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Northern Territory Geological Survey

Northern Territory Geological Survey Report 2001 – 2002

Name:- Pierre Kruse
Contact details:- Geological Survey
PO Box 3000
Darwin NT 0801

Ph. (08) 8999 5451
Fax: (08) 8999 6824
Email: Pierre.Kruse@nt.gov.au
URL: www.dme.nt.gov.au/ntgs

Report 2001-2002:- The Southern Georgina module of NTGS' Georgina Basin project formally wound up in early 2003, with a petroleum study (Ambrose et al 2001) and explanatory notes for two map sheets (Tobermorey and Sandover River; Kruse et al 2002a, 2002b) already produced, and the corresponding maps and other products in the pipeline. The Tobermorey map has since been published, as has a 1999-2002 drilling report (Kruse 2003). A comprehensive Southern Georgina summary report and 1:500 000 regional geological map are still in the works. Southern and central Georgina Basin biostratigraphic studies, mainly dealing with brachiopods and trilobites (the latter by John Laurie), are underway.

Some longstanding research projects have also come to fruition, with publications on Georgina Basin hyoliths (Kruse 2002) and archaeocyathan systematics (Debrenne et al 2002). This latter is currently being revised for the Porifera 2 volume of Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. A joint paper on Ord Basin stratigraphy and palaeontology with John Laurie and Barry Webby is on the verge of completion, and is slated for publication jointly by NTGS and AAP.

It is planned to have these off my hands early next year, after which Iranian sponge reefs, Ord and Wiso Basin hot and cold seeps and Daly and Georgina Basin sponges can receive some long-overdue attention.

Keywords:- Cambrian; Archaeocyatha; Porifera; Brachiopoda; Hyolitha; Georgina Basin.