Surface geology of Australia 1:5 million scale

What lies beneath our feet? This 1:5 million scale map is a useful overview of Australia's geology displaying the major geological regions. The map shows mainly bedrock geology classified by mode of origin (eg. igneous) composition (eg. basic to ultrabasic) and age (eg. Tertiary). Large fault systems are also identified. This map shows the distribution and age of major stratigraphic, intrusive and medium to high grade metamorphic units of onshore Australia. Units on the map represent stratigraphic supergroups, regional intrusive associations and regional metamorphic complexes. Geoscience Australia also produces more detailed geological and geophysical maps. For more information refer to the Maps of Australia web page (link below). Suitable for primary Years 5-6 and Secondary 7-12. Product Specifications: Coverage: Australia Currency: 1997-99 Coordinates: Geographical Datum:AGD66 (GDA94 compliant at this scale) Projection: Simple Conic on two standard parallels 18S and 36S

Identification info

Date (Publication): 1999-01-01T00:00:00

Edition: 2

Citation identifier: Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/30868

Cited responsible party

Role	Organisation / Individual Name	Details
Publisher	Geoscience Australia	Canberra
Author	AGSO	1

Point of contact

Role	Organisation / Individual Name	Details
Custodian	MNHD
Owner	Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Custodian	Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)	Voice

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator: 5000000

Topic category

Geoscientific information

Extent

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Keywords

Geological Map
5M scale

Theme

geology

Theme

geoscience education

Keywords

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

Geology

Keywords

Published_External

Resource constraints

Title: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Alternate title: CC-BY

Edition: 4.0

Website

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Access constraints: License

Use constraints: License

Resource constraints

Title: Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date: 2018-11-01T00:00:00

Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification: Unclassified

Language: English

Character encoding: UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact

Role	Organisation / Individual Name	Details
Distributor	Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)	Voice

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OnLine resource: Link to Maps of Australia web page

Link to Maps of Australia web page

OnLine resource: Related product: Surface Geology of Australia 1:5 million scale dataset

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Resource lineage

Statement: Unknown

Hierarchy level: Non geographic dataset

Other: Geological Map

Description: Source data not available.

Metadata constraints

Title: Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date: 2018-11-01T00:00:00

Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification: Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier

urn:uuid/a05f7892-b14b-7506-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Title: GeoNetwork UUID

Language: English

Character encoding: UTF8

Contact

Role	Organisation / Individual Name	Details
Point of contact	Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)	Voice

Type of resource

Resource scope: Document

Name: GA Publication: Map

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier: eCatId/30868

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/a05f7892-b14b-7506-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Date info (Revision): 2018-04-22T08:35:57

Date info (Creation): 1999-10-08T00:00:00

Metadata standard

Title: AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title: ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title: ISO 19115-3

Title: 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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