Interpreted Faults in the North-West Murray Basin, Victoria

Five major geological faults—Danyo, Hindmarsh, Tyrell, Avoca, and Leaghur—are mapped in Victoria's Murray Basin. The dataset was digitized from geological reports by Macumber (1991) and Robson and Webb (2011). It was compiled by GHD for a report on geological influences on groundwater flow for the DEPI SAFE Project.

Use Cases

• Modeling groundwater flow pathways based on fault locations that may influence aquifer connectivity.
• Assessing geological hazards by analyzing north-south oriented faults that truncate other basin structures.
• Investigating surface water-groundwater interaction based on faults that influence modern stream flows.
• Informing water entitlement and allocation projects by understanding potential structural controls on groundwater systems.

Strengths

• Contains five specifically named geological faults (Danyo, Hindmarsh, Tyrell, Avoca, Leaghur).
• Digitized from two cited geological studies (Macumber 1991; Robson and Webb 2011).
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including SHP, GDB, and WFS for interoperability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial resolution are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; the update date is listed as 2026-04-09, which is a future date.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria, Australia).

Collection Method

Digitized from geological maps and reports by Macumber (1991) and Robson and Webb (2011).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 00:48:49.323135

Geography

North-western Murray Basin, Victoria, Australia.