Hydrocarbon and Geothermal Prospectivity of Sedimentary Basins in Central Australia

The geological record spans from the Proterozoic to the Cainozoic, with a focus on Carboniferous-Permian-Triassic sequences. This dataset describes the hydrocarbon and geothermal prospectivity of stacked sedimentary basins in Central Australia, including the Warburton, Cooper, Pedirka, Galilee, Simpson, and Eromanga Basins. It was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network on the data.gov.au platform.

Use Cases

• Assess hydrocarbon prospectivity based on described continental coal measure sequences.
• Evaluate geothermal potential based on the geological history of basin subsidence and inversion.
• Model basin evolution based on the described sequence of tectonic events and sedimentation.
• Compare sedimentological characteristics between spatially separate depocentres like the Cooper and Galilee Basins.

Strengths

• Covers a specific geographic region constrained by coordinates 22.5°S 134°E and 31.5°S 144°E.
• Describes multiple stacked basins and their geological evolution over a long temporal range.

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.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

Proterozoic to Cainozoic

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 22:15:57.361646; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central Australia (22.5°S 134°E to 31.5°S 144°E)