Description: The Australian Geological Provinces Database contains descriptions and spatial extents of the fundamental geological elements of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. Province types include sedimentary basins, tectonic provinces such as cratons and orogens, igneous provinces, and metallogenic provinces. Spatial data has been captured largely at approximately 1:1M scale for intended use between 1:2M and 1:5M scale. This edition of the dataset is not a complete representation of all of Australia's geological provinces. Further work is required to complete the national geological province collection. Additionally, not all the provinces supplied herein have undergone a rigorous quality assurance (QA) check to ensure the accuracy and completeness of their descriptions. The geological definition of some provinces is contentious. While every effort has been made to achieve a consensus interpretation of each province, including significant collaboration with state and territory geological surveys, scientific debate may still occur about the nature and extent of some provinces. The full 2D spatial extent (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) of provinces has been captured. Where possible, the full extent outlines (contacts) of provinces have been attributed with information about the source, accuracy and observation method of those lines.
Description: Contacts (boundaries) of the full spatial extent of Australia's geological provinces. Where possible, the contacts of provinces have been attributed with information about the source, accuracy, and observation method of those lines.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Cenozoic paleovalleys of the western protion of the Australian continent (Bell, J.G., et al, 2012. WASANT palaeovalley map - distribution of palaeovalleys in arid and semi-arid WA-SA-NT). The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Cenozoic sedimentary basins of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Mesozoic to Cenozoic sedimentary basins of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Mesozoic sedimentary basins of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Paleozoic to Cenozoic sedimentary basins of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Paleozoic to Mesozoic sedimentary basins of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Late Paleozoic sedimentary basins of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Early to Late Paleozoic sedimentary basins of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Early Paleozoic sedimentary basins of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
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Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Paleozoic to Mesozoic tectonic provinces of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic tectonic provinces of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic sedimentary basins of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Archean to Proterozoic to Paleozoic large igneous provinces of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Mesoproterozoic sedimentary basins of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Proterozoic tectonic provinces of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Paleoproterozoic sedimentary basins of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Archean to Paleoproterozoic sedimentary basins of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of Archean to Proterozoic tectonic provinces of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. The full 2D spatial extent of provinces (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) has been captured.
Description: The Australian Crustal Elements data layer delineates major upper crustal elements, primarily based on composite geophysical domains, each of which shows a distinctive pattern of magnetic and gravity anomalies. These elements generally relate to older basement, rather than the younger sedimentary basins.
Description: Descriptions and spatial extents of the fundamental geological elements of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. Province types include sedimentary basins, tectonic provinces such as cratons and orogens, igneous provinces, and metallogenic provinces. The full 2D spatial extent (ie, including the extent of a province under any overlying cover material) of provinces has been captured.