Arafura Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with Geological Themes

Arafura Basin descriptive attributes cover themes like location, demographics, geology, and groundwater management. The basin's sedimentary record spans over 250 million years, from the late Neoproterozoic to the early Permian. Australian Ocean Data Network compiled this inventory, last updated on 2026-04-16.

Use Cases

• Mapping groundwater management zones based on administrative and hydrogeological themes
• Analyzing geological history based on described rock groups and sedimentary sequences
• Assessing groundwater potential for remote communities based on documented aquifer formations
• Studying land use impacts on groundwater based on environment and industry themes

Strengths

• Descriptive topics are grouped into 11 distinct themes, including Hydrogeology and Groundwater management
• The basin's sedimentary record spans greater than 250 million years
• Previous hydrogeological investigations by the Northern Territory Government are referenced

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 14:56:37.250131

Geography

Arafura Basin, northern continental margin of Australia