Australian Geological Provinces (November 2012, pre-release dataset)  

Authors / CoAuthors

Raymond, O.L. | Totterdell, J.M.

Abstract

This dataset is a pre-release copy of the Australian Geological Provinces Database. The dataset is the best available national coverage of geological provinces as at 1 November 2012. The dataset is not entirely complete for the whole of Australia, and has not undergone complete and rigorous QA/QC. This interim dataset is provided for use only by Geoscience Australia staff and their approved collaborators. The Australian Geological Provinces Database contains descriptions and polygon outlines of geological provinces of the Australian continent and the surrounding marine jurisdictional area. Province types include sedimentary basins, basement tectonic provinces, igneous provinces, and metallogenic provinces. Descriptive attributes include sedimentary, igneous and structural characteristics, age limits, parent and constituent units, relations to surrounding provinces, and mineral and petroleum resources. The province outlines are typically compiled from source data at around 1:1,000,000 scale, which may include outcrop mapping, drilling, and geophysical data. Province boundaries have a spatial accuracy of around 500 metres at best (ie, where constrained by outcrop), but where province boundaries are concealed and are interpreted only from geophysical or drilling data, spatial accuracy may be in the order of 1 km to greater than 10 km. Attribution of province boundaries with information about data source and accuracy is incomplete in this version of the dataset.

Product Type

dataset

eCat Id

75934

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Keywords

• GIS DatasetNational

( Theme )

• geology

( Theme )

• sedimentary basins

• AU

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

• Geology

• Published_Internal

Publication Date

2012-01-01T00:00:00

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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem    

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence    

Access - restricted

Use - license

Status

Purpose

Maintenance Information

asNeeded

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

Lineage

Province descriptions are sourced from the latest published scientific literature and maps, where possible from publications of the relevant state and territory geological surveys and Geoscience Australia. Where conflicting interpretations for a province exist, Geoscience Australia has endeavoured to achieve a consensus interpretation involving the relevant state, territory and national research organisations. This is particularly the case for provinces which have concealed boundaries that cross jurisdictional borders. Province boundaries have been compiled from source data typically at around 1:1,000,000 scale, including outcrop maps, drilling and geophysics. Spatial accuracy of province boundaries ranges from around 500 metres in areas of good outcrop to greater than 10 km where boundaries are highly interpretive and based solely on geophysical data.

Parent Information

Extents

[-49.86143, -8.881716, 106.569061, 171.88106]

Reference System

GDA94 (EPSG:4283)

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Source Information

Province descriptions are sourced from the latest published scientific literature and maps, where possible from publications of the relevant state and territory geological surveys and Geoscience Australia. Where conflicting interpretations for a province exist, Geoscience Australia has endeavoured to achieve a concensus interpretation involving the relevant state, territory and national research organisations. This is particularly the case for provinces which have concealed boundaries that cross jursdictional borders. Province boundaries have been compiled from source data typically at around 1:1,000,000 scale, including outcrop maps, drilling and geophysics.