Lake Eliza is a hypersaline coastal lake in southeast South Australia with winter rainfall and summer drought. Salinity rises from less than 100 in winter to greater than 360% in summer, with an accompanying fall in lake level. The dataset likely contains sediment characteristics from two contrasting lake margins studied for comparison with the Green River Formation's lamosite oil shales.
Use Cases
- Compare sediment composition between protected and exposed lake margins based on the description of western and eastern shore sediments.
- Model oil shale genesis in saline lakes based on the comparison with the Wilkins Peak Member of the Green River Formation.
- Analyze the relationship between lake salinity, organic content, and sediment type based on the described seasonal changes.
- Study the depositional environment of cyanobacterial mats based on the suggested formation mechanism for lamosite oil shales.
Strengths
- Data describes a specific hypersaline lake with documented salinity range from <100 to >360%.
- Comparison is made to a well-known geological formation (Green River Formation Wilkins Peak Member).
- Sediment characteristics are detailed for two distinct shoreline environments (protected western shore and exposed eastern shore).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-04-16 15:23:22.614861; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 15:23:22.614861
- Geography
- Lake Eliza, South Australia