New ways to engage with Australian stratigraphy

Access to the Australian Stratigraphic Units Database (ASUD) and information on stratigraphic nomenclature has been updated recently. While it is still available through the Geoscience Australia Home page http://www.ga.gov.au/, the look and feel of the contact forms and the three search pages, the ‘Stratigraphic Units Search’, the ‘Stratigraphic Units by State/Territory’, and the ‘References Search’, have changed. Also included on the stratigraphy web pages are our infographic and a practical exercise on establishing, naming and defining a new unit. Stratigraphic information can also be found through links with other data and websites. The ASUD provides the basic stratigraphic data behind all of Geoscience Australia’s geological GIS products such as the ‘1:1 million Surface Geology’ and the range of sub-surface map layers that are now being produced, with the current focus being on northern Australia as part of the ‘Exploring for the Future’ programme. ASUD data is also used in the geological maps part of the AUSGIN Geoscience Portal http://www.geoscience.gov.au/, and the Data Standards section provides links back to our stratigraphic nomenclature pages. State and Territory Geological Survey products and various Geoscience Australia products such as the new Boreholes data packages, and existing products such as the biostratigraphy charts, and various groundwater publications also include stratigraphic data from ASUD. Further enhancements are being planned, both to delivery of stratigraphic nomenclature information and the contents of geoscience data packages, so we welcome input on what our information and data delivery should look like in the future. Presented at the 2018 Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC)