The Murray Basin covers over 300,000 square kilometers of inland southeastern Australia and is a critical agricultural region. Geoscience Australia Data produced this document summarizing the basin's structural and stratigraphic framework, which influences groundwater systems and salinity issues. It describes a Cainozoic sediment sequence up to 600 meters thick and its development over the past 60 million years.
Use Cases
- Model groundwater flow and salinity risk based on described aquifer systems and confining layers.
- Analyze the impact of land use changes on aquifer recharge based on the described geological framework.
- Study the relationship between subsurface stratigraphy and surface water salinity in the basin.
- Map regional aquifer characteristics based on the described Tertiary depositional sequences.
Strengths
- Document provides detailed geological context for a 300,000 km² basin.
- Describes a stratigraphic record spanning up to 60 million years with sediment thickness up to 600 meters.
Limitations
- Data is provided as PDF/HTML documents; column-level structured data is unavailable.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from geophysical surveys and borehole evidence.
- Time Range
- Covers geological development over approximately 60 million years.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-14 04:13:09.214771; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Murray Basin, southeastern Australia.