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Data security for water security
Good groundwater governance requires good data. Geoscience Australia recently concluded the Exploring for the Future program (EFTF), an eight-year, $225 million national-scale... -
New insights and conceptual understanding of groundwater flow in the...
The Georgina Basin, covering 358,000 km2 of the NT and Queensland, hosts a regional unconfined aquifer associated with Cambrian carbonate units. As the most reliable source of... -
Developing Australia's national geological framework for a 3D groundwater...
Geoscience Australia has developed a preliminary national-scale 3D geological model to enhance understanding of Australia’s groundwater systems. Driven by Geoscience Australia’s... -
Multidata approach to map paleovalleys in the Western Musgrave region
The Australian Government’s Exploring for the Future Musgrave Palaeovalley Project investigated the groundwater systems of the Western Musgrave region. This arid desert area... -
Making sense of temporally sparse hydrochemical data to support groundwater...
This hydrochemical study contributes to a broader investigation of the hydrogeology and groundwater systems within the Georgina Basin, spanning the Northern Territory and... -
Investing in free and ready access to groundwater knowledge for all...
Geoscience Australia is investing in improved access to groundwater data to support informed water management decision-making for the benefit of all Australians. In 2023, we... -
National 3D geological and hydrogeological framework − Groundwater systems,...
Geoscience Australia has developed a national-scale 3D model of the country's major geological packages to enhance the understanding of Australia’s groundwater systems. This... -
The Upper Darling Baaka groundwater project - an integrated approach to...
Communities and ecosystems along the Darling-Baaka River have been impacted by critical water shortages and water quality issues including high salinity, algal blooms, and fish... -
Cenozoic geology, hydrogeology and groundwater systems: Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre Basin
The Kati Thanda – Lake Eyre Basin (KT–LEB) covers about 1.2 million square kilometres of outback Australia. Although the basin is sparsely populated and relatively undeveloped... -
Development of a Prototype Automated Borehole Aquifer Attribution Tool
Borehole data is one of the key sources of information for conducting groundwater projects. This borehole data is composed of two primary components: construction (location,... -
Picking apart the puzzle in arid groundwater systems, hydrochemical insights...
As part of Geoscience Australia's Exploring for the Future Program, the Upper Darling–Baaka River Floodplain groundwater project has contributed to an improved understanding of... -
Groundwater dependent ecosystem assessment using remote sensing. Exploring...
This report presents the findings of a study conducted in the upper Darling River floodplain, aimed at improving optical and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR)... -
Detailed Groundwater Science Inventory Geology, hydrogeology and groundwater...
This was the fourth of five presentations held on 31 July 2023 as part of the National Groundwater Systems Workshop - Detailed Groundwater Science Inventory Geology,... -
Potential groundwater dependent ecosystems in the South Nicholson - Georgina...
Groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) rely on access to groundwater on a permanent or intermittent basis to meet some or all of their water requirements (Richardson et al.,... -
Exploring for the Future Groundwater Hydrochemistry Data Release: Musgrave...
This report details results and methodology from two hydrochemistry sampling programs performed as part of Geoscience Australia’s Musgrave Palaeovalley Project. The Musgrave... -
Geological and hydrogeological investigations of the Upper Darling River...
This report presents key results from the Upper Darling River Floodplain groundwater study conducted as part of the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program in north-western New... -
Canning Basin AusAEM Airborne Electromagnetic Interpretation Data Package
The interpretation of AusAEM airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey conductivity sections in the Canning Basin region delineates the geo-electrical features that correspond to... -
Hydrogeology and groundwater systems of the South Nicholson and Georgina...
This report brings together data and information relevant to understanding the regional geology, hydrogeology, and groundwater systems of the South Nicholson – Georgina (SNG)... -
Cooper Creek LIDAR Digital Elevation Model grids for Cooper Creek Floodplain...
The Geological and Bioregional Assessment Program collected an extensive LiDAR elevation dataset focused on Cooper Creek Floodplain in Queensland and South Australia. The LiDAR... -
Regional hydrogeological assessment of the Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre Basin,...
Groundwater systems hosted within Cenozoic rocks and sediments are vitally important for supporting communities, industries and the environment throughout central Australia's...