Canning Basin
Encyclopedia
The Canning Basin is a geological basin
located in Western Australia
.
The Basin covers approximately (506,000 km²) of which approximately (430,000 km²) is on land.
It has prospective oil and gas capacity and at June 2003 - 250 wells have been drilled and 78,000 km of seismic shot.
The basin is also a distinct physiographic province of the larger West Australian Shield
division.
It has a number of sub basins - the Fitzroy Trough-Gregory Sub-basin complex, the Willara Sub-basin, and the Kidson Sub-basin complex.
Sedimentary basin
The term sedimentary basin is used to refer to any geographical feature exhibiting subsidence and consequent infilling by sedimentation. As the sediments are buried, they are subjected to increasing pressure and begin the process of lithification...
located in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
.
The Basin covers approximately (506,000 km²) of which approximately (430,000 km²) is on land.
It has prospective oil and gas capacity and at June 2003 - 250 wells have been drilled and 78,000 km of seismic shot.
The basin is also a distinct physiographic province of the larger West Australian Shield
Australian Shield
The Australian Shield, also called the Western Australian Shield or Western Plateau, occupies more than half of the continent of Australia. It occupies the portion of Australia west of a line running north-south roughly from the eastern shore of Arnhem Land on the Bay or Gulf of Carpentaria to the...
division.
It has a number of sub basins - the Fitzroy Trough-Gregory Sub-basin complex, the Willara Sub-basin, and the Kidson Sub-basin complex.
Further reading
- Raine, M. J. (1972) Bibliography of the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics. Reports ; no. 155. ISBN 0642000808