Rock property dataset of the Northern Territory

Abstract

The Northern Territory Geological Survey (NTGS) is undertaking a Territory-wide compilation of rock property data focussing on the key properties of magnetic susceptibility, bulk density, grain density, porosity and permeability. This Digital Information Package (DIP) is a compilation of rock property measurements sourced from open file company reports, core sampling reports, government publications, academic publications and new measurements. The new measurements are made on drill core held at NTGS Core Facilities and the Geoscience Australia Repository using a standardised procedure intended to improve consistency and reproducibility of data (Hallett 2017). DIP 013 contains data collated up until March 2023 and new measurements made up to November 2022.