Tertiary Marine Rock Stratigraphy in Gippsland, Victoria

Gippsland, Victoria, Australia is the focus of this detailed stratigraphic study of Tertiary marine sequences. The information was obtained from scout drilling by Victorian and Commonwealth Governments and wildcat drilling by private companies. The results are presented by the Australian Ocean Data Network and have implications for regional stratigraphy and oil exploration.

Use Cases

• Correlating Tertiary rock sequences across the Australasian region based on detailed local stratigraphy.
• Informing palaeogeographic reconstructions based on the described marine sequences.
• Supporting oil exploration efforts in Australia using stratigraphic insights from drilling data.

Strengths

• Based on detailed studies of a specific local sequence.
• Incorporates data from joint government and private company drilling campaigns.
• Results are presented by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Limitations

• Data is presented in PDF/HTML report formats, not as structured data tables.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Scout drilling jointly by Victorian and Commonwealth Governments and wildcat drilling by private companies.

Time Range

Tertiary period.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 08:23:17.443582; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.