Officer Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with Spatial Groundwater Features

525,000 square kilometres of Australia's Officer Basin are described in this hydrogeological inventory. The dataset, from Geoscience Australia, groups descriptive attributes into themes like geology, groundwater, and land use, referencing a spatial groundwater feature map. It was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Model groundwater flow and storage based on described hydrogeological units and structural zones.
• Study sedimentary basin evolution based on the described Neoproterozoic to Devonian rock sequences and depositional environments.
• Assess groundwater management potential based on attributes covering groundwater use, management, and environmental factors.
• Correlate geological features with surface water and land use characteristics described in the thematic groups.

Strengths

• Covers a vast area of approximately 525,000 square kilometres.
• Describes a thick sedimentary sequence with depth up to 10,000 metres.
• Groups data into 11 specific thematic areas, including hydrogeology and groundwater management.
• Includes a referenced spatial map for geographic context.

Limitations

• Data is provided in PDF format, which is not machine-readable for direct analysis.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, obscuring the exact data structure.
• The description does not specify the temporal coverage of the attribute data itself.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Likely compiled from geological surveys, mapping, and field studies.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20.

Geography

Officer Basin, central Australia.