Canning Basin

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The Canning Basin is a large sedimentary basin in northwestern Australia known for its significant petroleum and mineral resources.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Canning Basin canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sedimentary basin ⓘ
basinType intracratonic basin ⓘ
containsFormation Devonian reef complexes ⓘ
Ordovician to Carboniferous sedimentary sequences ⓘ
Permian coal measures ⓘ
Triassic clastic sequences ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
economicActivity gas exploration ⓘ
mineral exploration ⓘ
oil exploration ⓘ
extendsTo offshore Western Australia ⓘ
onshore Western Australia ⓘ
geologicalEra Mesozoic ⓘ
linked to: Mesozoic Era

Paleozoic ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era
governedBy Government of Western Australia ⓘ
hasApproximateArea over 400000 square kilometres ⓘ
hasNaturalResource coal ⓘ
minerals ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
petroleum ⓘ
shale gas ⓘ
hasRockType dolomite ⓘ
evaporite ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
hasSubBasin Billiluna Shelf ⓘ
Broome Platform ⓘ
Fitzroy Trough ⓘ
Kidson Sub-basin ⓘ
Lennard Shelf ⓘ
Luluigui Platform ⓘ
Oobagooma Sub-basin ⓘ
Ord Basin margin ⓘ
Willara Sub-basin ⓘ
knownFor hydrocarbon potential ⓘ
mineral exploration ⓘ
petroleum exploration ⓘ
unconventional gas resources ⓘ
locatedIn Western Australia ⓘ
locatedInRegion northwestern Australia ⓘ
locatedNear Great Sandy Desert ⓘ
Kimberley region ⓘ
overlies Precambrian basement ⓘ
partOf North West Shelf geological province ⓘ
regulatedBy Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety ⓘ
usedFor geological research ⓘ
resource development studies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bonaparte Basin → adjacentTo → Canning Basin ⓘ
Browse Basin → adjacentTo → Canning Basin ⓘ
Officer Basin → adjacentTo → Canning Basin ⓘ