Global Petrophysical Database for hydrogeological assessments
A new petrophysical database has been compiled to support hydrogeological studies.
The Global Petrophysical Database (GPD) is a global compilation of petrophysical properties for a wide range of rock types, obtained using a variety of in-situ and laboratory measurement techniques. Properties include porosity, density, permeability/hydraulic conductivity, diffusion coefficients, tortuosity, thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity and radiogenic heat production. Mechanical properties are not currently included. The GPD incorporates data from several pre-existing databases (covering more than 600 publications) and more than 50 individual publications. The data can be used and analysed in many ways, such as identifying depth trends or correlations between parameters.
Subset of data points on the Australian continent and surrounding countries extracted from the Global Petrophysical Database.
To support preliminary exploration of the data, users can access the Global Petrophysical Database Explorer app.
The Global Petrophysical Database Explorer allows rapid assessment of data to support preliminary exploration and selection of the data.