Disciplines
Information on the disciplines and techniques used by scientists in the Onshore Energy and Minerals Division.
Scientists at Geoscience Australia maintain high quality, state-of-the-art facilities for geochemical analysis of natural systems to discover how and when the various parts of the Australian continent were formed.
Geochronology measures the age of earth materials and the work of geochronologists at Geoscience Australia supports basic geological mapping and develops an understanding of the geological history of the Australian continent over billions of years.
Information on geophysical disciplines such as airborne electromagnetics, gravity, magnetics, magneto-tellurics, radiometrics and seismic.
Find out about spectral geology and how spectral data is used across various disciplines at Geoscience Australia to help understand and map geological parameters.
Topic contact: minerals@ga.gov.au Last updated: June 25, 2012
