b'Geophysics in the surveysNewsGeoscience Australia: NewsRecent highlights of Geosciencerefresh of the Australian Fundamentalfound to be in an acceptable condition Australias geophysical projects, asGravity Network (AFGN) in northernto be re-occupied. All benchmarks conducted as part of the AustralianQueensland. The AFGN provides awere measured using GAs MircoG A10 Governments Exploration for the Future,datum for all gravity surveys conductedAbsolute Gravimeter, with locations for and in collaboration with our state andin Australia to be tied to a consistentnew benchmarks chosen for their future territory survey partners, are summarisedlevel for broad scale geoscientificutility to GSQ for survey planning.below. Details of all current and recentlyinvestigations. This survey was funded completed projects and survey locationsthrough the Queensland ResourceThe collected information will be added can be found in Figure 1 and the tablesIndustry Development Plan, to furtherto Geoscience Australias AFGN webpage that follow this section. the use of geophysics in support ofby the end of July. Information will resource exploration. include the location, condition, gravity value, and images used to help locate the Australian Fundamental GravityThe survey was conducted during thenew benchmarks.Network refurbishment. first three weeks of May 2023, and resulted in the establishment of a dozenFor further information on the AFGN, Geoscience Australia (GA) and thenew benchmarks. The condition of 33please contact Phillip Wynne, Geophysicist Geological Survey of Queensland (GSQ)existing benchmarks was investigated,- Geophysical Acquisition and Processing, recently collaborated on an update andwith 18 confirmed as destroyed and 15at Phillip.Wynne@ga.gov.auFigure 1.2021-2023 geophysical surveysin progress, released or for release by Geoscience Australia as part of Exploring for the Future and in collaboration with state and territory agencies. Projects that are partially or wholly funded by state government agencies are identified by the bracketed contributors. GA = Geoscience Australia, GSNSW = Geological Survey of New South Wales, GSWA = Geological Survey of Western Australia NTGS = Northern Territory Geological Survey, MRT = Minerals Resources Tasmania, GSV = Geological Survey of Victoria, AusLAMP = The Australian Lithospheric Architecture Magnetotelluric Project, MT = Magnetotelluric, AFGN = Australian Fundamental Gravity Network, DCSD = Darling-Curnamona-Delamerian Project. Background image of national magnetics compilation (first vertical derivative of the reduced to pole magnetics), Geoscience Australia, 2019 (see http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/144725). Magnetic instensity after Poudjom Djomani 2019.AUGUST 2023 PREVIEW 16'