Phanerozoic rocks in onshore Western Australia are primarily sedimentary, with volcanic and intrusive rocks limited to areas related to continental breakup. The Southern Bonaparte, Southern Carnarvon, Canning, and Gunbarrel Basins are dominantly Palaeozoic depocentres, while the Perth Basin is primarily Mesozoic. Mineralisation includes Mississippi Valley-type base metals in Ordovician, Devonian, and Carboniferous rocks, coal in Permian and Jurassic periods, mineral sands in Cainozoic strandlines, and iron ore in Eocene palaeo drainages.
Use Cases
- Analyze basin tectonic evolution based on descriptions of faulting and depocentre periods
- Map strata-bound mineralisation patterns based on descriptions of Mississippi Valley-type base metals and coal swamps
- Study regolith and weathering processes based on descriptions of transported residual regolith and lateritisation
- Associate mineral deposits with geological epochs based on descriptions linking diamonds to Miocene intrusives and iron ore to Eocene drainages
Strengths
- Description details specific geological basins (Southern Bonaparte, Southern Carnarvon, Canning, Gunbarrel, Perth, Bremer, Eucla)
- Description links mineral deposits to specific geological periods (Ordovician, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Jurassic, Cainozoic, Miocene, Eocene)
- Description identifies key mineral resources (base metals, coal, mineral sands, diamonds, iron ore, bauxite, uranium)
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 14:53:18.962769; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Onshore Western Australia