Galilee Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with Aquifer and Aquitard Descriptions

Geoscience Australia Data provides a hydrogeological inventory for the Galilee Basin in central Queensland. The dataset groups descriptive attribute information into themes including Location, Geology, Hydrogeology, Groundwater, and Land Use. It describes three main groundwater systems and several regional aquitards within the basin's Late Carboniferous to Middle Triassic sedimentary sequence.

Use Cases

• Map groundwater resource potential based on described aquifer units like the Clematis Group.
• Assess environmental impacts of land use and industry on groundwater systems using the described thematic attributes.
• Model regional groundwater flow constrained by described confining units such as the Moolayember Formation.
• Support water allocation planning using information on groundwater management and use.

Strengths

• Thematic grouping covers 11 distinct topics including Demographics, Surface Water, and Land Use.
• Description details three specific groundwater systems and four main confining hydrogeological units.
• Spatial context is provided by association with a Hydrogeology Index map.

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 only in PDF format, which may hinder computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

Covers geological periods from Late Carboniferous to Middle Triassic.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 05:01:08.819263; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Galilee Basin, central Queensland, Australia.