Passive seismic surveys use natural seismic waves from to study the Earth's internal structure. Providing data from shallow levels, through the crust and the lithosphere/asthenosphere boundary (LAB) to the core, passive seismic surveys help to determine seismic risk and hazard, identify areas of mineral prospectivity, unravel tectonic history and inform land-use planning.
It works by detecting seismic waves from earthquakes, both local and global, but also more continuous sources such as the pounding of ocean waves and storms.
Passive seismic surveys and related data
| Survey (year and name) | DOI / FSDN link |
| 2022 – WA-Array | |
| 2021 – Canning Basin baseline earthquake monitoring | |
| 2021–23 Pilbara Lithospheric Architecture Network (PLAN-WA) | |
| 2020 – South West Australia Network (SWAN) — in progress | |
| 2018 – 19 Eastern Goldfields Array (EGF1) | |
| 2017 – 19 Canning Basin Array (CWAS) | |
| 2017 – 18 CANPASS | |
| 2017 Perth Basin Passive Seismic | |
| 2015 WA Spiral Array (WASPA) | |
| 2014 – 18 Capricorn Orogen Passive Array (COPA) with High Precision Section | |
| 2013 – 16 Albany–Fraser passive seismic Experiment (ALFREX) |
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