Money Shoal Basin Hydrogeological Inventory for Northern Australia

Geoscience Australia Data provides a hydrogeological inventory for the Money Shoal Basin, a large passive margin basin in northern Australia. The dataset groups descriptive attributes into themes including location, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. The sedimentary succession spans from the Mesozoic to the Cenozoic era, reaching a maximum thickness of 4,500 meters.

Use Cases

• Model regional groundwater flow based on described hydrogeological and geological features.
• Assess groundwater management and use potential based on the thematic inventory.
• Study sedimentary basin evolution based on described stratigraphic groups and depositional environments.
• Analyze the relationship between surface water, land use, and groundwater resources in the basin.

Strengths

• Thematic grouping covers 11 distinct topics, including hydrogeology and groundwater management.
• Provides specific geological details, such as a maximum sedimentary thickness of 4,500 meters and four defined stratigraphic groups.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided in PDF format, which may hinder direct computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Compilation of descriptive attribute information for spatial groundwater features, likely from geological surveys and mapping.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 02:01:36.473998; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Money Shoal Basin, northern Australia, primarily offshore in the Arafura Sea, with onshore remnants near Darwin.