Tertiary Marine Stratigraphy of Gippsland, Victoria

Geoscience Australia Data presents a bulletin detailing the stratigraphy of Tertiary marine rocks in Gippsland, Victoria. The study is based on information from scout drilling by Victorian and Commonwealth Governments and wildcat drilling by private companies. The results are intended to facilitate studies of palaeogeography and correlation, and have a bearing on the search for oil in Australia.

Use Cases

• Correlating regional stratigraphy based on detailed local studies of marine sequences.
• Informing oil exploration models using data from government and private drilling campaigns.
• Studying palaeogeography of the Tertiary period in the Australasian region.

Strengths

• Based on detailed studies of a specific geological sequence.
• Incorporates data from joint government and private company drilling operations.
• Published by Geoscience Australia, a national geological survey.

Limitations

• Data is presented in PDF/HTML report format; underlying structured data is unavailable.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the report.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 14:59:34.408495; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland, Victoria, Australia