Tasmania Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with Geological and Environmental Attributes

Tasmania Basin covers approximately 30,000 square kilometres of onshore Tasmania. This dataset contains descriptive attribute information grouped into themes including location, demographics, physical geography, geology, hydrogeology, and land use. It is provided by Geoscience Australia Data and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Map groundwater management zones based on hydrogeological features.
• Study geological history based on descriptions of rock types and formations.
• Analyze land use and industry types in relation to groundwater resources.
• Model surface water and groundwater interactions using physical geography attributes.

Strengths

• Covers approximately 30,000 square kilometres of onshore Tasmania.
• Describes geological units with thickness up to 1500 m and specific rock types.
• Groups data into 11 distinct thematic categories for structured analysis.

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 hinder computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

Late Carboniferous to Late Triassic geological period.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:37:50.257731; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tasmania Basin, onshore Tasmania, Australia.