The Tasmania Basin hydrogeological inventory dataset contains descriptive attribute information for groundwater features in the Tasmania Basin. It covers approximately 30,000 square kilometres of onshore Tasmania and includes grouped themes such as Location, Geology, Hydrogeology, and Land Use. The dataset is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network on data.gov.au.
Use Cases
- Map groundwater management zones based on administrative and hydrogeological boundaries.
- Analyze relationships between rock types and groundwater features based on geology and hydrogeology themes.
- Assess environmental impacts on groundwater based on land use and industry type information.
- Study the distribution of sedimentary rock units like the Parmeener Supergroup based on geological descriptions.
Strengths
- Covers approximately 30,000 square kilometres of onshore Tasmania.
- Descriptive topics are grouped into 11 distinct thematic categories.
- Includes detailed geological information on rock types and stratigraphic units like the Parmeener Supergroup.
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.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Time Range
- Late Carboniferous to Late Triassic geological period
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 14:16:44.961779; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Tasmania Basin, onshore Tasmania