Australian Geological Provinces Database

The Australian Geological Provinces Database contains descriptions and polygon outlines of geological provinces of the Australian continent and surrounding offshore regions. The provinces are mapped at a nominal 1:1 million scale.

The database can be interactively queried, and the results retrieved as reports and maps. Attributes include igneous, sedimentary, metallogenic and structural characteristics, age limits, parent and constituent units, relations to surrounding provinces, and mineral and petroleum resources.

View the Geological Provinces Interactive Mapping System. Note that the Provinces Database is still under construction and doesn't contain a complete coverage of all geological provinces. The picture at left shows the current coverage of the provinces database.