Tasmania Basin Hydrogeological Inventory with 30,000 km² Coverage

The Tasmania Basin covers approximately 30,000 square kilometres of onshore Tasmania. This dataset contains descriptive attribute information for spatial groundwater features, grouped into themes including location, geology, hydrogeology, and land use. It was published by Geoscience Australia Data and last updated on 2026-04-30.

Use Cases

• Model groundwater flow and availability based on described hydrogeological features.
• Analyze the relationship between surface geology and groundwater based on the described lithostratigraphic units.
• Support land-use and environmental management decisions based on integrated physical geography and groundwater management attributes.
• Study the geological history of the Parmeener Supergroup based on described rock types and depositional environments.

Strengths

• Covers a defined geographic area of approximately 30,000 square kilometres.
• Descriptive information is organized into 11 specific thematic groups, such as Geology and Hydrogeology.
• Describes detailed geological characteristics, including rock sequences up to 1500 meters thick and specific rock types like mudstone and sandstone.

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

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

Late Carboniferous to Late Triassic geological period

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:04:42.471636; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tasmania Basin, onshore Tasmania, Australia