Geological History of the Cairns-Townsville Hinterland, 1956-1959 Survey

North Queensland's Cairns-Townsville hinterland, covering 35,000 square miles, was mapped from 1956 to 1959. The data describes the geological history of the Georgetown Shield and the adjacent Tasman Geosyncline, including sediment thicknesses and igneous intrusions. It was published by Geoscience Australia Data.

Use Cases

• Modeling regional tectonic evolution based on described shield and geosyncline structures.
• Analyzing sediment deposition patterns based on described thicknesses of up to 409,000 feet.
• Studying igneous rock distribution based on described outcrops of acid, basic, and ultrabasic rocks.
• Correlating geological events across the Precambrian to Palaeozoic time periods described.

Strengths

• Describes a large, mapped area of 35,000 square miles.
• Provides specific quantitative measurements, such as sediment thicknesses of 30,000 and 409,000 feet.
• Based on a multi-year regional mapping project from 1956 to 1959.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is presented in PDF/HTML formats, which may require extraction for computational analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Regional geological mapping conducted from 1956 to 1959.

Time Range

Covers geological events from the Precambrian (Archaean?) to the late Carboniferous.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 12:37:02.786517; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cairns-Townsville hinterland, North Queensland, Australia.