Carnarvon Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with Geological and Groundwater Attributes

Australian Ocean Data Network provides a hydrogeological inventory for the Carnarvon Basin, a large sedimentary basin stretching over 1,000 km along Western Australia's coast. The dataset groups descriptive attributes into themes including location, demographics, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. It covers a geologically complex region with significant hydrocarbon resources, where exploration drilling has occurred since 1953.

Use Cases

• Analyze groundwater management and use patterns based on administrative and land use themes.
• Study the relationship between surface water and groundwater based on the hydrogeology and physical geography themes.
• Model sedimentary basin evolution based on geological and hydrogeological attribute groupings.
• Assess environmental and demographic factors influencing groundwater resources.

Strengths

• Dataset covers a large sedimentary basin stretching over 1,000 km.
• Descriptive attributes are grouped into 11 distinct thematic categories.
• The basin contains up to 15,000 m of sedimentary infill and has a history of exploration since 1953.

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

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 19:36:22.937437; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, stretching from Geraldton to Karratha, predominantly offshore.