Great Artesian Basin - Hydroconnectivity at the base of the Great Artesian Basin Thickness and Extent

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

The regional scale hydraulic interconnection across the base of the Great Artesian Basin data categorises the hydraulic nature of the base the GAB, through properties of rocks in direct contact below and above the base of the GAB. It indicates areas of potential connectivity between aquifers in older basins and the aquifers in the GAB sequence. There are two data layers described as; A: Hydrogeological basement units in contact with the base of the Great Artesian Basin - representing a regional interpretation of basement stratigraphic units as hydrostratigraphic units, in contact with the base of the Jurassic-Cretaceous sequence of the GAB B: Base Great Artesian Basin hydrogeological units directly overlying hydrogeological - representing a regional interpretation of the of the Jurassic-Cretaceous stratigraphic units at the base of the GAB, as hydrostratigraphic units. Both represent coverages of hydraulic character, with qualitative categories from Aquiclude, through Tight Aquitard, Leaky Aquitard, to Partial Aquifer and Aquifer. This dataset and associated metadata can be obtained from www.ga.gov.au, using catalogue number 81685. REFERENCES: Ransley, T., Radke, B., Feitz, A., Kellett, J., Owens, R., Bell, J. and Stewart, G., 2015. Hydrogeological Atlas the Great Artesian Basin. Geoscience Australia. Canberra. [available from www.ga.gov.au using catalogue number 79790] Stewart, A.J., Raymond, O.L., Totterdell, J.M., Zhang, W. & Gallagher, R., 2013. Australian Geological Provinces, 2013.01 edition. 2013.01 ed. Scale 1:2500000. Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia.

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Title Great Artesian Basin - Hydroconnectivity at the base of the Great Artesian Basin Thickness and Extent
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/8653d742-6afb-4fac-9aae-f5ed19541f31
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Great Artesian Basin - Hydroconnectivity at the base of the Great Artesian Basin Thickness and Extent". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/great-artesian-basin-hydroconnectivity-at-the-base-of-the-great-artesian-basin-thickness-and-ex