Galilee Basin Hydrogeology Inventory with Aquifer and Aquitard Descriptions

A descriptive inventory for the Galilee Basin, a large intracratonic sedimentary basin in central Queensland. The dataset groups attribute information into themes including location, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use, focusing on aquifer systems from the Late Carboniferous to Middle Triassic. It was published by Geoscience Australia Data and last updated on 2026-04-30.

Use Cases

• Model regional groundwater flow based on described aquifer and aquitard units like the Clematis Group and Moolayember Formation.
• Assess groundwater resource potential for pastoral and town water supplies based on described hydrogeological systems.
• Study the geological history of sedimentary basins based on the description of Late Carboniferous to Middle Triassic clastic rock sequences.
• Inform environmental impact assessments for land use and industry based on themes covering environment, surface water, and groundwater management.

Strengths

• Thematic grouping covers 11 specific topics from physical geography to scientific stimulus.
• Describes three main groundwater systems and four main confining hydrogeological units.
• Provides geological context for a basin with an approximately 90 million year depositional history.

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 automated analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Likely compiled from geological surveys and hydrogeological studies.

Time Range

Covers geological formations from the Late Carboniferous to Middle Triassic.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 14:45:09.119283; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Galilee Basin, central Queensland, Australia.