Galilee Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with Aquifer and Aquitard Descriptions

Geoscience Australia Data provides a hydrogeological inventory for the Galilee Basin, a large sedimentary basin in central Queensland. The dataset groups descriptive attributes into themes including geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. It describes three main groundwater systems and several regional aquitards within the basin's Late Carboniferous to Middle Triassic rock sequence.

Use Cases

• Model regional groundwater flow based on described aquifer and aquitard units.
• Assess groundwater resource potential for pastoral or town water supplies based on hydrogeological themes.
• Study the relationship between surface geology and groundwater systems based on the described sedimentary rock sequence.
• Support environmental impact assessments for land use and industry based on the included environmental and land-use themes.

Strengths

• Dataset is structured around 11 distinct thematic groups for systematic analysis.
• Describes three specific groundwater systems (Clematis Group, upper Permian coal measures, Joe Joe Group) and four main confining units.
• Covers a large, defined geological basin with a rock sequence spanning approximately 90 million years.

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 complicate direct computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Compiled descriptive attribute information bounded by spatial groundwater features from a Hydrogeology Index map.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 02:50:01.598683; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Galilee Basin, central Queensland, Australia