Carpentaria Basin Hydrogeological Inventory Covering 550,000 Square Kilometers

550,000 square kilometers of descriptive hydrogeological data for the Carpentaria Basin in north-eastern Australia. The dataset groups attributes into themes like Location, Geology, Hydrogeology, and Groundwater management. It is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network via data.gov.au.

Use Cases

• Hydrogeological mapping based on grouped attribute themes like Geology and Hydrogeology
• Groundwater resource management analysis based on Groundwater management and use data
• Environmental impact assessment based on Environment and Land use themes
• Stratigraphic and depositional history research based on geological descriptions

Strengths

• Covers a vast area of approximately 550,000 square kilometers
• Attributes are grouped into 11 distinct descriptive themes
• Describes four major sub-basins and stratigraphic units

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is provided 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 2026-04-16 15:26:06.692001; freshness should be verified

Geography

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