Geology of the Williambury and Moogooree One Mile Map Areas

An area in the Carnarvon sedimentary basin features a detailed stratigraphic column, including Devonian marine sediments 4750 feet thick and Permian rocks over 8000 feet thick. The report describes the structural geology, geological history, and physiography of the region, including Tertiary lateritisation and a silicified cap up to 30 feet thick. This geological description was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Modeling sedimentary basin evolution based on described stratigraphic thicknesses and unconformities.
• Analyzing regional geological structure based on the account of structural geology.
• Studying Tertiary weathering processes based on descriptions of lateritisation and silicified caps.
• Correlating regional rock units based on the detailed sequence from Pre-Cambrian to Tertiary.

Strengths

• Provides specific stratigraphic thicknesses, such as 4750 feet of Devonian sediments and over 8000 feet of Permian rocks.
• Describes a complete geological sequence from Pre-Cambrian basement to Tertiary deposits.
• Includes detailed observations of surface processes like a silicified cap ranging up to 30 feet thick.

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 reports, not structured tabular data, requiring extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Geological field survey and analysis.

Time Range

Covers geological time from Pre-Cambrian to Tertiary.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 20:12:30.695841; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Williambury and Moogooree one mile map areas in the Carnarvon sedimentary basin.