Tertiary Marine Rock Stratigraphy in Gippsland, Victoria

A detailed study of the Tertiary marine sequence in Gippsland, Victoria, based on joint government and private company drilling. The results are intended to aid regional stratigraphy, palaeogeography, and the search for oil in Australia. The dataset is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Correlating regional stratigraphy based on detailed local studies of marine sequences.
• Informing palaeogeographic reconstructions based on Tertiary rock formations.
• Supporting oil exploration assessments based on stratigraphic data from drilling.

Strengths

• Based on detailed studies from joint government and private company drilling operations.
• Provides foundational information for regional stratigraphy and economic oil exploration.

Limitations

• Data is presented in PDF/HTML formats, not a structured data table.
• 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

Information obtained from scout drilling by Victorian and Commonwealth Governments and wildcat drilling by private companies.

Time Range

Tertiary period

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 19:00:20.590338; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland, Victoria, Australia