SUMMARY A blanket of sedimentary and regolith material covers approximately three-quarters the Australian continent, obscuring crustal geology below potential mineral resources within. Sedimentary basins also trap seismic energy increasing hazard generating noisy seismograms that make determining deeper lithospheric structure more challenging. The most fundamental question can first be asked in...

SUMMARY Low permeability, high retention capacity and self-sealing ability are advantageous characteristics that attributed to argillaceous rocks. In contrast, other properties of clay, such as internal heterogeneities, strong attenuation anisotropic behaviour, pose major challenges for underground exploration techniques. Although with regard the storage nuclear waste, seismic in itself is grea...

The onshore Baram Delta, located in NW Sarawak is the birthplace of petroleum production Malaysia. Miri oilfield was first discovered 1910 and subsequently abandoned 1972 with intermittent exploration activities late 1980’s to early 1990’s. To rejuvenate interest identify remaining hydrocarbon potential study area, 2009-2010 JX Nippon acquired gravity, then regional 2D seismic data, followed-by...

In February of 2011 an earthquake event caused significant damage and loss of life in Christchurch, New Zealand. Such an event serves as motivation for improved foundation design and characterization of the shallow subsurface. In January of 2013, University of Texas engineers acquired surface wave data which has been made available to the ASCE GeoInstitute Geophysical Engineering Committee for ...