Clarence-Moreton Basin Hydrogeological Inventory

Geoscience Australia Data provides a hydrogeological inventory for the Clarence-Moreton Basin. The dataset contains descriptive attributes grouped into themes like location, demographics, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. It describes a sedimentary basin up to 4000 meters thick, formed during the Middle Triassic, with details on coal deposits and overlying volcanic rocks.

Use Cases

• Model groundwater flow and availability based on described hydrogeological features.
• Assess environmental impacts of coal mining based on described coal measures and geology.
• Study sedimentary basin evolution based on described depositional history and rock sequences.
• Plan land use and industry development based on described surface water and environmental attributes.

Strengths

• Dataset is structured around defined thematic groups including location, hydrogeology, and land use.
• Provides specific geological details, such as a sedimentary thickness of up to 4000 meters and volcanic rock thicknesses up to 900 meters.
• Identifies specific coal measures and mining locations, such as the Jurassic Walloon Coal Measures and mines at Commodore and New Acland.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 03:43:44.012248; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Clarence-Moreton Basin, Australia