Clarence-Moreton Basin Hydrogeological Inventory And Geology

A hydrogeological inventory for the Clarence-Moreton Basin in Australia, compiled by the Australian Ocean Data Network. It groups descriptive attributes into themes including location, demographics, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. The basin contains sedimentary sequences up to 4000 meters thick, formed from non-marine deposits including sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, conglomerate, and coal.

Use Cases

• Map groundwater management zones using spatial groundwater feature boundaries and administrative location data.
• Analyze the relationship between land use, industry types, and groundwater quality or usage statistics.
• Model sedimentary basin evolution using data on geology, stratigraphy, and depositional environments like fluvial and lacustrine deposits.
• Assess coal resource potential by correlating data from the Walloon Coal Measures, Grafton Formation, and other coal-bearing units.
• Study the impact of overlying volcanic rocks, such as the Main Range Volcanics up to 900m thick, on aquifer characteristics.

Strengths

• Groups descriptive data into 11 structured thematic categories for systematic analysis.
• Documents detailed geological context, including sedimentary thickness up to 4000 meters and volcanic rock layers.

Limitations

• Data is provided only in PDF format, limiting machine-readability and direct computational analysis.
• Specific row counts, column names, and sample data are unavailable, obscuring the dataset's granularity and size.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

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Geography

Clarence-Moreton Basin, Australia