Geological Monuments

Published: 02 May 1988 Created: 19 Nov 2024 Revised: 05 Feb 2025

Location of Geological Monuments declared by the Geological Society of Australia. They represent rare, unique or representative occurrences of geological interest for future reference, research and training.

Links

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Download ESRI Geodatabase file	Download ESRI Geodatabase file	GDB
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Download Google Earth KMZ file	Download Google Earth KMZ file	KMZ

About this record

Record No	mesac1146
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Dataset
Category Type	Conserving Natural Heritage Earth Sciences Geochemistry Geology Geophysics Geospatial Information Systems Historical Geology Physical Geography
Document Type
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement
Tenement Holder
Operator
Geological Province
Other
Mine Name
Stratigraphy
Commodity
Notes
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

Citations

Use constraints	License
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/dataset/mesac1146
Citation	1988. Geological Monuments https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/dataset/mesac1146

Technical information

Status	Completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Geographic Reference	GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
Geo bounding box	{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[129,-38],[141,-38],[141,-26],[129,-26],[129,-38]]]}
Purpose	To display the regional geology of South Australia To display the regional geology of South Australia
Lineage	Source Data History: Hardcopy reports "Geological Monuments in South Australia" (parts 1-9), Geological Society of Australia, SA Division: source of geological heritage sites and primary source of locational information. Polygons created by... Source Data History: Hardcopy reports "Geological Monuments in South Australia" (parts 1-9), Geological Society of Australia, SA Division: source of geological heritage sites and primary source of locational information. Polygons created by reference initially to maps in "Geological Monuments in South Australia". Polygons refined where possible by reference to text descriptions in "Geological Monuments in South Australia". Polygons further refined or created (if no specific locational information present in "Geological Monuments in South Australia") by reference to most appropriate digital geological map polygons, digital topgraphic features, cadastral parcel boundaries, and maps in published and unpublished PIRSA reports. This process was subjective and was a joint project between PIRSA and the Geological Society of Australia. Processing Steps: Geological linework scanned, manually digitised or captured from pre-existing digital map data. Linework cleaned and coded. Polygon topology built. Polygons linked to geological attributes on Oracle textual database. More +

Attribute details

Name	Definition
Monument name	Monument title (name)
Monument No	Unique sequential record number
Stratigraphic Units	Names/descriptions of stratigraphic units present
Stratigraphic Units 2	Names/descriptions of stratigraphic units present (cont)
GSA Reference	Geological Society reference code. First part is a code representing (discontinued) planning area; second part is sequential identifier; third part (if present) is sequential identifier for parts of a single monument site