Officer Basin Hydrogeological Inventory for Groundwater Management

525,000 square kilometres of the Officer Basin, one of Australia's largest intra-cratonic sedimentary basins, are described in this inventory. The dataset, provided by Geoscience Australia, groups descriptive attributes into themes including location, geology, hydrogeology, and groundwater management. It was last updated on 2026-04-30.

Use Cases

• Model groundwater flow and storage based on described hydrogeological features and structural zones.
• Study sedimentary basin evolution using the described Neoproterozoic to Late Devonian rock sequences and depositional environments.
• Assess groundwater management strategies based on the inventory's administrative and land use themes.
• Correlate geological units across the basin using described stratigraphic and volcanic rock information.

Strengths

• Covers a vast area of approximately 525,000 square kilometres.
• Describes a thick sedimentary sequence with depth up to 10,000 metres.
• Groups information into 11 specific thematic categories for structured analysis.
• Includes detailed geological context spanning from the Neoproterozoic to Late Devonian periods.

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 complicate automated extraction and 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 2026-04-30 14:21:53.893051; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Officer Basin, central Australia