Eromanga Basin Hydrogeological Inventory for Groundwater Management

An inventory of descriptive attributes for groundwater features in Australia's Eromanga Basin, part of the Great Artesian Basin. The dataset groups information into themes including location, geology, hydrogeology, land use, and groundwater management. It was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze groundwater management policies using data on groundwater use and administration themes.
• Model sedimentary basin evolution by integrating geology, stratigraphy, and hydrogeology features.
• Assess environmental impacts on spring sites using data on aquifer discharge and physical geography.
• Correlate land use and industry types with surface water and groundwater quality metrics.
• Study hydrocarbon generation potential using stratigraphic data on the Late Cretaceous Winton Formation.

Strengths

• Covers a vast geographic area of over 1,250,000 square kilometres in central and eastern Australia.
• Groups descriptive data into 11 structured thematic categories for systematic analysis.

Limitations

• Specific data volume (row count) and granularity (column details) are not provided.
• Primary data format is PDF, which may hinder direct computational analysis without extraction.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

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Time Range

Focuses on geological formations from Jurassic to Cretaceous periods.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

Eromanga Basin within the Great Artesian Basin, covering parts of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, and the Northern Territory.