Upper Devonian and Carboniferous Platform Sequence of the Bonaparte Gulf Basin

12,000 feet of marine conglomerate, sandstone, limestone, and shale are described for the Upper Devonian and Carboniferous platform sequence. The data, provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network, details a geological formation disconformably overlain by 350 feet of terrestrial sandstone. Last updated metadata indicates a record from 2026-06-05.

Use Cases

• Stratigraphic correlation and modeling based on described rock unit thicknesses and compositions.
• Reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions from the described marine to terrestrial transition.
• Analyzing basin subsidence and sediment accumulation rates from the 12,000-foot sequence.

Strengths

• Description provides specific lithological details (conglomerate, quartz sandstone, limestone, shale).
• Includes quantified thickness measurements for major rock sequences (12,000 feet and 350 feet).
• Metadata includes a specific last updated timestamp (2026-06-05 06:48:35.588145).

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 on a single basin.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

Upper Devonian and Carboniferous geological periods

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 06:48:35.588145; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bonaparte Gulf Basin