An inventory of descriptive attributes for groundwater features in the Eucla Basin, covering approximately 1,150,000 square kilometres along Australia's southern margin. The dataset, provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network, groups information into themes including location, geology, hydrogeology, and groundwater management. It was last updated on April 16, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze groundwater management and use patterns based on administrative and land use themes
- Model hydrogeological systems based on descriptions of Cenozoic marine sediments and limestone formations
- Study the relationship between physical geography and groundwater features based on surface water and geology themes
- Assess environmental impacts on groundwater based on land use and industry type information
Strengths
- Covers a vast geographic area of approximately 1,150,000 square kilometres
- Describes the world's largest grouping of onshore Cenozoic marine sediments
- Groups descriptive information into 11 structured themes including hydrogeology and groundwater management
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data is provided in PDF format, which may require extraction for analysis
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 14:48:47.588442; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Eucla Basin, southern Australia, stretching over 2000 km from east to west