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Trusted environmental and geological information. Stratigraphic frameworks for resource and hydrogeological assessments

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Updated 17/10/2025

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The Australian Government's Trusted Environmental and Geological Information (TEGI) program is a collaboration between Geoscience Australia and the CSIRO that aims to provide access to baseline geological and environmental data and information for strategically important geological basins. The initial geological focus is on the north Bowen, Galilee, Cooper, Adavale, and their overlying basins. This paper presents seven stratigraphic frameworks from these basin regions that underpin groundwater, environmental and resource assessments, identify intervals of resource potential, and can assist in management of associated risks to groundwater resources and other environmental assets. The construction of stratigraphic frameworks for this program builds upon existing lithostratigraphic schemes to capture the current state of knowledge. The frameworks incorporate play divisions for resource and hydrogeological assessments. A total of 33 play intervals are defined for the north Bowen, Galilee, Cooper, Adavale, and their overlying basins, using chronostratigraphic principles. Where possible, unconformities and flooding surfaces are used to define the lower and upper limits of plays. Data availability and temporal resolution are considered in capturing significant changes in gross depositional environments. The results from this work enable the consistent assessment of shared play intervals between basins, and also highlight uncertainties in the age and correlation of lithostratigraphic units, notably in the Galilee and north Bowen Basins. This presentation was given at the 2023 Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference (AEGC) 13-18 March, Brisbane (https://2023.aegc.com.au/)

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Title Trusted environmental and geological information. Stratigraphic frameworks for resource and hydrogeological assessments
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/21c47631-6746-489a-8ce2-2682461bf610
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Reference Period 28/03/2023
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Trusted environmental and geological information. Stratigraphic frameworks for resource and hydrogeological assessments". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/trusted-environmental-and-geological-information-stratigraphic-frameworks-for-resource-and-hydr