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Central Australian Cenozoic Basins hydrogeological inventory
This Central Australian Cenozoic Basins dataset contains descriptive attribute information for the areas bounded by the relevant spatial groundwater feature in the associated Hydrogeology Index map. Descriptive topics are grouped into the following themes: Location and administration; Demographics; Physical geography; Surface water; Geology; Hydrogeology; Groundwater; Groundwater management and use; Environment; Land use and industry types; and Scientific stimulus.
Cenozoic basins are an important source of readily accessible groundwater within the arid deserts of central Australia. This province represents a collection of six notable Cenozoic basins within the region, including the Ti Tree, Waite, Hale, Mount Wedge, Lake Lewis and Alice Farm basins. Many local communities in this region (such as Papunya, Ti Tree and Ali Curung) rely upon groundwater stored within Cenozoic basin aquifers for their water security. The basins typically contain up to several hundred metres of saturated sediments that can include relatively thick intervals of hydraulically conductive sands, silts and minor gravels.
It is noted that the potential groundwater storage volumes in the Cenozoic basins are much greater than the annual amount of runoff and recharge that occurs in central Australia, making them prospective targets for groundwater development. Groundwater quality and yields are variable, although relatively good quality groundwater can be obtained at suitable yields in many areas for community water supplies, stock and domestic use and irrigated horticulture operations, for example, in the Ti Tree Basin.
However, not all of the Cenozoic basins have the potential to supply good quality groundwater resources for community and horticultural supplies. With the exception of several small sub-regions, most of the Waite Basin has very little potential to supply good quality groundwater for agricultural use. This is mainly due to limited aquifer development, low yielding bores and elevated groundwater salinity (commonly >2000 mg/L Total Dissolved Solids). However, bores have been successfully installed for smaller-scale pastoral stock and domestic supplies and small communities or outstations in the Waite Basin.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-09-01
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-09-28T07:21:34
- Citation identifier
- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/148715
- Citation identifier
- Digital Object Identifier/https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/148715
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Publisher Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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A thematic summary of the Central Australian Cenozoic Basins. Part of a compendium of consistently compiled summaries that comprise the National Hydrogeological Inventory
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- Completed
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Point of contact Carey, H.
MEG Internal Contact Resource provider Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division
External Contact
- Spatial representation type
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- Geoscientific information
- Inland waters
- Environment
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Extent
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
Resource format
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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
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Hydrogeology
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy)
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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE
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Environmental Management
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ECOLOGY
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Land Use and Environmental Planning
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EARTH SCIENCES
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GEOLOGY
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Basin Analysis
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Sedimentology
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National Groundwater Sytems
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Groundwater
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Exploring for the Future
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National Hydrogeological Inventory
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
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CC-BY
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4.0
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- License
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- License
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(c) Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2023
Resource constraints
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Australian Government Security Classification System
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- Distributor contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Distributor Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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Download the report (pdf) [497 KB]
Download the report (pdf) [497 KB]
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pdf
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Resource lineage
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This document for the National Hydrogeological Inventory was created through the compilation and analysis of various national geospatial datasets and a range of supporting scientific and technical literature. In most cases, the spatial boundary (polygon) for the region was sourced from the Geoscience Australia Geological Provinces 2018 dataset. The geospatial data reported for the region of interest were selected by spatial queries of the region's polygon using Geographic Information System (GIS) applications. A variety of national-scale datasets were assessed for each region, with these data relevant to the study of groundwater, hydrogeology and related social, cultural or environmental characteristics. These data are published by various organisations (mostly Australian Government entities) and include fundamental Australian datasets such as the National Groundwater Information System (NGIS), National Aquifer Framework, Atlas of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems and the Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD). A complete list of all data used to develop the National Hydrogeological Inventory, and the various data processing and analysis methods used, will be released as part of a future Geoscience Australia publication focused on the hydrogeological inventory methodology.
The document also contains written summary information about the geology, hydrogeology and related features of the region of interest. These narrative summaries were compiled by Geoscience Australia researchers based on literature review and analysis of a range of scientific and technical publications about the region. The reports use similar document templates to ensure the consistency of information provided across the entire Australian continent.
Metadata constraints
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Australian Government Security Classification System
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
Metadata
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urn:uuid/6fb7fad1-eaf5-4e48-91f7-309e24629f46
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GeoNetwork UUID
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- English
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- UTF8
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Point of contact Carey, H.
MEG Internal Contact
- Title
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National Hydrogeology Inventory
- Citation identifier
- 77a96e76-a39e-483d-976b-4137a79141f8
- Citation identifier
- 148897
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Document
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GA publication: Central Australian Cenozoic Basins hydrogeological inventory
Alternative metadata reference
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Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with
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- Citation identifier
- eCatId/148715
- Date info (Creation)
- 2019-04-08T01:55:29
- Date info (Revision)
- 2019-04-08T01:55:29
Metadata standard
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-3
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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014
- Edition
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Version 2.0, September 2018
- Citation identifier
- https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551