Hydrocarbon and Geothermal Prospectivity of Sedimentary Basins in Central Australia

Central Australia, constrained by 22.5°S 134°E and 31.5°S 144°E, contains several stacked sedimentary basins beneath the Mesozoic Eromanga Basin. The dataset, from Geoscience Australia, describes the geological evolution and preserved depocentres of the Warburton, Cooper, Pedirka, Galilee, Simpson, and Eromanga Basins from the Proterozoic to the Cainozoic. It was last updated on 2026-04-30.

Use Cases

• Modeling basin evolution and sediment accumulation based on described geological history.
• Assessing hydrocarbon prospectivity based on described continental coal measure sequences.
• Evaluating geothermal energy potential based on the described geological structures and basin history.
• Correlating stratigraphy between the Amadeus, Officer, and Georgina Basins based on the described Warburton Formation sequence.

Strengths

• Covers a defined geographic region (22.5°S 134°E to 31.5°S 144°E).
• Describes multiple geological basins and their evolution across several eras.
• Produced by Geoscience Australia, a national geological survey.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

Proterozoic to Cainozoic eras

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 12:30:58.159575; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central Australia (22.5°S 134°E to 31.5°S 144°E), covering the Warburton, Cooper, Pedirka, Galilee, Simpson, and Eromanga Basins.