Water for Australia's arid zone - identifying and assessing Australia's palaeovalley groundwater resources: summary report

This report was compiled and written to summarise the four-year Palaeovalley Groundwater Project which was led by Geoscience Australia from 2008 to 2012. This project was funded by the National Water Commission's Raising National Water Standards Program, and was supported through collaboration with jurisdictional governments in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. The summary report was published under the National Water Commission's 'Waterlines' series. This document is supported by related publications such as the palaeovalley groundwater literature review, the WASANT Palaeovalley Map and associated datasets, and four stand-alone GA Records that outline the detailed work undertaken at several palaeovalley demonstration sites in WA, SA and the NT.


Palaeovalley aquifers are relied upon in outback Australia by many groundwater users and help underpin the economic, social and environmental fabric of this vast region. ‘Water for Australia’s arid zone – Identifying and assessing Australia’s palaeovalley groundwater resources’ (the Palaeovalley Groundwater Project) investigated palaeovalleys across arid and semi-arid parts of Western Australia (WA), South Australia (SA) and the Northern Territory (NT). The project aimed to (a) generate new information about palaeovalley aquifers, (b) improve our understanding of palaeovalley groundwater resources, and (c) evaluate methods available to identify and assess these systems.

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Date (Creation)
2012-07-01
Date (Publication)
2012-08-01
Date (Revision)
2021-12-22T00:42:16
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/146075

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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Author

English, P.

 External Contact
Author

Lewis, S.

 MEG Internal Contact
Author

Bell, J.

 PSCD Internal Contact
Author

Wischusen, J.D.H.

 External Contact
Author

Woodgate, M.

 External Contact
Author

Bastrakov, E.

 MEG Internal Contact
Author

Macphail, M.

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Author

Kilgour, P.

 MEG Internal Contact
Publisher

National Water Commission
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Report

Issue identification

Waterlines report series no. 86

Purpose

This report was compiled and written to summarise the four-year Palaeovalley Groundwater Project which was led by Geoscience Australia from 2008 to 2012. This project was funded by the National Water Commission's Raising National Water Standards Program, and was supported through collaboration with jurisdictional governments in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. The summary report was published under the National Water Commission's 'Waterlines' series. This document is supported by related publications such as the palaeovalley groundwater literature review, the WASANT Palaeovalley Map and associated datasets, and four stand-alone GA Records that outline the detailed work undertaken at several palaeovalley demonstration sites in WA, SA and the NT.

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Final
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Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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Point of contact

Lewis, S.

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Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division

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  • Geoscientific information

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Product data repository: Various Formats

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Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf

  • Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy)

  • GEOLOGY

  • Basin Analysis

  • EARTH SCIENCES

  • OTHER EARTH SCIENCES

Keywords

  • palaeovalley aquifers

Keywords

  • arid zone groundwater

Keywords

  • groundwater resources

Keywords

  • hydrogeochemistry

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  • groundwater investigations

Keywords

  • Palaeovalley Groundwater Project

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  • WASANT palaeovalley map

Keywords

  • National Water Commission

Keywords

  • Gawler Craton

Keywords

  • Musgrave Province

Keywords

  • Murchison Province

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  • Paterson Province

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  • Ti Tree Basin

Keywords

  • Lake Mackay

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  • Published_External

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CC-BY

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4.0

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License

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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
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https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

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Associated resource

Association Type
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Title

Hydrogeology and Hydrogeochemistry of the Kingoonya Palaeovalley, South Australia

Citation identifier
73669

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b91ba879-8e39-6c5e-e044-00144fdd4fa6

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https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/73669

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

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Association Type
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Title

Paterson Province Investigation for the Palaeovalley Groundwater Project

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73671

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b91ba879-8e3b-6c5e-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Website

https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/73671

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Associated resource

Association Type
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Hydrogeological Investigation of Deep Groundwater Resources in the Ti-Tree Basin, Northern Territory

Citation identifier
73672

Citation identifier
b91ba879-8e3c-6c5e-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Website

https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/73672

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Association Type
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Hydrogeological Investigation of Palaeovalley Aquifers in the Wilkinkarra Region, Northern Territory

Citation identifier
73673

Citation identifier
b91ba879-8e3d-6c5e-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Website

https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/73673

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Associated resource

Association Type
Was informed by
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WASANT Palaeovalley Map - Distribution of Palaeovalleys in Arid and Semi-arid WA-SA-NT

Citation identifier
73980

Citation identifier
bcacf815-0991-0f5a-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Website

https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/73980

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Was informed by
Title

Palaeovalley Groundwater Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Australia - A Literature Review

Citation identifier
68542

Citation identifier
a05f7892-dbdc-7506-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Website

https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/68542

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Was informed by
Title

L197 Papunya Palaeovalley Seismic Reflection Survey, NT 2010

Citation identifier
89802

Citation identifier
257a13d5-5d2b-f961-e053-10a3070afaef

Website

https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/89802

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English
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Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

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OnLine resource

Download the report (pdf) [4.7 MB]

Download the report (pdf) [4.7 MB]

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  • pdf

Resource lineage

Statement

The work summarised in this report was the result of original research carried out by Geoscience Australia staff with the support of collaborative partners from WA, SA and the NT. This activity commenced in 2008 and was completed in 2012. The Waterlines report was originally published as a pdf on the National Water Commission's website.

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Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
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Lewis, S.

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Date info (Creation)
2019-04-08T01:55:29
Date info (Revision)
2019-04-08T01:55:29

Metadata standard

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Metadata standard

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ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

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Keywords

Gawler Craton Lake Mackay Murchison Province Musgrave Province National Water Commission Palaeovalley Groundwater Project Paterson Province Ti Tree Basin WASANT palaeovalley map
theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
Basin Analysis EARTH SCIENCES GEOLOGY OTHER EARTH SCIENCES Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy)

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