Australian Geological Provinces Database

Authors / CoAuthors

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

Abstract

The Australian Geological Provinces Database contains descriptions and polygon outlines of geological provinces of the Australian continent and surrounding marine jurisdictional area. The provinces are mapped at a nominal 1:1 million scale. The database can be interactively queried, and the results retrieved as reports and maps. Attributes include igneous, sedimentary and structural characteristics, age limits, parent and constituent units, relations to surrounding provinces, and mineral and petroleum resources.

Product Type

dataset

eCat Id

61031

Contact for the resource

Custodian

MNHD

Owner

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

Keywords

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

Earth Sciences

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HVC_144616

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Database

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geoscience

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resource assessment

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National dataset

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DC2020

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Published_Internal

Publication Date

2004-01-01T00:00:00

Creation Date

Security Constraints

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Access - restricted

Use - license

Status

Purpose

Maintenance Information

continual

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

Lineage

The Australian Geological Provinces database is under continual development by database administrators in line with scientific requirements. A-spatial data is managed in ORACLE and updated via ORACLE forms. Spatial data is managed via ESRI's Spatial Data Engine. Spatial and a-spatial data are then linked together for client access. Province descriptions are compiled by geologists with reference to existing literature, and undergo quality control checking for completeness and accuracy before being made available on the database website. As more recent or different descriptions of provinces are compiled, older province descriptions will be retired from the publicly available database. Province polygon outlines are compiled in geographic coordinates and GDA94 datum from geological maps at a nominal scale of 1:1 million.

Parent Information

Extents

[-55, -5, 109, 172]

Reference System

Spatial Resolution

Service Information

Associations

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