The upper Permian to Lower Triassic sedimentary succession in the southern Bonaparte Basin represents an extensive marginal marine depositional system. This study focuses on the timing, distribution, and environments of formations like the Dombey, Tern, Penguin, and Mairmull, published in The APPEA Journal in 2021. The data is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Modeling petroleum system elements based on the described chronostratigraphic framework.
- Correlating lithofacies changes from carbonate to siliciclastic formations mentioned in the description.
- Assessing gas resource distribution based on the study of the Blacktip field and other accumulations.
- Reconstructing paleoenvironmental changes across the Permian–Triassic boundary as described.
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific, high-interest geological interval: the Permian–Triassic boundary.
- Provides a regional-scale interpretation based on well correlations and biostratigraphic data.
- Published in a peer-reviewed journal (The APPEA Journal), suggesting academic review.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- 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
- Interpretation of regional well correlations and biostratigraphic data.
- Time Range
- Late Permian to Early Triassic
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-16 19:20:00.001509; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Southern Bonaparte Basin, Petrel Sub-basin, Londonderry High (Australia)