Bowen Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with Groundwater and Geology Attributes

Geoscience Australia Data provides a hydrogeological inventory for the Bowen Basin, a major coal-bearing region. The dataset contains descriptive attribute information grouped into themes including location, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. The data was last updated on 2026-04-30.

Use Cases

• Model regional groundwater flow based on described hydrogeological features.
• Analyze the relationship between coal deposits and geological history based on described basin evolution phases.
• Study land use and environmental impacts on aquifer systems in the basin.
• Correlate surface water features with subsurface geology and groundwater management units.

Strengths

• Thematic grouping covers 11 distinct topics including geology, hydrogeology, and land use.
• Describes a basin with sedimentary rock sequences up to 10,000 meters thick and over 100 hydrocarbon accumulations.
• Associated with a spatial Hydrogeology Index map for geographic context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided in PDF format, which may complicate automated analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 15:05:32.312716; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bowen Basin, Australia