A geospatial dataset from Geoscience Australia describing the Ivanhoe Block, a concealed basement ridge complex affecting groundwater flow in the New South Wales part of the Western Riverine Plain. The data likely includes information on aquifer structures, groundwater salinity, and regional discharge zones, used to assess risks of land salinisation. The record was last updated on 2026-04-20.
Use Cases
- Model regional groundwater flow patterns based on the described deflection by basement ridges.
- Assess land salinisation risk based on the identified discharge and buffer zones.
- Map aquifer connectivity and barriers based on the described Geera Clay aquitard and Renmark Group subdivisions.
- Analyze groundwater salinity distribution based on the described strata-bound nature in the aquifers.
Strengths
- Description provides a detailed geological and hydrogeological context for the region.
- Identifies specific risk zones for land salinisation, such as the Balranald-Hatfield discharge zone.
- Last updated date is explicitly provided as 2026-04-20.
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/HTML formats, which may require extraction for computational analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-20 03:14:46.057172; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Western Riverine Plain, New South Wales, Murray Basin, Australia