upperVulcan

Formation

Prudhoe Terrace

Tlmio

Tmmio

Tolig

Teoc

Tpal

Tbase

Kmaas

Kecamp

Ktur

Kalb2

Kalb1

Kapt

Kbar

Kval

Kbase

Jcal

Jearly

Trmid

P

Pearly

Cnam

BB9

BB10

BB11

BB13

BB16

BB17

BB18

BB22

BB21

BB20

BB19

BB15

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E(M

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P)

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Sandstone (medium-grained)

Sandstone (very fine-grained)

Sandstone (fine-grained)

Muddy siltstone

Siltstone

Mudstone

Limestone

Basalt

Sandy siltstone Silty limestone

KCCM ZonesN, P Zones

Tournaisian

MississippianViseanC

arb

on

ifer

ou

s

Serpukhovian

Bashkirian

MoscovianPennsylvanian

Kasimovian

Gzhelian

Asselian

Sakmarian

Cisuralian Artinskian

Per

mia

n

Kungurian

Roadian

WordianGuadalupian

Capitanian

LopingianWuchiapingian

Changhsingian

InduanEarly

Olenekian

Anisian

Middle

Tri

assi

c

Ladinian

Carnian

Late Norian

Rhaetian

Hettangian

Sinemurian

PliensbachianEarly

ToarcianJura

ssic

Aalenian

BajocianMiddleBathonian

Callovian

Oxfordian

KimmeridgianLate

Tithonian

Berriasian

Valanginian

Hauterivian

Barremian

Early

Cre

tace

ou

s

Aptian

Albian

Cenomanian

Turonian

Coniacian

Santonian

Campanian

Late

Maastrichtian

Danian

Selandian

Thanetian

Paleocene

Ypresian

Langhian

Serravallian

Tortonian

MessinianZanclean

PiacenzianGelasian

Miocene

PliocenePleistocene

Holocene

Neo

gen

eP

aleo

gen

e

Oligocene

Eocene Lutetian

Bartonian

Priabonian

Rupelian

Chattian

Aquitanian

Burdigalian

Quaternary

GTS 2016 Timescale

GTS 2016 Timescale

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Short-termsea-level curve

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Sahulidinium ottii

Rhaetogonyaulax wigginsii

Wanneria listeri

Hebecysta balmei

Rhaetogonyaulax rhaetica

Dapcodinium priscum

Luehndea assemblage

Dissiliodinium caddaense

Nannoceratopsis deflandrei

Wanaea verrucosa

Wanaea indotata

Ternia balmei

Voodooia tabulata

Ctenidodinium ancorum

Wanaea spectabilis

Wanaea clathrata

Dingodinium swanense

Cribroperidinium perforans

Omatia montgomeryi

Dingodinium jurassicum

Pseudoceratium iehienseKalyptea wisemaniae

Cassiculosphaeridia delicata

Batioladinium reticulatum

Egmontodinium torynum

Systematophora areolata

Senoniasphaera tabulata

Phoberocysta burgeri

Muderongia testudinaria

Muderongia australis

Odontochitina operculata

Diconodinium davidii

Muderongia tetracantha

Canninginopsis denticulata

Endoceratium ludbrookiae

Dioxya armata

Xenascus asperatus

Diconodinium multispinum

Palaeohystrichophorainfusorioides

Conosphaeridium striatoconum

Odontochitina porifera

Isabelidinium cretaceum

Nelsoniella aceras

Xenikoon australis

Isabelidinium korojonensis

Microplankton not diagnostic

Trithyrodinium evittii

Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum

Alisocysta circumtabulata

Enneadocysta partridgei

Gippslandica extensa

Fromea leos

Protoellipsodinium simplex

Tuberculodinium vancampoae

Mellitasphaeridiumchoanophorum

Protoperidinium leonis

Achomosphaera ramulifera

Phthanoperidinium comatum

Deflandrea heterophlycta

Arachnodinium antarcticum

Paucilobimorpha asteris

Membranophoridium perforatum

Charlesdowniea edwardsii

Charlesdowniea thompsoniae

Eisenackia crassitabulata

Senegalinium dilwynensis

Apectodinium reburrus

Apectodinium hyperacanthum

Apectodinium homomophum

Rhombodinium waipawaense

Wilsonidinium ornatum

Manumiella druggii

Dissimulidinium lobispinosum

AustralianDinocyst Zonation

AustralianSpore-Pollen

Zonation

Tubulifloridites pleistocenicus

Myrtaceidites lipsis

Foraminisporis bifurcatus

Proteacidites asperopolus

Tricolporites lilliei

Nothofagidites senectus

Tricolporites apoxyexinus

Phyllocladidites mawsonii

Hoegisporis uniforma

Phimopollenites pannosus

Coptospora paradoxa

Crybelosporites striatus

Cyclosporites hughesi

Foraminisporis wonthaggiensis

Ruffordiaspora australiensis

Retitriletes watherooensis

Murospora florida

Contignisporites cooksoniae

Dictyotosporites complex

Callialasporites turbatus

Corollina torosa

Ashmoripollis reducta

Minutosaccus crenulatus

Samaropollenites speciosus

Triplexisporites playfordii

Protohaploxypinus samoilovichii

Lunatisporites pellucidus

Protohaploxypinus microcorpus

Playfordiaspora crenulata

Dulhuntyispora parvithola

Dulhuntyispora dulhuntyi

Didecitriletes ericianus

Dulhuntyispora granulata

Microbaculispora villosa

Praecolpatites sinuosus

Striatopodocarpites fusus

Pseudoreticulatispora confluens

Microbaculispora tentula

Deusilites tenuistriatus

Diatomozonotriletes birkheadensis

Spelaeotriletes ybertii

Grandispora maculosa

Anapiculatisporites largus

Grandispora spiculifera

Upper Triporopollenites bellus

Lower Triporopollenites bellus

Upper Proteacidites tuberculatus

Middle Proteacidites tuberculatus

Lower Proteacidites tuberculatus

Upper Nothofagidites asperus

Middle Nothofagidites asperus

Lower Nothofagidites asperus

Upper Malvacipollis diversus

Middle Malvacipollis diversus

Lower Malvacipollis diversus

Upper Lygistepollenites balmei

Lower Lygistepollenites balmei

Upper Forcipites longus

Lower Forcipites longus

Pseudoreticulatisporapseudoreticulata

KCCM50

KCCM49

KCCM48

KCCM47

KCCM46

KCCM44

KCCM43

KCCM34KCCM33

KCCM19-23

KCCM11-13

P0PAP1P2P3

P4

P5P6aP6b

P7

P8

P9

P10P11P12P13P14

P15

P18

P19

N2, P21

N3, P22

N4N5N6N7N8N9

N10N11N12

N14N13

N15N16N17

N17bN18/N19

N20/N21

N22

KCCM41-42

KCCM24a-b

P16-17

N1, P20

Offshore

Group

Gas prone source rock

Sub-group

Silty sandstone

BROWSE BASIN LOCATION MAP

Temio

BB8

Jbase

BB3

OliverFormation

OliverFormation

MontaraFormation

OliverFormation

Sah

ul G

roup

Tro

ught

on G

roup

Bat

hurs

t Isl

and

Gro

upW

oodb

ine

Gro

upS

wan

Gro

up

NomeFormation

Sah

ul G

roup

Tro

ught

on G

roup

Bat

hurs

t Isl

and

Gro

upW

oodb

ine

Gro

upS

wan

Gro

up

WoolastonFormation

NomeFormation

Sah

ul G

roup

Tro

ught

on G

roup

Bat

hurs

t Isl

and

Gro

upW

oodb

ine

Gro

upS

wan

Gro

up

Bat

hurs

t Isl

and

Gro

upW

oodb

ine

Gro

upS

wan

Gro

up

EchucaShoals

Formation

PuffinFormation

PuffinFormation

FenelonFormation

BassettFormation

PuffinFormation

FenelonFormation

EchucaShoals

Formation

Kin

mor

e G

roup

Kin

mor

e G

roup

Kul

shill

Gro

up

Kul

shill

Gro

up

Wea

ber

Gro

up

WoolastonFormation

ChallisFormation

Ash

mor

e V

olca

nics

Plo

ver

For

mat

ion

Ash

mor

e V

olca

nics

Ash

mor

e V

olca

nics

Plo

ver

For

mat

ion

Plo

ver

For

mat

ion

BarracoutaShoal

Formation

BarracoutaShoal

Formation

BarracoutaShoal

Formation

BarracoutaShoal

Formation

Car

tier

For

mat

ion

Car

tier

For

mat

ion

PollardFormation

Buccaneer 1

Crux 1

Adele 1

Argus 1, Phrixus 1

Abalone 1 ST1

Argus 1

Caswell 2 ST2

Abalone 1 ST1

Discorbis 1

Marabou 1 ST1

Ichthys 2A ST1Phrixus 1

Abalone 1 ST1Rhondo 1

Caswell 2 ST2Fortissimo 1

Productus 1

Yampi 1, 2

Yampi 2

Psepotus 1

BROWSE BASIN BIOZONATION AND STRATIGRAPHY

OliverSandstoneMember(Oliver

Formation)

Hyl

and

Bay

Sub

grou

p

Base KCCM 14 Zone

Oliv

erF

orm

atio

n

Bat

hurs

t Isl

and

Gro

upW

oodb

ine

Gro

up

EchucaShoals

Formation

PuffinFormation

BassettFormation

BarracoutaShoal

Formation

Gwydion 1

Caspar 1A

Yampi ShelfLeveque Shelf

ChallisFormation

OspreyFormation

CaswellSub-basin

OliverFormation

Sah

ul G

roup

Tro

ught

on G

roup

Bat

hurs

t Isl

and

Gro

upW

oodb

ine

Gro

upS

wan

Gro

up

NomeFormation

EchucaShoals

Formation

Ash

mor

e V

olca

nics

Plo

ver

For

mat

ion

BarracoutaShoal

Formation

Car

tier

For

mat

ion

ChallisFormation

BarcooSub-basin

OliverSandstoneMember(Oliver

Formation)

OliverFormation

Oliv

erF

orm

atio

n

BassettFormation

HiberniaFormation

GrebeSandstoneMember(Hibernia

Formation)

FenelonFormation

BrownGannet

Limestone

WoolastonFormation

EchucaShoals

Formation

upperJamiesonFormation

lowerJamiesonFormation

upperJamiesonFormation

lowerJamiesonFormation

WangarluFormation

JohnsonFormation

PrionFormation

undifferentiatedVulcan

Formation

lowerJamiesonFormation

upperJamiesonFormation

PrionFormation

undifferentiatedHibernia

Formation

WoolastonFormation

BrownGannet

Limestone

FenelonFormation

WangarluFormation

JohnsonFormation

NomeFormation

lowerVulcan

Formation

MontaraFormation

lowerJamiesonFormation

upperJamiesonFormation

BrownGannet

Limestone

BrownGannet

Limestone

upperJamiesonFormation

lowerJamiesonFormation

lowerVulcan

Formation

Phaselisporites cictricosus

KCCM45

Klcamp

Jtith

Jkimm

BB1

Gryphaea 1

Discorbis 1

Adele 1

Abalone 1 ST1Abalone Deep 1

Caswell 1, 2 ST2Rhondo 1, Walkley 1

Buccaneer 1

Asterias 1 ST1

Columba 1A ST1Echuca shoals 1

Prelude 1A

Brewster 1A ST1Burnside 1 ST1Concerto 1 ST1

Dinichthys 1Dinichthys North 1

Echuca Shoals 1Fortissimo 1

Gorgonichthys 1Ichthys 1A, 2A ST2

Ichthys Deep 1Titanichthys 1

Tocatta 1

Fossetmaker 1Ichthys North 1Kaleidoscope 1Kalyptea 1 ST1

Saucepan 1

Columba 1 ST1

Argus 1, Lasseter 1Ichthys 2A ST2Ichthys Deep 1Titanichthys 1

Heywood 1

Heywood 1

Caswell 2 ST2Argus 1, Ichthys 1A

Ichthys 2A ST2

Brewster 1A ST1Crux 2, 4, Libra 1

Concerto 1 ST1Dinichthys North 1

Ichthys 1A, Mimia 1Ichthys Deep 1Ichthys North 1Ichthys West 1

Gorgonichthys 1Titanichthys 1

Tocatta 1

Dinichthys North 1

Crux 1, 2 ST1, Libra 1

Octans 1

Ichthys 1A

Crown 1 ST1Crux 3, 4

Dinichthys 1Poseidon 2

Echuca Shoals 1

Arquebus 1 ST1

Arquebus 1 ST1Lombardina 1

Sheherazade 1

Arquebus 1 ST1Lombardina 1

Sheherazade 1

Braveheart 1 ST1Leveque 1

Cornea 1, Focus 1Cornea South 1, 2 ST1

Macula 1, Stirrup 1

Gwydion 1

Gwydion 1

Base P6Foraminifera Zone

Intra KCCM 33 Zone

Palaeonto-logicalPicks

SeismicHorizons and

Sequences

T40

T30

T20

T10

K50

K30

K20

K10

P50

TR20

TR30

J10

J30

Bas

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vers

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Th

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sid

ence

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Ext

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Inve

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su

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TR10

AsteriasMember

AsteriasMember

AsteriasMember

EchucaShoals

Formation

AsteriasMember

undifferentiatedHibernia

Formation

Cornea 2 ST1, Focus 1

upperVulcan

Formation

undifferentiatedWoodbine

Group

undifferentiatedWoodbine

Group

undifferentiatedWeaber Group

equivalents

undifferentiatedKulshill Group

equivalents

undifferentiatedKulshill Group

equivalents

undifferentiatedKinmore Group

equivalents

undifferentiatedSahul Group

MontaraFormation

Base P. sinuosusSpore-Pollen Zone

Intra P. crenulataSpore-Pollen Zone

Base ofmiddle subzone

in C. torosaSpore-Pollen Zone

Near top of lowersubzone inC. turbatus

Spore-Pollen Zone

Base W. clathrataDinocyst Zone

Base D. jurassicumDinocyst Zone

Base S. areolataDinocyst Zone

Base M. australisDinocyst Zone

Mid M. tetracanthaDinocyst Zone

Base KCCM 23 Zone;Base of upper subzone

of X. australisDinocyst Zone

Base KCCM 8 Zone; BaseM. druggii Dinocyst Zone

Base T. evittiiand L. balmeiDinocyst zones

Sandy limestone

Base Visean

upperVulcan

Formation

Late PleistoceneMiddle PleistoceneEarly Pleistocene

K65-K69

K63-K64

K60-K62

K45-K49

K43-K45

K40-K42

J53-J59

J40-J46

J25-J29

Oil and gas prone source rock

undifferentiatedHyland BaySubgroup

undifferentiatedMount Goodwin

Subgroup

StratigraphicFramework of

North WestShelf

Ash

mor

e V

olca

nics

lowerVulcan

Formation

JohnsonFormation

BassettFormation

low

erJa

mie

son

For

mat

ion

low

erH

eyw

ood

For

mat

ion

WoolastonFormation

upperJamiesonFormation

uppe

r H

eyw

ood

For

mat

ion

AG

E(M

a B

P)

Cornea 1B, 3, Sparkle 1

Brecknock -Scott Reef Trend

Brewster Member(upper Vulcan

Formation)

upperVulcan

Formation

upperVulcan Formation

upperVulcan

Formation

lowerVulcan

Formation

MontaraFormation

Sw

an G

roup

Mt G

oodw

inS

ubgr

oup

Staurosaccites quadrifidus

KCCM6-8

BB16T10

BB14

BB12B

BB12C

BB12A

BB7

J47-J49

BB6

BB5

J50-J52

J20-J24

BB4

BB2

Browse BasinBiozonation and Stratigraphy, 2017

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KCCM1-5

KCCM9-10

KCCM14-16

KCCM17-18

KCCM25

KCCM26-27

KCCM28-30

KCCM29-32

KCCM35-40

Abalone Deep 1Caswell 2 ST2

Adele 1, Caswell 1

Near top ofC. cooksoniae

Spore Pollen Zone

Base Serravallian

Base CP17Nannofossil zone

(Base P19Foraminifera Zone)

Base P8Foraminifera Zone

OliverFormation

Intra KCCM44 Zone;Intra E. ludbrookiae

Dinocyst Zone

Intra Messinian(Mid NN11d

Nannofossil Zone)

Base Aquitanian(Mid N4

Foraminifera Zone

Mid P15Foraminifera Zone

Base upperO. operculatam

Dinocyst subzone

Base Cretaceous(upper middle

P. iehienseDinocyst subzone)

Intra S. speciosusSpore-Pollen Zone;

(Mid N. tayloriSpore-Pollen subzone)

Intra S. ybertiiSpore-Pollen Zone

Feedback and comments on the data contained herein are welcome.

Main references:Helby et al., 1987, 2004;Partridge, 2006.

KCCM Zones main references:Howe et al., 2003;Campbell et al., 2004;Rexilius, 2009 (unpublished).

Gas discovery with oil show

Gas show

Oil show

Gas discovery

Oil discovery

HiberniaFormation

GrebeSandstoneMember(Hibernia

Formation)

Brecknock 3

Calliance 3North Scott Reef 1

Crown 1, Poseidon 2

Scott Reef 2A

Buffon 1 ST1

Scott Reef 2A

Poseidon 1Scott Reef 1

NP Zones main references:Blow, 1969, 1979;Berggren and Miller, 1998;Erba et al., 1995;Robaszynski, 1998;Data from ICS databases.

Main references:Dettmann and Playford, 1969; Helby, 1973;Filatoff, 1975; Dolby and Balme, 1976;Helby et al., 1987; Price, 1997; Partridge, 2006.

Main references:Hardenbol et al., 1998; Haq and Al-Qahtani,2005; Haq and Schutter, 2008.

Oil and gas discovery

© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2017.

The timescale, biozonation and stratigraphic data in this product has been compiled to the Geologic Time Scale (GTS) (Ogg, Ogg and Gradstein, 2016).

Published with permission of the CEO Geoscience Australia.

Cartography by Theo Chiotis, Products and Promotion, Geoscience Australia.

Geoscience Australia has tried to make the information in this product as up to date as possible. However, it does not guarantee that the informationis totally accurate or complete. Therefore, you should not rely on this data when making a commercial decision.

Inquiries and further information about this chart and related products can be obtained from eitherAndrew Kelman (phone: +61 6 6249 9392 e-mail: andrew.kelman@ga.gov.au) orTom Bernecker (phone: +61 6 6249 9239 e-mail: tom.bernecker@ga.gov.au).

This chart represents a revision of previous charts including Australian biozonation schemes calibrated to earlier geological timescales, GTS 2004 and AGSO 1996.The sea-level curve and most international biozonation scheme data are from the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) databases. These data and allAustralian biozonation schemes used herein have been compiled in the Timescale Creator software developed by Adam Lugowski, Jim Ogg and Felix Gradstein.A Geoscience Australia version of this software is available to download from the Timescales webpage and contains the full references listed on this chart.Timescale creator page: https://engineering.purdue.edu/Stratigraphy/tscreator/index/index.php .

Catalogue number: 76687.

Boreas 1, Pharos 1Brecknock 1, 2, 3

Brecknock South 1Calliance 1, 3

Kronos 1North Scott Reef 1

Poseidon 1, 2Proteus 1 ST2

Scott Reef 1Torosa 1, 4, 5, 6

Seismic Horizons and Super-sequences:BBHR Record ref 1997/38; NWS StratigraphicWorkshop, T.Smith et al., 2015.

Palaeotological Picks:GA 2017.