b'Geophysics in the surveysNewsGeoscience Australia: NewsWith the AEGC just behind us, I wouldExploring for the FutureEasternExploring for the FutureNorthern like to acknowledge my colleaguesResources Corridor AEM survey Australia AusLAMP model releasedat Geoscience Australia for their insightful, well-researched andJust in case you missed it at the AEGCBetween 2016 and 2019, Geoscience impactful presentations. In all, we hadconference, the Eastern ResourcesAustralia acquired Australian Lithospheric eleven presenters covering stochasticCorridor AEM dataset was releasedArchitecture Magnetotelluric Project inversion for AEM data, 3D potentialin September. The 31 500 line km(AusLAMP) long-period MT data as field modelling, MT and passive seismicacquisition programme was completedpart of the Exploring for the Future investigations, through to detailedin June and has been published withprogramme in northern Australia. basin studies (Table 1). Along with GA- the full suite of contractors productsGeoscience Australia funded this project facilitated and well-attended workshopsalong with GAs own inversionand the Northern Territory Geological on airborne EM and diversity in theroutines. Spanning from Bedourie inSurvey and the Geological Survey of geosciences, the value of our work wasQueensland to Cape Jervis in SouthQueensland assisted with land access also communicated through key-noteAustralia, and from Tibooburra inclearances and other in-kind support.addresses focussed on the impacts ofNew South Wales to Warrnambool in geophysical data releases by Minister PittVictoria (Figure 2), the data packageData modelling resolves the large-and GAs Chief of Division, Dr Andrewis the first of many to be releasedscale lithospheric architecture of most Heap. as part of the extended Exploringof the Northern Territory and western Many thanks to the ASEG AEGC teamfor the Future programme (EFTF),Queensland (Figure 3 and inset, Figure who made it all possible, and particularwith a focus on resource potential3a). Strong spatial correlations between thanks for making the wise choice toin southern Australia. Although aknown iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) transition the programme from a physical100% Commonwealth-funded GAand orogenic gold mineral deposits to virtual platform at short notice. programme, it would not have beenand good electrical conductors possible without land access assistancesuggest these features may control AEGC aside, a number of our 2020 - 2021and other in-kind support from thethe localisation of related mineral survey endeavours have recently beenQueensland, New South Wales, Southsystems. On the other hand, base metal released, with details provided in Figure1Australian and Victorian Geologicaldeposits that are broadly distributed and the tables in the following section.Surveys. The complete data package ison old resistive structures (~1800 Ma) Key highlights for September are detailedavailable at: http://pid.geoscience.gov. suggest these deposits may be related below. au/dataset/ga/145744. to supercontinent assembly and have a Table 1.Geoscience Australia presentations, AEGC September 2021. Numbers refer to AEGC listings.Key Author / PresenterAuthors Paper James Goodwin J Goodwin, and R Lane 80: The North Australian Craton 3D gravity and magnetic inversion models - A trial for first pass modelling of the entire continentAnand Ray D Blatter, A Ray and K Kerry 168: Nonlinear, 2D uncertainty estimation in magnetotelluric inversion using trans-dimensional Gaussian processesWenping Jiang W Jiang, J Duan, Schofield, RC Brodie and AClark 132: Multi-scale magnetotelluric surveysmapping from the lithosphere to the near surface for mineral systemsAlexei Gorbatov A Gorbatov, A Medlin, M Doublier, K Czarnota,184: AusArray: uncovering major crustal features using passive seismic dataTFomin, P Henson and B L N KennettJingming Duan J Duan 228: Lithospheric resistivity structures and mineral prospectivity from AusLAMP data in northern AustraliaNadege Rollet N Rollet, M Doublier, C Southby, C Carson, RCostelloe,81: Towards a 3D model of the South-Nicholson Basin region, Northern Australia, T Fomin, Y LeyCooper, L Carr, M Bonnardot, J Wilford,for mineral, energy and groundwater assessmentS Wong, M Nicoll, KCzarnota, D Cathro and S HostetlerTehani Palu T Palu, A Jarrett, S MacFarlane, C Boreham and167: Northern Lawn Hill Platformmodelling the great-grandparent emerging BBradshaw regionAdam Bailey A Bailey, E Grosjean, A Jarrett, C Boreham, L Carr , D158: Stratigraphic drilling in the era of EFTF: The Barnicarndy 1 and NDI Carrara 1 Edward , L Wang, S MacFarlane, C Carson, CSouthbywells, JAnderson, K Khider and P HensonNeil Symington N Symington, A Ray, C H Pascal, K Piang Tan,197: Probabilistic modelling of groundwater salinity using borehole and AEM dataYLeyCooper Yusen, RC Brodie and R TaylorYvetteY Poudjom Djomani and J GoodwinR Lane,206: Towards standard technical Deeds for (airborne) geophysical surveys in PoudjomDjomani YPoudjom Djomani and P Wynne Australia226: A new era for the Australian National Gravity Grids - adding airborne data to the mixMatthew Gard L Wang, A Lewis, B Jones, J Duan, A Hitchman and91: Australian geomagnetic observatory network monitors space weather MGard hazard180 years on17 PREVIEW OCTOBER 2021'