L096 Gosses Bluff deep crustal seismic survey (Amadeus Basin), NT, 1969. Stacked seismic data and images for line BMR69-1A

Two radial traverses each about 16 miles along were surveyed through Gosses Bluff area of the Amadeus Basin, NT, using variously single coverage and 3-, 6- and 12- fold multiple coverage. This survey was part of a combined geological and geophysical investigation of the feature being undertaken jointly by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR). The USGS, which undertakes astrogeological studies for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is studying the Gosses Bluff structure, and other similar structures throughout the world, mainly in order to contribute to a greater understanding of similar features on the surface of the Moon. The seismic survey was intended to define the various structural features of the Bluff more precisely than has been possible from previous investigation.

研究人员在北领地（Northern Territory, NT）阿马迪厄斯盆地（Amadeus Basin）的戈瑟斯断崖（Gosses Bluff）区域，布设了两条各沿径向延伸约16英里的地震测线，分别采用单次覆盖、3次、6次及12次多次覆盖的采集方案开展勘探作业。本次地震勘探是美国地质调查局（United States Geological Survey, USGS）与澳大利亚矿产资源局（Bureau of Mineral Resources, BMR）联合开展的该构造综合地质与地球物理调查项目的组成部分。美国地质调查局（USGS）为美国国家航空航天局（National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA）承担天体地质研究工作，目前正针对戈瑟斯断崖构造及全球范围内的其他同类构造展开研究，核心目的是深化对月球表面同类地貌特征的理解。本次地震勘探旨在相较既往研究，更精准地刻画该断崖的各类构造特征。