Great Artesian Basin Geomorphology with Offshore Extents

Geomorphological feature classifications for the Great Artesian Basin, including its offshore extents beneath the Gulf of Carpentaria. The dataset groups features into categories based on depositional environment, such as marine, fluvial, aeolian, playa-lacustrine, and erosional terrain. It is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network and associated with Geoscience Australia catalogue number 81673.

Use Cases

• Map marine depositional environments based on the 'Marine' classification category.
• Analyze fluvial and aeolian landform distributions based on the 'Fluvial' and 'Aeolian' categories.
• Study playa-lacustrine and erosional terrain extents based on the corresponding classification groups.
• Model subsurface hydrogeology by integrating geomorphological features with other basin datasets.

Strengths

• Includes offshore extents of the basin beneath the Gulf of Carpentaria.
• Classifications are grouped into five specific depositional environment categories.
• Associated with multiple peer-reviewed scientific references from Geoscience Australia.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on the Australian region.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, catalogue number 81673, via the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Likely derived from geological surveys, remote sensing, and scientific analysis as referenced.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 15:54:14.544621; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Great Artesian Basin, Australia, including offshore extents beneath the Gulf of Carpentaria.