Lower Cretaceous Foraminifera from Queensland Well Logs

Phillips-Sunray Buckabie No.1 Well was drilled to 9,070 feet in southwestern Queensland. The report examines cuttings from 80 to 3,310 feet and three cores to determine a Lower Cretaceous sequence in the Great Artesian Basin. This dataset likely contains lithological and paleontological observations from the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing Cretaceous marine environments based on lithology and foraminifera species mentioned in the description
• Analyzing stratigraphic sequences based on the first appearance of Inoceramus prisms mentioned in the description
• Correlating well data with regional geological models based on the described depth intervals

Strengths

• Depth intervals for cuttings and three specific cores are precisely documented (e.g., Core 1 at 1,123' 8-1,136' 6)
• The study determined a fairly complete Lower Cretaceous sequence for a specific part of the Great Artesian Basin

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Examination of well cuttings and cores

Geography

29 miles north of Quilpie, SW Queensland, Great Artesian Basin