally mature potential source rocks...-
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