Permian Coals of Eastern Australia: Stratigraphy, Structure, and Chemical Properties

An overview of Permian coal-bearing basins across eastern Australia, from Cape York to Tasmania. The report integrates two major databases from BMR and CSIRO, covering stratigraphy, structure, and coal properties, summarized in 42 plates and numerous geological illustrations. It was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Classifying tectonic basin groups (rift, intracratonic, marginal) based on geological descriptions
• Analyzing coal properties like vitrinite content and semifusinite ratios from the chemical and petrographic database
• Modeling sedimentary environments (alluvial fan, fluvial, deltaic) and marine incursions described for marginal basins
• Assessing coal resource potential based on reported thicknesses and estimated tonnage (over 3 x 10^12 tonnes)

Strengths

• Covers an enormous geographical area equivalent to major European Carboniferous basins
• Integrates two distinct databases (BMR for stratigraphy/structure, CSIRO for coal properties)
• Contains 42 plates and dozens of line drawings illustrating surface and underground geology

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on eastern Australia

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, incorporating BMR and CSIRO databases

Collection Method

Report compilation integrating geological survey and laboratory analysis data

Time Range

Permian period

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 18:58:59.991566; freshness should be verified

Geography

Eastern Australia, from Cape York to Tasmania, including the Great Artesian Basin, Cooper Basin, Galilee Basin, and Sydney-Bowen Basin