Australia's Officer Basin spans approximately 525,000 square kilometres and contains sedimentary sequences up to 10,000 m deep. The dataset, hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network, provides descriptive attribute information grouped into themes like location, geology, hydrogeology, and groundwater management. It was last updated on 2026-05-05.
Use Cases
- Map groundwater management zones based on the basin's four distinct structural zones described.
- Analyze sedimentary depositional environments based on described marine, fluvial, glacial, and aeolian systems.
- Study basin evolution and tectonic history based on described events like the Petermann and Delamerian Orogenies.
- Assess groundwater potential based on described hydrogeological features and rock sequences.
Strengths
- Covers one of Australia's largest intra-cratonic sedimentary basins, approximately 525,000 square kilometres.
- Describes a thick sedimentary sequence with detailed geological history spanning Neoproterozoic to Late Devonian periods.
- Groups descriptive information into 11 structured themes including hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use.
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
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 00:42:29.494950; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Officer Basin, central Australia