Geological Evolution of the Canning Basin, Western Australia: Stratigraphy and Structure

Geoscience Australia Data provides a geological description of the Canning Basin, covering an area of 430,000 km² onshore and 165,000 km² offshore. The basin contains about 10,000 meters of sedimentary rock from the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, and Cainozoic eras, divided into 11 informal intervals. The record was last updated on 2026-03 25.

Use Cases

• Model sedimentary basin evolution based on described stratigraphic intervals and unconformities.
• Analyze tectonic history based on described structures like the Fitzroy Graben and fault systems.
• Correlate regional geological events based on the chronology of transgressions, regressions, and diastrophic events.
• Assess hydrocarbon potential based on described rock units including evaporites, turbidites, and marine clastics.

Strengths

• Detailed geological chronology spanning from the Lower Ordovician to the late Eocene.
• Spatial coverage of a large basin area (430,000 km² onshore and 165,000 km² offshore).
• Stratigraphic framework organized into 11 basin-wide intervals with described depositional environments.

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 as PDF/HTML documents, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Geological survey and analysis.

Time Range

Lower Ordovician to late Eocene.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 18:27:56.304942; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canning Basin, Western Australia (onshore and offshore).