Tertiary Marine Rock Stratigraphy in Gippsland, Victoria

Geoscience Australia Data presents a detailed study of the Tertiary marine sequence in Gippsland, Victoria. The information was obtained from scout drilling by Victorian and Commonwealth Governments and wildcat drilling by private companies. The results have implications for regional stratigraphy, palaeogeography, and the search for oil in Australia.

Use Cases

• Correlating regional stratigraphy based on detailed local sequence studies.
• Informing palaeogeographic reconstructions based on Tertiary marine rock analysis.
• Supporting oil exploration efforts based on stratigraphic data from drilling.
• Studying the Tertiary geological history of the Australasian region based on a detailed local case.

Strengths

• Data sourced from joint government and private company drilling campaigns.
• Analysis focuses on a specific, detailed local geological sequence.

Limitations

• Data is presented in PDF/HTML report format; underlying tabular or spatial data is unavailable.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown.
• Freshness should be verified; last updated date is listed as 2026-03-25.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Tertiary period

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 18:23:34.246963

Geography

Gippsland, Victoria, Australia