Boundary of Paleogene and Neogene Cover to the Great Artesian Basin

Brief description

Boundary defining the extent of the Paleogene and Neogene sequence overlying the Great Artesian Basin. Data is available in Shapefile format This data set was used in: Figures 3.2 and 5.9 of Ransley TR and Smerdon BD (eds) (2012) Hydrostratigraphy, hydrogeology and system conceptualisation of the Great Artesian Basin. A technical report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment. CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, Australia. Figure 3.3 of Smerdon BD, Ransley TR, Radke BM and Kellett JR (2012) Water resource assessment for the Great Artesian Basin. A report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment. CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, Australia. This dataset and associated metadata can be obtained from www.ga.gov.au, using catalogue number 75844.

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Statement: SOURCE: Marion, Springvale, Old Cork, Warrego and Aremra basins after Langford et al. (1995) Condamine is from Langford et al (1995) but modified using Klohn Crippen Berger (2011), and the 1:250K Geological Map Series (Geoscience Australia, 2010). Darling River tributary deep leads are derived from Langford et al (1995), modified using Kellet et al (2008), Kellett, J. R., B. Pearce, et al. (2004) and NSW digital data sets (NSW Office of Water, 2012a, 2012b) . Karumba is from Doutch (1976) with modification of eroded eastern margin utilizing Geoscience Australia's 1:2.5M Hydrogeology of the GAB dataset (Habermehl & Lau 2011) and the Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset (Raymond, O.L., 2012). Kalpowar Basin is interpreted from the Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset (Raymond, O.L., 2012). Hamilton basin was captured from the South Australian Mineral Explorers Guide (Rogers et.al. 2003). METHOD: Data from a variety of sources were interpreted and/or compiled to form this data set. REFERENCES: Doutch, H. F. (1976). "The Karumba Basin, north-eastern Australia and southern New Guinea." Bureau of Mineral Resources Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics 1(2): 131-140. Geoscience Australia. 2010. 1:250 000 scale Geological Map series. Geoscience Australia, Canberra Habermehl, M.A. and Lau, J.E. (2011). 'Hydrogeology of the Great Artesian Basin - Boundaries of the Hydrogeological Units' (dataset). Geoscience Australia, Canberra. (available from http://www.ga.gov.au catalogue # 72665) Kellett, J. R., B. Pearce, et al. (2004). Groundwater. Salinity investigations using airborne geophysics in the Lower Balonne area Southern Queensland. National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality. T. Chamberlain and K. Wilkinson. Australia, Bureau of Rural Sciences: 81-138. Kellett, J. R., Mullen, I., Mansfield, D., Spring, J., Frost, M. (2008). Drilling, coring and geophysical logging for calibration of airborne electromagnetic survey in the Lower Macquarie Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Australia, Bureau of Rural Sciences: 223. Klohn Crippen Berger (2011). 'Conceptualisation of the Walloon Coal Measures beneath the Condamine Alluvium: Final Report' Prepared for the Department of Environment and Resource Management, Qld Government. Langford RP, Wilford GE, Truswell EM and Isern AR (1995) Palaeogeographic Atlas of Australia. Volume 10 - Cainozoic. Australian Geological Survey Organisation, Canberra. NSW Office of Water (2012a). Alluvium thickness in the Upper Darling. Digital Dataset. NSW Office of Water (2012b). Alluvium thickness in the Lower Namoi. Digital Dataset. Raymond, O.L. (2012) Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Geoscience Australia. Canberra. (available from http://www.ga.gov.au Catalogue #74619) Rogers, P.A., Fabris, A.J. and Hou, B. (2003). Cainozoic Basins. In South Australian Mineral Explorer's Guide (Chapter 13), PIRSA - MRG, South Australia. (retrieved from http://www.minerals.dmitre.sa.gov.au/publications_and_information/explorers_guide)