Canning Basin Hydrogeological Inventory With Geological History

A 2026 inventory from Geoscience Australia describes hydrogeological features of the Canning Basin, a Paleozoic sedimentary basin with over 15,000 m maximum rock thickness. The dataset groups descriptive attributes into themes including location, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use.

Use Cases

• Analyze basin evolution by mapping depositional phases (marine, evaporite, fluvial, deltaic, glacial) described in the geological history
• Assess hydrocarbon exploration potential using data on proven plays like draped bioherms, anticlinal closures, and fault blocks
• Evaluate CO2 storage suitability in areas of the basin identified as having potential
• Correlate groundwater management attributes with surface water and land use industry types for environmental planning

Strengths

• Inventory compiled by Geoscience Australia, an authoritative national geological organization
• Descriptive topics cover 11 grouped themes including hydrogeology, groundwater management, and environment
• Provides detailed geological context including four major depositional phases from Early Ordovician to Early Cretaceous

Limitations

• Data is provided only in PDF format, limiting machine-readability and programmatic analysis
• No quantitative tabular data (rows/columns) or sample data is available for statistical modeling
• Spatial groundwater features are referenced but not directly included in this descriptive inventory

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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Time Range

Covers geological history from Early Ordovician to present.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Canning Basin, Australia, with specific depocenters like the Fitzroy Trough-Gregory Sub-basin and Willara Sub-basin-Kidson Sub-basin.