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Key role
for Cooma
station '
A Cooma radio station
has heen co-opted for a
major scientific programme
to establish what geological
relationship Tasmania has
with Australia.
Al 5.15pni tomorrow a
depth charge lowered from
HMAS Kimbla in Basr,
Strait will mark the start ot
Project Bump, the biggest
geological survey under
taken off the Australian
coast.
Signals from the ship will
over-ride ordinary pro
grammes from radio 2XL
Cooma (o notify siesmic
stations throughout NSW
and northern Victoria that,
lite explosions pre due. "
An ABC station. 7ZI, Ho
,hart, will be the co-ordinat
ing station in Tasmania."
Oil companies. State ;md
Commonwealth depart
ments and universities^ in
Victoria. NSW. Queensland.
Tasmania and Canberra ar^
co-operating in the project.
It is anticipated the re
sults of the survey may re
veal geological data concern
ing suspected vast oil and
gas resources contained in
the Continental shelf be
tween southern NSW and
Tasmania. It will also reveal
any possible earthquake
fault lines in the area. »
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