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Zircons shed light on our richest reservoirs

RESEARCH by Geoscience Australia is challenging basic assumptions about the source of reservoir sands on the North West Shelf and Browse Basin. And far from being an esoteric study, the work could have a significant impact on exploration models in Australia's richest hydrocarbon provinces.

The research is based on the uranium-lead (U/Pb) isotope dating of detrital zircon in reservoirs of three recent wells on the Exmouth Plateau and in the Browse Basin. The samples were provided by Chevron,...

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