Carnarvon Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with Groundwater Feature Attributes

Carnarvon Basin covers over 1,000 km of Western Australia's coast and contains up to 15,000 m of sedimentary infill. This dataset provides descriptive attributes for groundwater features, grouped into themes like hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. It is published by the Australian Ocean Data Network via data.gov.au.

Use Cases

• Assess groundwater management and use based on administrative and hydrogeological attributes.
• Model sedimentary basin evolution based on described geological and structural history.
• Analyze land use and industry types in relation to physical geography and surface water features.
• Study hydrocarbon resource potential based on described reservoir characteristics and exploration history.

Strengths

• Covers a large sedimentary basin stretching over 1,000 km from Geraldton to Karratha.
• Descriptive topics are grouped into 11 distinct thematic categories.
• The Northern Carnarvon Basin contains up to 15,000 m of sedimentary infill.

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

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 17:57:37.506377; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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