Canning Basin Hydrogeological Inventory And Geology

Over 15,000 meters of Paleozoic sedimentary rock characterize the Canning Basin, which underwent four major depositional phases from Early Ordovician to Early Cretaceous. The dataset contains descriptive attributes grouped into themes like location, geology, hydrogeology, and land use, compiled by the Australian Ocean Data Network. It was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Map groundwater management zones using administrative and hydrogeology feature attributes.
• Analyze hydrocarbon exploration potential by correlating petroleum well locations with Permo-Carboniferous sandstone and Devonian carbonate geology data.
• Assess CO2 storage suitability in specific sub-basins using geological and environmental attribute layers.
• Study basin evolution by examining stratigraphic data on depositional phases like marine, evaporite, and glacial environments.
• Model surface water and groundwater interactions using physical geography and surface water theme data.

Strengths

• Covers a major sedimentary basin with a maximum rock thickness exceeding 15,000 meters.
• Groups descriptive data into 11 structured themes including geology, hydrogeology, and land use.
• References data from around 250 petroleum wells drilled in the basin.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column list, and sample data are unavailable.
• Primary data format is PDF, which limits machine-readability and direct analysis.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single basin in Australia.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Compiled for the National Hydrogeological Inventory, likely from field surveys, well logs, and geological mapping.

Time Range

Geological data spans from Early Ordovician to present; inventory compilation date is unspecified.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

Canning Basin, Western Australia.