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Eocene_exploration_potential
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class contains polygon features that summarise the exploration potential of the Eocene succession within sedimentary basins in the Northwest Province (Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins). Areas where all of the requirements for oil or gas accumulation are present are indicated as having high exploration potential. Areas...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
Facies_77Ma_elMh_poly
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class contains paleofacies (i.e. paleoenvironmental) polygon features for sedimentary basins in the Northwest Province (Atlas of Petroleum Prospectivity), namely the Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins. Features are depicted relative to the modern New Zealand coastline. No palinspastic reconstructions have been...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
Bath_98Ma_Cn_poly
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class contains paleobathymetric polygon features for sedimentary basins in the Northwest Province for the Atlas of Petroleum Prospectivity (Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins), depicted relative to the modern New Zealand coastline. No palinspastic reconstructions have been undertaken. Polygon features for 98 Ma (mid-...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
CRS_19Ma_Reservoir_Presence_Risk
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class contains Common Risk Segment (CRS) polygon features for denoting the risk of reservoir rocks being absent at the19 Ma (Early Miocene) level in sedimentary basins in the Northwest Province (Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins). Risk is depicted by a relatively simple "traffic-light" system: green colours denote low...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
NZL GNS GM11 Te Riu-a-Māui - Zealandia
GNS ScienceThis collection of datasets comprise the 'Tectonic map of Te Riu-a-Māui / Zealandia' 1:8 500 000 data compilation. It contains the geospatial layers showing the main tectonic features and bathymetric environment of the region surrounding Te Riu-a-Māui / Zealandia.Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
NZL GNS GM11 subducted edge
GNS ScienceThis layer shows the location of the interpreted subsurface extent of the subducted western and southern edges of the Hikurangi Plateau. The layer was newly-compiled for, and is part of, the 'Tectonic map of Te Riu-a-Māui / Zealandia' 1:8 500 000 dataset.Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
NZL GNS GM4 hydro tunnels (1st edition)
GNS ScienceThis dataset has been superseded by a new edition (2nd edition, 2020) available here: https://data.gns.cri.nz/metadata/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/79DFDE2D-14C3-4E1A-9BAA-EE4AD2B545AB. This dataset is the hydro tunnels shown on the Geological Map of the Tongariro National Park area. The dataset is a product of the Geological Map of New Zealand...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
Isochore_total_sediment_thickness_500m
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class contains contours that depict the interpreted vertical thickness (isochore) in metres for between the Basement and Seabed seismic horizons mapped within the Northwest Province of the Atlas of Petroleum Prospectivity (namely the Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins). This isochore interval encompasses rocks of c....Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
TWT_Contour_K90_250ms
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class contains contours that depict the interpreted depth below sea level in milliseconds two-way-time (TWT) to the K90 (c. 75 Ma; Late Cretaceous; New Zealand Late Haumurian sub-Stage) horizon in the Northwest Province of the Atlas of Petroleum Prospectivity (namely the Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins). For more...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
ORC_GM5_boreholes
GNS ScienceGroundwater boreholes are represented by point data with each point having attributes describing location, depth and water levels, if known. Additional attribution characterising aquifer type has been added to the original data for the purposes of this project. The data layer is part of the 'Geology of the Middlemarch area' 1:50 000 dataset covering a...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
CRS_Miocene_Seal_Presence_Risk
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class contains Common Risk Segment (CRS) polygon features for denoting the risk of seal rocks being absent within the Miocene succession in sedimentary basins in the Northwest Province (Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins). Risk is depicted by a relatively simple "traffic-light" system: green colours denote low risk,...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
CRS_Paleocene_Reservoir_Presence_Risk
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class contains Common Risk Segment (CRS) polygon features for denoting the risk of reservoir rocks being absent within the Paleocene succession in sedimentary basins in the Northwest Province (Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins). Risk is depicted by a relatively simple "traffic-light" system: green colours denote low...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
CRS_98Ma_Reservoir_Presence_Risk
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class contains Common Risk Segment (CRS) polygon features for denoting the risk of reservoir rocks being absent at the 98 Ma (mid-Cretaceous) (i.e. late Early-early Late Cretaceous) level in sedimentary basins in the Northwest Province (Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins). Risk is depicted by a relatively simple...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
Depth_contour_N60_250m
GNS ScienceThis Feature Dataset contains contours that depict the interpreted depth below sea level (in metres) to the N60 seismic horizon (c. 4 Ma; approximates base Pliocene; New Zealand Late Opoitian sub-Stage), as mapped within the Northwest Province of the Atlas of Petroleum Prospectivity (namely the Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins)....Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
NZL GNS GM11 geological units point
GNS ScienceThis layer shows the interpreted location of volcanoes, volcanic centres, volcanic fields, calderas and selected upper crustal intrusions in and around Te Riu-a-Māui / Zealandia. Points are attributed by age range, and whether the tectonic setting of eruption is interpreted to be related to a plate boundary (i.e. subduction), to an intraplate age-...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
Isochore_P50_N10_250m
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class contains contours that depict the interpreted vertical thickness (isochore) in metres between the P50 and N10 seismic horizons mapped within the Northwest Province of the Atlas of Petroleum Prospectivity (namely the Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins). This isochore interval encompasses rocks of c. 35-21 Ma age...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
Facies_48Ma_Dm_Dh_poly
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class contains paleofacies (i.e. paleoenvironmental) polygon features for sedimentary basins in the Northwest Province (Atlas of Petroleum Prospectivity), namely the Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins. Features are depicted relative to the modern New Zealand coastline. No palinspastic reconstructions have been...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
Wells_04Ma_lWo
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class presents available open-file age, lithostratigraphic formations, thickness, lithology, paleobathymetric and data source information for petroleum exploration wells relevant to the 04 Ma paleogeographic map.Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
NZ_sedimentary_basins
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class depicted generalised outlines, at a continental scale, of the major prospective and producing petroleum sedimentary basins within the New Zealand region. The basin boundaries depicted here are updated from those provided to the Ministry of Economic Development (2010).Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022 -
Isochore_P10_P50_250m
GNS ScienceThis Feature Class contains contours that depict the interpreted vertical thickness (isochore) in metres between the P10 and P50 seismic horizons mapped within the Northwest Province of the Atlas of Petroleum Prospectivity (namely the Taranaki, Deepwater Taranaki, and Reinga-Northland basins). This isochore interval encompasses rocks of c. 56-35 Ma age...Created 15 June 2022 • Updated 15 June 2022