Murray Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with Geological Evolution Phases

Geoscience Australia Data provides a Murray Basin hydrogeological inventory containing descriptive attribute information for spatial groundwater features. The dataset groups descriptive topics into themes including location, demographics, physical geography, surface water, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. It was last updated on 2026-04-20.

Use Cases

• Model groundwater flow and aquifer characteristics based on described hydrogeological features.
• Study the geological evolution of sedimentary basins based on the described depositional phases from Paleocene to Holocene.
• Assess land use and environmental impacts on groundwater resources based on the thematic attribute groupings.
• Correlate surface water features with underlying geology and groundwater conditions based on the dataset's thematic structure.

Strengths

• Data is provided by Geoscience Australia Data, a national geological survey.
• Descriptive information is organized into 11 defined thematic groups, including hydrogeology and groundwater management.
• The description provides specific geological detail, including sediment thickness up to 600 meters in the Renmark Trough.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary file format is PDF, which may complicate direct computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

Covers geological periods from Paleocene to Holocene.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 01:53:17.978731; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Murray Basin, Australia