Lower Carboniferous Geology of the Rouchel District, New South Wales

A 1200 km² area in eastern New South Wales, northwest of Newcastle, is covered by this geological study. The data describes Carboniferous sedimentary and volcanic rocks within the New England Belt, part of the Palaeozoic Tasman Geosyncline. A sequence 4000 to 4500 m thick was deposited between Late Devonian or Early Carboniferous and the medial Early Carboniferous.

Use Cases

• Stratigraphic analysis based on the described 4000-4500 m thick sequence of sedimentary and volcanic rocks.
• Paleogeographic reconstruction based on the described transition from marine to non-marine conditions in the Tamworth Trough.
• Tectonic modeling based on the geological context of the Tasman Geosyncline and Tabberabberan Orogeny.

Strengths

• Covers a defined area of approximately 1200 square kilometers.
• Describes a substantial geological sequence with a thickness of 4000 to 4500 meters.
• Provides specific temporal context (Late Devonian to medial Early Carboniferous).

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 as PDF/HTML documents, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

Late Devonian to medial Early Carboniferous (middle Visean)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 14:18:03.811861; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rouchel district, New South Wales, Australia (area between Parkville, Scone, Aberdeen, Muswellbrook, and the Mount Royal Range)