Permian Coals of Eastern Australia: Geology and Resource Data

Eastern Australia's Permian coal-bearing basins, covering an area equivalent to Europe's Carboniferous coal basins from Scotland to the western Soviet Union. The dataset contains two major databases from BMR and CSIRO, summarized in 42 plates and dozens of line drawings. It describes stratigraphy, structure, and chemical properties of coals across three tectonic basin groups.

Use Cases

• Modeling basin evolution based on described tectonic groups (rifts, intracratonic, marginal basins)
• Assessing coal resource potential based on reported chemical and petrographic properties
• Mapping paleogeographic and sedimentary environments from described prograding alluvial fan to deltaic systems
• Correlating stratigraphy using described basal, middle, and upper coal measures separated by lacustrine or marine sediments

Strengths

• Covers an enormous geographic area equivalent to Europe's major Carboniferous coal basins
• Integrates two major databases (BMR and CSIRO) covering stratigraphy, structure, and coal properties
• Includes 42 plates and dozens of line drawings illustrating geology, stratigraphy, and coal properties

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Primary file formats are PDF and HTML, which may require extraction for computational analysis

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Report compilation integrating BMR (stratigraphy/structure) and CSIRO (coal properties) databases

Time Range

Permian period, with focus on Early to Late Permian glacial and post-glacial conditions

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 20 01:26:10.687754; freshness should be verified

Geography

Eastern Australia, from Cape York to Tasmania, between the coast and the Great Artesian Basin