Ngalia Basin Stratigraphy and Structure in Northern Territory, Australia

The Ngalia Basin dataset from the Australian Ocean Data Network describes the stratigraphy and structure of an intracratonic basin in Australia's Northern Territory. It comprises Adelaidean and Palaeozoic sediments up to about 5 km thick, with detailed thicknesses provided for specific geological periods. The data includes information on structural features, unconformities, and assessments of petroleum, uranium, and water resource potential.

Use Cases

• Modeling sedimentary basin evolution based on described stratigraphic sequences and unconformities.
• Assessing petroleum and mineral resource potential based on the described source rocks and uranium mineralization.
• Analyzing structural geology based on described faults, thrusts, synclines, horsts, and grabens.
• Studying groundwater resources based on described aquifer characteristics in Devono-Carboniferous and Cainozoic sediments.

Strengths

• Provides specific sediment thicknesses for key geological periods (e.g., Adelaidean 3200 m, Devono-Carboniferous 3100 m).
• Includes detailed structural analysis of the basin, describing faulted synclines, thrust nappes, and horst-graben systems.
• Contains a direct assessment of economic potential for uranium, petroleum, and water resources.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and data scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes a 'complete sequence is not present in any one area,' indicating inherent data gaps.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

Covers geological periods from Adelaidean to Tertiary.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 09:56:55.255344; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ngalia Basin, Northern Territory, Australia