Galilee Basin

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Coordinates: 22 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  N , 146 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E

Location of the Galilee Basin

The Galilee Basin ( English Galilee Basin ) is a geomorphological basin in the Australian state of Queensland . It is part of the Great Artesian Basin , located about 200 km west of the Bowen Basin and covers an area of ​​about 247,000 km².

Coal seams in the Upper Permian Betts Creek Beds in the Galilee Basin

The basin is rich in coal deposits; so the company Waratah Coal Pty Ltd. discovered 4.4 billion tons of coal there.

The Indian company Adani Group is planning one of the largest coal mines in the world with the Carmichael coal mine.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Galilee Basin Coal Infrastructure Framework - The Galilee Basin ( December 20, 2013 memento in the Internet Archive ), accessed December 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ United States Geological Survey : Minerals Yearbook, 2008, V. 3, Area Reports, International, Asia and the Pacific . United States Government Printing Office , 2008, ISBN 1411329643 , p. 3.10 ( Accessed December 20, 2013).
  3. ^ Adani Australia. In: adaniaustralia.com. Accessed December 31, 2019 .