Victorian aquifer framework

Quaternary Aquifer (QA)

11

Various aeolian deposits, fluvial, lacustrine, alluvial and colluvial sediments (All Basins).

Upper Tertiary/Quaternary Basalts (UTQB)

34

Newer Volcanics (Otway, Central and NE Murray Basins)

Upper Tertiary/Quaternary Aquifer (UTQA)

35

Haunted Hill Formation (Gippsland)
Shepparton Formation (Murray)

Upper Tertiary Aquifer – Marine (UTAM)

46

Hanson Plain Sand (Otway)
Moorabool Formation (Central)
Loxton-Parilla Sands (Murray)

Upper Tertiary Aquifer – Fluvial (UTAF)

22

Unnamed fluvial deposits (Otway)
Brighton Group (Central)
Boisdale Formation (Gippsland)
Calivil Formation (Murray)

Upper Mid-tertiary Aquifer (UMTA)

98

Port Campbell Limestone (Otway)
Batesford Limestone (Central)
Latrobe Valley Group (Gippsland)
Murray Group Limestone (Murray)

Lower Mid-tertiary Aquifer (LMTA)

44

Clifton Formation (Otway)
Maude Formation (Central)
Latrobe Valley Group (Gippsland)

Lower Mid-tertiary Basalts (LTB)

LTBA – 35

LTBB - 78

Phase 2 Basalts (Otway)
Mornington Volcanics (Central)
Thorpdale Volcanics (Gippsland)
Phase 1 Volcanics (Murray)

Lower Tertiary Aquifer (LTA)

136

Dilwyn Formation (Otway)
Werribee Formation (Central)
Childers Formation (Gippsland)
Renmark Group (Murray)

Basement (Cretaceous/Permian Sediments and Paleozoic Bedrock)

CPS – 298

BSE – UNK (lower limit unknown)

Paaratte Formation & Eumeralla Formation (Otway)
Permian Glacial Sediments (Central)
Strezlecki Group (Gippsland & Murray)
Palezoic Basement (Murray)