Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, and Cainozoic sedimentary rocks totaling about 10,000 meters underlie the Canning Basin in Western Australia. The basin covers an area of 430,000 km² onshore and 165,000 km² offshore, with its sequence divided into 11 informal basin-wide intervals. This dataset is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Model basin subsidence and structural evolution based on the described Fitzroy Graben and sub-basin architecture.
- Analyze sedimentary deposition cycles based on the 11 basin-wide intervals representing transgressions and regressions.
- Study paleoenvironmental changes based on described rock types like turbidites, evaporites, and glacial debris.
- Map geological structures based on described faults, shelves, arches, and hingelines separating basin components.
Strengths
- Describes a substantial geological sequence of about 10,000 meters of sedimentary rock.
- Covers a large geographic area of 430,000 km² onshore and 165,000 km² offshore.
- Provides a detailed stratigraphic framework with 11 basin-wide intervals.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Time Range
- Lower Ordovician to late Eocene
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 14:55:07.559327; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Canning Basin, Western Australia