Carpentaria Basin Hydrogeological Inventory for Groundwater Management

550,000 square kilometres of north-eastern Australia are covered by the Carpentaria Basin hydrogeological inventory. The dataset, provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network, contains descriptive attributes grouped into themes like location, geology, hydrogeology, and groundwater management. Its stratigraphy comprises sandstone-rich units deposited from the Late Jurassic to Mid Cretaceous, forming four major sub-basins.

Use Cases

• Map groundwater management zones based on administrative and hydrogeological boundaries
• Analyze aquifer characteristics based on sandstone-rich rock unit descriptions
• Assess land use impacts on groundwater based on industry type and environment data
• Model groundwater flow based on physical geography and surface water features

Strengths

• Covers approximately 550,000 square kilometres across Queensland and the Northern Territory
• Attributes are grouped into 11 descriptive themes including hydrogeology and groundwater management
• Describes four major sub-basins: Western Gulf, Staaten, Weipa, and Boomara

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is provided only in PDF format, which may limit automated analysis
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 04:21:34.211835; freshness should be verified

Geography

Carpentaria Basin, north-eastern Australia (Queensland and Northern Territory)