August 2025
Latest research and insights from the Geological Survey of South Australia
2025
Basins and Ranges: a cross-section through sedimentation and tectonism along the Delamerian-Lachlan deep crustal seismic line 22GA-DL1
Tom Wise1,2, Michael Doublier3, Wolfgang Preiss1, Mark Pawley1,2, Stephan Thiel4, Carmen Krapf1,2, Rashed Abdullah1,2, Claire Wade1,2, Roger Miller3, Ross Costelloe3, Muhammad Hossain3, Haroon Rasheed3 and Malcolm Nicoll3
1 Geological Survey of South Australia, Department for Energy and Mining
2 MinEx CRC
3 Geoscience Australia
4 CSIRO, Mineral Resources
Published July 2025
Extending the Warakurna Supersuite into southern Australia
MJ Pawley1, TW Wise1, EAJ Jagodzinski1 and RA Dutch1,2
1 Geological Survey of South Australia, Department for Energy and Mining
2 Datarock, Level 3, 31 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Published January 2025
A compilation of MESA articles from 2024 is available for download.
Sm-Nd isotopic data for South Australia: dataset and report
Claire E Wade, Alexander J Corrick, George Gouthas, Tom Wise and Rian Dutch
Geological Survey of South Australia, Department for Energy and Mining
Published November 2024
Play mapping workflow – a practical example from the onshore Otway Basin, South Australia
Paul Strong and Chris Cubitt
Geological Survey of South Australia, Department for Energy and Mining
Published November 2024
South Australia’s geological potential for selected critical minerals – a review
Peter Keller and Carmen BE Krapf
Geological Survey of South Australia, Department for Energy and Mining
Published November 2024
New developments in laser Rb–Sr dating and their application in exploring Proterozoic sedimentary basins — an example from the northern Stuart Shelf, South Australia
Alan S Collins1, Morgan L Blades1, Carmen BE Krapf2, Sarah Gilbert3, Wolfgang Preiss1,2 and Adrian Fabris2
1 Tectonics and Earth Systems Group and MinEx CRC, School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, The University of Adelaide
2 Geological Survey of South Australia, Department for Energy and Mining
3 Adelaide Microscopy, The University of Adelaide
Published May 2024
