Bowen Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with Groundwater and Coal Deposit Attributes

Geoscience Australia Data provides a hydrogeological inventory for the Bowen Basin, a region containing up to 10,000 meters of sedimentary rocks and over 100 hydrocarbon accumulations. The dataset groups descriptive attributes into themes including location, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. It was last updated on 2026-03-25.

Use Cases

• Model groundwater flow and aquifer systems based on described hydrogeological features.
• Assess environmental and land-use impacts of mining based on grouped themes for industry and environment.
• Study basin evolution and coal deposit formation based on described tectonic phases and sedimentary sequences.
• Support resource management decisions based on attributes for groundwater use and management.

Strengths

• Thematic grouping covers 11 distinct topics from physical geography to scientific stimulus.
• Describes a basin with up to 10,000 meters of sedimentary rock and over 100 hydrocarbon accumulations.
• Identifies three main phases of basin development from the Early Permian to the Triassic.

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 hinder direct computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Compiled descriptive attribute information for areas bounded by spatial groundwater features.

Time Range

Covers geological periods from the Early Permian to the Cenozoic.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 16:23:10.919768; freshness should be verified.

Geography

The Bowen Basin, part of the Sydney–Gunnedah–Bowen basin system in Australia.