Geoscience Australia Data provides a dataset from a multi-disciplinary study of the Middle Ordovician Goldwyer Formation in Western Australia. The data integrates palynological, petrographic, molecular, and stable isotopic analyses from four boreholes. It contributes to understanding microbial diversity, redox conditions, and the oldest record of land plants in Australian Ordovician strata.
Use Cases
- Analyze lateral and temporal variations in lipid biomarker assemblages based on rock sample data
- Study the correlation between Gloeocapsomorpha prisca biosignatures and methanotroph activity based on biomarker and isotopic data
- Investigate the geographical distribution of early land plants based on cryptospore and terrestrial biomarker records
- Model depositional environments and redox conditions in a Middle Ordovician epicontinental sea based on integrated analyses
Strengths
- Integrates multi-disciplinary analyses including palynological, petrographic, molecular, and stable isotopic data
- Data from four distinct boreholes provides spatial coverage
- Includes the oldest identified record of land plants (cryptospores) in Australian Middle Ordovician strata
Limitations
- Row count and column-level documentation are unknown
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Analyses of cores from four boreholes intersecting the Goldwyer Formation
- Time Range
- Middle Ordovician period
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-20 01:20:48.186284; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Canning Basin, Western Australia