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Renmark 2009 BBMT 15 / LPMT 9
Magnetotelluric survey · South Australia · Adelaide University
Cite this survey
Cite as: Adelaide University (2009): Renmark 2009. Version 1.0.1. Adelaide University. https://ausmt.auscope.org.au/surveys/renmark-2009
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A magnetotelluric survey of the Renmark Trough in the Murray Basin, South Australia, acquired by the University of Adelaide from 19–27 May 2009 on Calperum and Taylorville Stations, northwest of Renmark.
About this survey
A magnetotelluric survey of the Renmark Trough in the Murray Basin, South Australia, acquired by
the University of Adelaide from 19–27 May 2009 on Calperum and Taylorville Stations, northwest
of Renmark. The survey was undertaken as an undergraduate honours project with support from
Petratherm Ltd to investigate the geothermal prospectivity and crustal structure of the Renmark
Trough. Twenty-five sites were acquired along two approximately parallel, southeast-trending
profiles perpendicular to the northeast-trending trough. The 38.5 km RM01 profile comprised 15
broadband MT sites at 2–3 km spacing and followed seismic line 1965-R1 where possible, providing
coincident geophysical coverage across the deeper part of the basin. Broadband sites recorded Ex,
Ey, Bx and By at 500 Hz using 50 m electric dipoles, typically for approximately 50 hours. The
parallel 35.3 km RM02 profile comprised 10 long-period deployments at 4–5 km spacing, recording
Ex, Ey, Bx, By and Bz at 10 Hz using 20 m dipoles for approximately 40–90 hours, providing both
impedance and vertical magnetic-field transfer functions. Data were processed using BIRRP with
combinations of remote referencing, self-referencing and coherence screening, with the final
transfer functions produced in geographic coordinates. AusMT serves transfer functions for 24
stations from the Geological Survey of South Australia open-file release.
Data and downloads
Hosted by AusMT
| EDI archive (zip) | 24 stations · 71 KB | Download ↓ |
| Survey MTH5 bundle | 24 stations · 1.6 MB | Download ↓ |
| EMTF XML archive (zip) | 24 stations · 115 KB | Download ↓ |
Integrity details
| EDI archive (zip) | sha256 905b3de468ad688056276643efc6ffc049623fd30a4929500128b7f100a1001a |
| Survey MTH5 bundle | sha256 bc2c85c41b4d80eb2a5b001f1d133a81239673f9d908426f26e0a8a8995770d9 |
| EMTF XML archive (zip) | sha256 47df50d130926b5ce8b6b0a6da88017a90522e2cf2d7d7f16e7c9719dccf9177 |
Stations (24)
| Station | Lat | Lon | T max (s) | Time series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RM0105 | -34.055433 | 140.623533 | 66 | - |
| RM0106 | -34.041167 | 140.60265 | 66 | - |
| RM0107 | -34.041183 | 140.60265 | 66 | - |
| RM0108 | -34.0053 | 140.555733 | 4,096 | - |
| RM0109 | -34.0053 | 140.53535 | 66 | - |
| RM0110 | -33.998467 | 140.515483 | 66 | - |
| RM0111 | -33.984967 | 140.493017 | 4,096 | - |
| RM0112 | -33.972383 | 140.472233 | 66 | - |
| RM0113 | -33.960533 | 140.452483 | 2,731 | - |
| RM0114 | -33.943867 | 140.4247 | 4,096 | - |
| RM0115 | -33.930983 | 140.403267 | 2,048 | - |
| RM0116 | -33.921483 | 140.38735 | 4,096 | - |
| RM0117 | -33.90975 | 140.367817 | 4,096 | - |
| RM0118 | -33.896833 | 140.345 | 2,731 | - |
| RM0119 | -33.888283 | 140.3177 | 4,096 | - |
| RM0220 | -33.810167 | 140.4155 | 8,192 | - |
| RM0221 | -33.8516 | 140.46685 | 4,096 | - |
| RM0223 | -33.86855 | 140.5189 | 8,192 | - |
| RM0224 | -33.871133 | 140.547567 | 8,192 | - |
| RM0225 | -33.874233 | 140.577967 | 8,192 | - |
| RM0226B | -33.917633 | 140.61575 | 8,192 | - |
| RM0227 | -33.9459 | 140.66235 | 8,192 | - |
| RM0228 | -33.967183 | 140.696667 | 8,192 | - |
| RM0229 | -33.973783 | 140.73455 | 4,096 | - |
Contributors and organisations
- Organisation
- Adelaide University
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Instruments
- Earth Data Limited PR6-24
KMS Technologies LEMI-120
Persistor Instruments CF2
Bartington Instruments - Processing
- BIRRP
Publications
Craven E (2009). Crustal imaging of prospective geothermal basins using magnetotellurics: a case study of the Renmark Trough in South Australia. B.Sc Honours Thesis, University of Adelaide. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/128765
Maier RE (2011). A petrophysical joint inversion of magnetotelluric and gravity data for enhanced subsurface imaging of sedimentary environments. Ph.D Thsis, University of Adelaide. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/69310
Identifiers and provenance
Machine-readable survey record · catalogue schema mtcat 2.0