Layered Geology Of Australia WMS

The Layered Geology of Australia web map service is a seamless national coverage of Australia’s surface and subsurface geology. Geology concealed under younger cover units are mapped by effectively removing the overlying stratigraphy (Liu et al., 2015). This dataset is a layered product and comprises five chronostratigraphic time slices: Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Neoproterozoic, and Pre-Neoproterozoic. As an example, the Mesozoic time slice (or layer) shows Mesozoic age geology that would be present if all Cenozoic units were removed. The Pre-Neoproterozoic time slice shows what would be visible if all Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic units were removed. The Cenozoic time slice layer for the national dataset was extracted from Raymond et al., 2012. Surface Geology of Australia, 1:1 000 000 scale, 2012 edition. Geoscience Australia, Canberra.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2024-07-10T09:00:00
Date (Publication)
2024-08-06T01:35:03
Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Custodian

Beyer, E.

 MEG Internal Contact
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

N
S
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W


Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification: Fields of Research

  • Earth Sciences

Keywords

  • WMS

Keywords

  • web service

Keywords

  • Australia

Keywords

  • Solid geology

Keywords

  • Layered geology

Keywords

  • Chronostratigraphic Mapping

Keywords

  • EFTF

Keywords

  • Exploring For The Future

Keywords

  • Geosciences

Keywords

  • Geology

Keywords

  • Cenozoic

Keywords

  • Mesozoic

Keywords

  • Paleozoic

Keywords

  • Neoproterozoic

Keywords

  • Pre-Neoproterozoic

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

Classification
Unclassified

Associated resource

Association Type
Operates on
Title

Layered geology of Australia

Citation identifier
149179

Citation identifier
ddb4a489-2e6c-437e-93c9-e90cd66aef69

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149179

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Service Version

1.3.0

Service Version

1.1.1

Coupling Type
Tight

Contains Operations

Operation Name

GetCapabilities

Distributed computing platform (DCP)
WebServices
Operation Description

The GetCapabilities operation is used to obtain service metadata, which is a machine-readable (and human-readable) description of the server's information content and acceptable request parameter values.

Connect Point

https://services.ga.gov.au/gis/services/LayeredGeologyOfAustralia/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

Name

SERVICE

Type name

TEXT

Parameter direction
Description

The mandatory SERVICE parameter indicates which of the available service types at a particular server is being invoked. When invoking GetCapabilities on a WMS the value WMS shall be used.

Optionality
false
Repeatability
false
Name

REQUEST

Type name

TEXT

Parameter direction
Description

The mandatory REQUEST parameter indicates which service operation is being invoked. To invoke the GetCapabilities operation, the value GetCapabilities shall be used.

Optionality
false
Repeatability
false
Name

VERSION

Type name

TEXT

Parameter direction
Description

The optional VERSION parameter indicates the service type version number to use. In response to a GetCapabilities request that does not specify a version number, the server shall respond with the highest version it supports.

Optionality
true
Repeatability
false
Operates On

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
OnLine resource

Layered Geology of Australia

Layered Geology of Australia

Distribution format

  • OGC WMS

Resource lineage

Statement

The data in this web service has been created as part of Geoscience Australia's Exploring for the Future program and is the third staged release of Geoscience Australia's national chronostratigraphic layered geology mapping program commenced under the EFTF, and builds on the first release for the Tennant Creek-Mount Isa area (Stewart, 2018) and the second release for the North Australian Craton (Stewart et al., 2020). This product includes updates to the North Australian Craton layered solid geology of Stewart et al (2020) including incorporation of the East Tennant layered solid geology of Clark et al. (2021), replacement of the Western Australian portion of the dataset with more recent source data from the Geological Survey of Western Australia (2020), and modification of polygons and stratigraphic information at boundaries between the North Australian Craton dataset and the adjoining states. The national layered geology layers were compiled using various datasets and checked against the available drill hole data from state and territory geological survey and GA databases (primarily Vizy and Rollet, 2023). Interpretations were compiled at 1:250 000 scale and the final product is best utilised at 1:1 million scale. For further information please refer to https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149179.

Hierarchy level
Service

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/GDA94 (EPSG:4283)

Title

European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry

Date (Publication)
2008-11-12T00:00:00
Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details

European Petroleum Survey Group

 http://www.epsg-registry.org/

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)

Title

European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry

Date (Publication)
2008-11-12T00:00:00
Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details

European Petroleum Survey Group

 http://www.epsg-registry.org/

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

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

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

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/c1b96e69-ef62-456b-8ff5-abd6c1a2097f

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice facsimile
Owner

Woods, M

 Geoscience Australia Internal Contact
Custodian

Beyer, E.

 MEG Internal Contact
Point of contact

Woods, M.

 MEG Internal Contact

Type of resource

Resource scope
Service
Name

service

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/149726

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/e1d47ee5-fc0f-4e0a-99d3-328583beb4af

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/c1b96e69-ef62-456b-8ff5-abd6c1a2097f

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/js/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/c1b96e69-ef62-456b-8ff5-abd6c1a2097f

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/api/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/c1b96e69-ef62-456b-8ff5-abd6c1a2097f

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/ofmJ3/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/c1b96e69-ef62-456b-8ff5-abd6c1a2097f

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/accessDenied.jsp/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/c1b96e69-ef62-456b-8ff5-abd6c1a2097f

Date info (Creation)
2016-02-10T09:49:39
Date info (Revision)
2016-05-04T13:17:06

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

 
 

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

Australia Cenozoic Chronostratigraphic Mapping EFTF Exploring For The Future Geology Geosciences Layered geology Mesozoic Neoproterozoic Paleozoic Pre-Neoproterozoic Solid geology WMS web service
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification: Fields of Research
Earth Sciences

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