Layered geology of Australia

<div>Geoscience Australia’s Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program provides precompetitive information to inform decision-making by government, community and industry on the sustainable development of Australia's mineral, energy and groundwater resources. By gathering, analysing and interpreting new and existing precompetitive geoscience data and knowledge, we are building a national picture of Australia’s geology and resource potential. This leads to a strong economy, resilient society and sustainable environment for the benefit of all Australians. This includes supporting Australia’s transition to net zero emissions, strong, sustainable resources and agriculture sectors, and economic opportunities and social benefits for Australia’s regional and remote communities. The Exploring for the Future program, which commenced in 2016, is an eight year, $225m investment by the Australian Government.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Layered Geology of Australia 1:1 000 000 scale dataset (2024 edition) is a seamless national coverage of Australia’s surface and subsurface geology.&nbsp;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. In general, a top down approach has been taken so that only the uppermost units for each era are shown. However, in areas of relative geological complexity and where that detail was available in the source data, some units may show overlap. In these instances, the units are ordered from oldest (base) to youngest (top). 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, and retains the data schema of that dataset. For that layer’s metadata, refer to https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/74855.</div><div><br></div><div>Geological units are represented as polygon and line geometries and are attributed with information regarding stratigraphic nomenclature and hierarchy, age, and lithology. All stratigraphic information populated in the dataset is derived from the Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. The dataset also contains a layer for structural features such as faults and shears.</div>

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2024-01-22T14:00:00
Date (Publication)
2024-08-05T23:14:42
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149179

Citation identifier
Digital Object Identifier/https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/149179

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Author

Sanchez, G.

 Internal Contact
Author

Stewart, A.J.

 External Contact
Author

Liu, S.F.

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Author

Highet, L.

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Author

Woods, M.

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Author

Brown, C.

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Author

Bonnardot, M.

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Author

Beyer, E.

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Author

Clark, A.

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Author

Connors, K.

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Author

Wong, S.

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Cayley, R.

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Author

Skladzien, P.

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Author

Czarnota, K.

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Author

Buddee, M.

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MaraisvanVuuren, C.

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Author

Cassells, L.

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Author

Oborski, E.

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Author

Knepprath, N.

 External Contact
Author

Bryant, C.

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Author

Werner, M.

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Purpose

The Layered Geology of Australia is a national-scale compilation of seamless chronostratigraphic layered geology maps. These maps are compiled from a range of available surface and solid geology datasets at a variety of scales but optimised for use at a scale 1:1 000 000. Working with the state and territory governments, discrepancies in geological interpretation between state and territory geological survey datasets have been resolved. These new national maps enable a much improved understanding of the geological history and resource potential of Australia and will inform better decision making to support government, industry and community.

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Resource provider

Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division

 External Contact
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Point of contact

Beyer, E.

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Spatial representation type
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

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Temporal extent

Time period
2024-01-18 2026-01-18
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Website

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

Project

  • EFTF – Exploring for the Future

Project

  • Australia’s Resources Framework

Keywords

  • Australia

Keywords

  • Solid geology

Keywords

  • Chronostratigraphic mapping

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf

  • Geology not elsewhere classified

Keywords

  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

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CC-BY

Edition

4.0

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Any
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License
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© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2024

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
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https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified
Classification system

Australian Government Security Classification System

Associated resource

Association Type
Informed
Title

Solid Geology of the North Australian Craton, 1:1 000 000 scale, 1st edition (2020)

Citation identifier
135277

Citation identifier
82a436d4-2df4-4952-aa3d-199af1ad04b9

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/135277

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Informed
Title

Solid Geology of the Tennant Creek – Mt Isa area

Citation identifier
116844

Citation identifier
28bfac95-27cb-4365-a45e-c3863ed315ef

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/116844

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Informed
Title

Solid Geology map of the East Tennant region

Citation identifier
145260

Citation identifier
c8b4f835-2101-43fd-89a6-57062840e746

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/145260

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Associated resource

Association Type
Informed
Title

Notes on North Australian Craton Solid Geology Maps. Northern Territory-Queensland, 2015-20

Citation identifier
135830

Citation identifier
7dd7f476-9186-448d-891d-f2402d0d8847

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/135830

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Informed
Title

Explanatory notes on layered geology maps, eastern Queensland 2020-2022

Citation identifier
149529

Citation identifier
d2aec404-9fe1-4902-99fc-a5d0cb6edef2

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149529

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Operated on by
Title

Layered Geology Of Australia MapServer

Citation identifier
149725

Citation identifier
22fb14e5-cdab-4bfb-834a-8bf8fac37673

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/149725

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Operated on by
Title

Layered Geology Of Australia WMS

Citation identifier
149726

Citation identifier
c1b96e69-ef62-456b-8ff5-abd6c1a2097f

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/149726

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Operated on by
Title

Layered Geology Of Australia WFS

Citation identifier
149727

Citation identifier
a7758f02-c086-4a16-a7e3-9926ac62cc0e

Website

http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/149727

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice facsimile
OnLine resource

Download the File GDB [280.9 MB]

Download the File GDB [280.9 MB]

Distribution format

  • gdb zip

    File decompression technique

    unzip

OnLine resource

Download the shapefiles [539.8 MB]

Download the shapefiles [539.8 MB]

Distribution format

  • shp zip

    File decompression technique

    unzip

OnLine resource

Download the MapInfo TAB files [340.3 MB]

Download the MapInfo TAB files [340.3 MB]

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  • mapinfo zip

    File decompression technique

    unzip

OnLine resource

Download the QGIS dataset [542.8 MB]

Download the QGIS dataset [542.8 MB]

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  • qgis zip

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    unzip

OnLine resource

Download the metadata statement (pdf) [1.0 MB]

Download the metadata statement (pdf) [1.0 MB]

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  • pdf

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    nil

OnLine resource

Layered Geology of Australia MapServer

Layered Geology of Australia MapServer

Distribution format

  • ESRI Map Service

OnLine resource

Layered Geology of Australia WMS

Layered Geology of Australia WMS

Distribution format

  • OGC WMS

OnLine resource

Layered Geology Of Australia WFS

Layered Geology Of Australia WFS

Distribution format

  • OGC WFS

Resource lineage

Statement

<div>This 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.</div>

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier
EPSG/GDA94 / geographic 2D (EPSG: 4283)

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/ddb4a489-2e6c-437e-93c9-e90cd66aef69

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

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

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Point of contact

Beyer, E.

 Internal Contact

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/149179

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/ddb4a489-2e6c-437e-93c9-e90cd66aef69

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/static/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/ddb4a489-2e6c-437e-93c9-e90cd66aef69

Date info (Creation)
2024-08-02T01:36:00
Date info (Revision)
2024-08-02T01:36:00

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
http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

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Keywords

Australia’s Resources Framework EFTF – Exploring for the Future
theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
Geology not elsewhere classified

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