Palaeodrainage direction

Created: 19 Nov 2024 Revised: 28 Mar 2025

An interpretation of Tertiary palaeodrainage directions for South Australian Tertiary palaeodrainage systems. Those palaeodrainage flow directions were interpreted from NOAA and ASTER Night-time Thermal images; Airborne Electromagnetic data; palaeovalleys; Landsat, SRTM DEM, mapped Basin and Province datasets; drillhole data and geological mapping.The major use is in mineral exploration of palaeochannel deposits but also contributes to basic geological understanding of South Australian palaeodrainage systems, in conjunction with topography and drainage.

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About this record

Record No	mesac828
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Dataset
Category Type	Earth Sciences Geochemistry Geology Geomorphology And Regolith And Landscape Evolution Geophysics Geospatial Information Systems Hydrogeology Physical Geography Regional Geology
Document Type
Contributor
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Tenement
Tenement Holder
Operator
Geological Province
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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/mesac828
Citation	Palaeodrainage direction https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/dataset/mesac828

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 location and extent of South Australia's Tertiary palaeodrainage systems and flow directions. To display the location and extent of South Australia's Tertiary palaeodrainage systems and flow directions.
Lineage	Source data: Tertiary palaeodrainage direction interpreted from palao-highs/ridges and palaeodrainage systems of South Australia, developed concurrently. Linework modified and extended on desktop GIS into interpreted areas using geological data... Source data: Tertiary palaeodrainage direction interpreted from palao-highs/ridges and palaeodrainage systems of South Australia, developed concurrently. Linework modified and extended on desktop GIS into interpreted areas using geological data and interpretations from Landsat MSS, SRTM or DTM, NOAA, ASTER, SA Geology (100K), SA Basins and Provinces, drillhole data and geological mapping. Positional accuracy: Accuracy variable, dependent in part on scale and quality of source data. As dataset is partly interpretive, positional accuracy and boundaries are subject to alternative interpretation. Geological attributes are based on interpretation of features in the subsurface which are not directly observable; thus they are subject to alternative interpretations. More +

Attribute details

Name	Definition
Age	Geological time
Accuracy	Positional accuracy of feature
Derivation	Derivation
Derivation2	Derivation2
Derivation3	Derivation3
Derivation4	Derivation4
Author	Creator of palaeo-dividesn
References	References of the interpretation