Tasmania Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with 30,000 km² Coverage

30,000 square kilometres of onshore Tasmania are covered by this hydrogeological inventory. The dataset contains descriptive attribute information grouped into themes including location, geology, hydrogeology, groundwater management, and land use. It was published by Geoscience Australia Data and last updated on 2026-04-20.

Use Cases

• Model groundwater flow and aquifer properties based on the described lithostratigraphic units and rock types.
• Assess land-use and environmental impacts on water resources based on the described thematic attributes.
• Conduct geological research on sedimentary basin evolution based on the described Late Carboniferous to Late Triassic time frame and major geological events.

Strengths

• Covers a specific, defined geographic area of approximately 30,000 square kilometres.
• Descriptive topics are organized into 11 distinct thematic groups, suggesting structured metadata.
• Includes detailed geological context, such as the division into Lower and Upper Parmeener Supergroups and rock type descriptions.

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 compared to structured formats.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

Covers geological formations from the Late Carboniferous to the Late Triassic.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:17:56.595348; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tasmania Basin, onshore Tasmania, Australia.