Hydrogeological Inventory for the Ord Sedimentary Basin

8000 square kilometres of geological and hydrogeological data describe the Ord Basin on the Western Australia-Northern Territory border. The inventory, compiled by the Australian Ocean Data Network, groups attributes into themes like geology, groundwater, and land use. It details a basin with up to 2500 meters of sedimentary rock across three major synclines.

Use Cases

• Map groundwater management zones using the hydrogeology and groundwater management themes.
• Analyze the relationship between geological features like synclines and faults with groundwater data.
• Correlate land use and industry types with surface water and environmental attribute data.
• Study sediment deposition history across the basin's three phases using the geology and physical geography themes.

Strengths

• Covers approximately 8000 square kilometres of a defined sedimentary basin.
• Attributes are organized into 11 distinct thematic groups for structured analysis.
• Describes geological structures with specific details like 2500-meter-thick sedimentary sequences.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column names, and sample data are unavailable for validation.
• The primary file format is PDF, which complicates direct computational analysis.
• The dataset's completeness for each thematic group across the entire basin is unknown.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

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Time Range

Covers geological history from Proterozoic to Palaeozoic eras.

Freshness

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Geography

Ord Basin on the border of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.