Cooper Basin Folio - Volume 1

This folio is the culmination of an extensive interpretation project involving seismic and geological mapping of the Cooper Basin and the overlying Eromanga Basin in South Australia. The folio was released in October 1998.

Volume 1 of the folio contains 39 maps including key seismic horizons presented as depth structure, formation isopach and structural element maps. Other maps included are infrastructure, licences, fields, wells and seismic line locations.

Examples of the maps available from Volume 1 of the Cooper Basin Folio can be seen below.

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A detailed list of the map enclosures contained in the folio is provided below. Previews of the data and areal extent contained in the images in a low resolution JPEG format are available by clicking on the map title. Selected maps as indicated on the list are also available for download in a high resolution PDF format.

Please note:
All grids and contours originating from this project have been superseded by later mapping projects. Refer to the Cooper Basin C-P-Z Maps webpage.

Available JPEG Files by Map Title

Available PDF Files by Map Title

Infrastructure
Licence areas

Land use

Landsat 5 image with land systems Landsat 5 image with land systems (PDF - 0.6 MB)
Land systems of the Cooper Basin Land systems of the Cooper Basin (PDF - 0.5 MB)
Gas and oil pools and outlying wells

Seismic coverage

Surface geology

Structural elements

Composite seismic sections
Surface topography

Base Tertiary (A) Depth Structure
Top Cadna-owie (C) Depth Structure Top Cadna-owie (C) Depth Structure (PDF - 5.5 MB)
Top Hutton (H) Depth Structure

Base Eromanga (J) Depth Structure

Top Cooper (~N,P,R,V,Vb) Depth Structure
Top Cooper (~N, P, R, V, Vb) depth Structure (PDF - 3.6 MB)
Near Top Permian (P) Depth Structure Near Top Permian (P) Depth Structure (PDF - 3.2 MB)
Daralingie Unconformity 'R' Depth Structure
Top Patchawara (V) Depth Structure
Top Patchawarra (V) Depth Sturcture (PDF - 3.0 MB)
Top Tirrawarra/Merrimelia (W) Depth Structure
Top Tirrawarra/Merrimelia (W) Depth Structure (PDF - 3.7 MB)
Basement (Z) Depth Structure 
Basement (Z) Depth Structure (PDF - 6.6 MB)
Eromanga (A-J) Isopach
Upper Eromanga (A-C) Isopach
Lower Eromanga (C-J) Isopach
Jurassic-Cretaceous (C-H) Isopach Jurrassic-Cretaceous (C-H) Isopach (PDF - 4.1 MB)
Lower Jurassic (H-J) Isopach
Triassic-Warburton (J-Z) Isopach Triassic-Warburton (J-Z) Isopach (PDF - 5.1 MB)
Nappamerri (N-P) Isopach
Upper Cooper (J-R) Isopach Upper Cooper (J-R) Isopach (PDF - 2.6 MB)
Toolachee (P-R) Isopach
Mid & Lower Cooper (R-Z) Isopach Mid & Lower Cooper (R-Z) Isopach (PDF - 4.8 MB)
Mid Cooper (R-Vb) Isopach
Patchawarra (V-Vb) Isopach
Tirrawarra/Merrimelia (W-Z) Isopach Tirrawarra/Merrimelia (W-Z) Isopach (PDF - 2.8 MB)
Top Cadna-owie (C) Depth Structure
Base Eromanga (J) Depth Structure
Near Top Permian (P) Depth Structure
Basement (Z) Depth Structure
Near Top Permian - Basement (P-Z) Isopach
Tirrawarra/Merrimelia (W-Z) Isopach

Purchase Information

Digital copies of the A4 folio (Volume 1 and Volume 2) are available in a PDF format at a cost of $150. High quality images of the 69 map enclosures (Volumes 1 and Volume 2) have been embedded into this document and can be extracted for plotting purposes at original scale of 1:500,000.

Hard copies of both volumes (text plus 69 enclosures at the original 1:500000 scale) are available for $1000 or individual maps can be ordered for $50 each.

To make an enquiry or to purchase the Cooper Basin Folio - Volume 1, please contact Peter Hough, Seismic Data Manager.

Email: peter.hough@sa.gov.au
Phone: +61 (0)8 8463 3240