Otway Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with Groundwater and Geology Attributes
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Description
An inventory of descriptive attributes for the Otway Basin, a sedimentary basin covering approximately 150,000 square kilometres off the south-east coast of Australia. The dataset, provided by Geoscience Australia Data, groups information into themes including location, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. It was last updated on 2026-04-20.
Use Cases
Model groundwater flow based on the described structural geology and fault systems.
Assess groundwater resource potential based on the described aquifer-bearing sedimentary and volcanic rocks.
Study basin evolution and hydrocarbon prospectivity based on the described geological history and sedimentary cycles.
Inform land use and environmental management based on the described surface water, demographics, and industry types.
Strengths
Covers a large geographic area of approximately 150,000 square kilometres.
Groups descriptive information into 11 defined thematic categories.
Based on geological studies focused on the basin's hydrocarbon prospectivity and groundwater resources.
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 analysis.
Provenance
Source
Geoscience Australia Data
Collection Method
Compilation of descriptive attribute information for spatial groundwater features, likely from geological surveys and studies.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-20 02:00:41.120303; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Otway Basin, stretching from Cape Jaffa in South Australia to Port Phillip Bay in Victoria and Tasmania's north-west.
Data is in PDF format, which may require extraction or conversion for analysis.