Upper Aquifer

ISO-19139 Metadata

Resource Identification Information:

Citation:
Title:  Upper Aquifer

Presentation format:  mapDigital

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  Downloadable Data

Thesaurus name: ArcGIS Content Type
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  NGIS, National Groundwater Information System, Australian Groundwater Explorer, Australian Groundwater Insight, aquifer, groundwater, hydrogeology, Australia, Bureau of Meteorology

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  NGIS, National Groundwater Information System, Australian Groundwater Explorer, Australian Groundwater Insight, aquifer, groundwater, hydrogeology, Australia, Bureau of Meteorology

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  NGIS, National Groundwater Information System, Australian Groundwater Explorer, Australian Groundwater Insight, aquifer, groundwater, hydrogeology, Australia, Bureau of Meteorology

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  NGIS, National Groundwater Information System, Australian Groundwater Explorer, Australian Groundwater Insight, aquifer, groundwater, hydrogeology, Australia, Bureau of Meteorology

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  NGIS, National Groundwater Information System, Australian Groundwater Explorer, Australian Groundwater Insight, aquifer, groundwater, hydrogeology, Australia, Bureau of Meteorology

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  NGIS, National Groundwater Information System, Australian Groundwater Explorer, Australian Groundwater Insight, aquifer, groundwater, hydrogeology, Australia, Bureau of Meteorology

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  NGIS, National Groundwater Information System, Australian Groundwater Explorer, Australian Groundwater Insight, aquifer, groundwater, hydrogeology, Australia, Bureau of Meteorology

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  NGIS, National Groundwater Information System, Australian Groundwater Explorer, Australian Groundwater Insight, aquifer, groundwater, hydrogeology, Australia, Bureau of Meteorology

Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:  NGIS, National Groundwater Information System, Australian Groundwater Explorer, Australian Groundwater Insight, aquifer, groundwater, hydrogeology, Australia, Bureau of Meteorology

Abstract:  The aquifer boundaries dataset depicts the major groundwater resources in Australia. This includes well known aquifers, including Great Artesian Basin, Murray Basin, Daly Basin and Perth Basin. Where possible they are attributed with their local name to allow users to identify known aquifers in an area of interest.Aquifers are categorised as belonging to upper, middle or lower groups. This is based on the National Aquifer Framework, which groups aquifers by geological strata and age. The classification is indicative and designed to give only an indication of where complex layered aquifers occur.The aquifer boundaries dataset is sourced from the National Groundwater Information System (NGIS). Input datasets are listed on the NGIS Copyright webpage. Detailed discussion of the methodology used is found in the Bureau's aquifer boundaries paper.Information about aquifer boundaries fields:LocalHGUName—Jurisdictional name of Hydro Geological Unit (HGU)NafHGCName—National Aquifer Framework (NAF) name of Hydro Geologic Complex (HGC)ProvinceName—Name of groundwater province or basinSource—Jurisdictional data provider

Purpose: Delineation of the extents of the principal aquifers throughout Australia, and categorisation into upper, middle or lower aquifer groupings based on age and stratigraphic position (depth).

Dataset language:  eng
Dataset character set:  utf8

Resource constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use: Creative Commons Attribution V4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

Spatial representation type:  vector

Processing environment: Esri ArcGIS 12.5.0.22081

Extent:
Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: 112.921484
East longitude: 159.130997
North latitude: -9.21994
South latitude: -43.643052
Credits: We request attribution as © Commonwealth of Australia (Bureau of Meteorology) 2020

Spatial Representation - Vector:

Level of topology for this dataset:  geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Object type:  composite
Object count: 293

Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:
Value: 4283
Code space: EPSG
Version: 9.8(3.0.1)

Distribution Information:

Format:
Format name: Enterprise Geodatabase Feature Class

Metadata Information:

Metadata language:  eng
Metadata character set:  utf8


Last update:  2021-08-20

Scope of the data described by the metadata:  dataset
Scope name: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007