525,000 square kilometres of Australia's Officer Basin are described in this hydrogeological inventory. The dataset contains descriptive attributes grouped into themes like location, geology, hydrogeology, and groundwater management, compiled by the Australian Ocean Data Network. It covers a sedimentary sequence up to 10,000 metres deep, spanning from the Neoproterozoic to Late Devonian periods.
Use Cases
- Model groundwater flow and storage based on the described hydrogeology and aquifer characteristics.
- Analyze geological history and depositional environments based on the described Neoproterozoic to Devonian rock sequences.
- Assess land use and environmental impacts on groundwater resources based on the management and industry themes.
- Study structural zones and basin evolution based on the description of overthrust, diapir, thrusted, and shelf zones.
Strengths
- Covers an extensive area of approximately 525,000 square kilometres.
- Describes a thick sedimentary sequence with a depth range up to 10,000 metres.
- Attributes are organized into 11 distinct thematic groups for structured analysis.
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
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Time Range
- Geological periods from Neoproterozoic to Late Devonian.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 14:15:20.976270; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Officer Basin, central Australia.