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Layered Geology Of Australia WMS

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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The Layered Geology of Australia web map service is a seamless national coverage of Australia’s surface and subsurface geology. Geology concealed under younger cover units are mapped by effectively removing the overlying stratigraphy (Liu et al., 2015). This dataset is a layered product and comprises five chronostratigraphic time slices: Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Neoproterozoic, and Pre-Neoproterozoic. As an example, the Mesozoic time slice (or layer) shows Mesozoic age geology that would be present if all Cenozoic units were removed. The Pre-Neoproterozoic time slice shows what would be visible if all Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic units were removed. The Cenozoic time slice layer for the national dataset was extracted from Raymond et al., 2012. Surface Geology of Australia, 1:1 000 000 scale, 2012 edition. Geoscience Australia, Canberra.

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Title Layered Geology Of Australia WMS
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/55a446fc-0eb4-4482-899b-b08b2d167173
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 04/05/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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      ],
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      [
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      ],
      [
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Layered Geology Of Australia WMS". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/layered-geology-of-australia-wms