Carpentaria Basin Hydrogeological Inventory for Groundwater Management

550,000 square kilometres of north-eastern Australia are covered by this hydrogeological inventory of the Carpentaria Basin. The dataset, provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network, groups descriptive attributes into themes including geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. It describes a vast intra-cratonic basin with sandstone-rich units deposited from the Late Jurassic to Mid Cretaceous.

Use Cases

• Model regional groundwater flow based on described hydrogeological units and stratigraphy.
• Assess groundwater resource potential for land-use planning based on the described physical geography and geology themes.
• Study sedimentary basin evolution based on the described depositional history from the Jurassic to Cretaceous.
• Support environmental impact assessments based on themes covering surface water, groundwater, and land use.

Strengths

• Covers a vast area of approximately 550,000 square kilometres across Queensland and the Northern Territory.
• Descriptive information is organized into 11 specific thematic groups, including Location, Hydrogeology, and Groundwater Management.
• Based on a specific spatial groundwater feature from an associated Hydrogeology Index map.

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

Collection Method

Likely compiled from geological surveys and administrative spatial data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 06:43:21.353340; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Carpentaria Basin in north-eastern Australia, covering parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory.