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RB 77/00009 Construction materials investigation Redcliff petrochemical site, sections 12, 18, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 102, 134 Hd Winninowie, Co. Frome.
Materials suitable for concrete aggregate, railway ballast, road base course, protection of salt field sea wails and rock fill will be required should construction of the petrochemical plant and appurtenant works proceed at Redcliff, 25 km...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 77/00014 Torrens Gorge weir disaster, 1958.
In the first years of settlement Adelaide's water supply was obtained directly from the River Torrens, or from shallow wells along its banks. This water became brackish in summer and caused serious health problems due to pollution. In any case the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 81/00067 Mineral resources of the Calperum land management area, County Hamley - Department of Lands.
Sources of hard rock are restricted. Deposits of limestone and silicified sandstone are significant because of their proximity to Renmark and Berri. The present competition for these resources should be resolved by reserving an appropriate area from...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1981
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RB 96/00017 River Murray water resource management. Assessment of salt load impacts and drainage hazard for new irrigation development along the River Murray in South Australia.
The Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) has a commitment in the national interest to managing the health of the River Murray and floodplain environment by mitigating both decreases in river water quality and associated environmental degradation...-
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Published: 01 May 1996
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Interim report on mapping of surficial materials in ELs 113 and 114.
The Kapunda region is principally one in which prolonged denudation, or lowering of the landsurface, has been operative over the past 100 Ma, while the present topographic amplitude of the region is also at its greatest since the onset of the...-
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RB 67/00089 Murray Bridge silo alternative site geological investigations. Progress report no. 1, design stage, railway yards, Hd Mobilong.
Investigation of the site of a proposed four-cell silo consisted of five cable tool holes up to 12.5m deep. The site is underlain by a layer of fill up to 2.4m thick followed by a natural sequence of aeolian topsoil and calcrete over Mannum Limestone.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 69/00090 Desalination by freezing.
The report covers the initial phases of investigation into the use of underground methods of water disposal employed in the Waikerie Irrigation Area. The detailed geology of the area was established from surface exposures and by means of several...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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RB 68/00025 Reconnaissance geological survey of the STREAKY BAY and NUYTS 1:250 000 areas.
The Streaky Bay and Nuyts 1:250 000 map areas are located on the western side of Eyre Peninsula. Precambrian greenschist and amphibolite facies metamorphics of the Gawler Platform are intruded by Lower Proterozoic or Carpentarian granites, gneisses...-
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Published: 25 Feb 1969
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RB 65/00020 Stratigraphy of Late Cainozoic deposits in South Australia.
This paper sets out the stratigraphy of late Cainozoic deposits in the southern part of South Australia. The study includes the Murray, St Vincent and Spencer Gulf, West Coast and Eucla Basins and the adjoining uplands. Work has been concentrated on...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 65/00106 250 000 gallon elevated tank, Barmera. Geological investigations progress report no. 1, feasibility stage. Crown Land, Barmera township, Co. Hamley - EWS Department.
The site of a proposed elevated water storage tank was investigated by means of one test hole. The hole was tube sampled utilising the hydraulic pull-down of a Mayhew rotary rig. Before commencing the push tube hole two rotary air blown holes were...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 71/00016 Regional stratigraphy of surficial deposits in the Great Artesian Basin and Frome Embayment in South Australia. Fossil and vertebrate-bearing rocks in the western part of the GASON 4-mile sheet, South Australia. (appended report)
The report aimed to place the Cainozoic and Quaternary stratigraphic units of various workers into a stratigraphic framework. Correlations based on lithology and biostratigraphy were made between northern and southern parts of the state and within the...-
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Published: 11 Feb 1971
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RB 73/00123 Reconnaissance mapping of the eastern boundary of the Bridgewater Formation on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
The eastern boundary of the Bridgewater Formation (Pleistocene aeolianite limestone) was identified from Streaky Bay through to the southernmost region of Eyre Peninsula. Younger calcrete and Molineaux sand were also mapped. The boundary has been...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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RB 75/00057 Inkerman Coalfield dewatering investigation report no. 1. Aquifer test no. 1.
The low grade lignite deposits which form the Inkerman coalfield lie within a sequence of unconsolidated Tertiary sediments 100 m thick in the northern St. Vincent Basin. Drilling and test pumping in three aquifers has provided approximate...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 75/00064 Monarto City Centre. Geotechnical investigations report no. 1.
Engineering investigations at the Monarto City Centre consisted of 8 diamond drill holes up to 15m deep, 25 backhoe test pits, detailed mapping and seismic refraction surveys. The area consists of Kanmantoo Group meta-sediments, in part overlain by a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 74/00175 Re-evaluation of seismic velocities recorded in calcretes Flinders Highway Talia-Port Kenny/Streaky Bay section.
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 74/00005 Proposed subdivision, Murray Bridge, pt secns 65, 66 Hd Mobilong. Report on geological investigations - State Planning Office (Docket 2477/73).
A proposed subdivision at Murray Bridge has been examined with reference to the suitability of the site for residential development. The site is covered by up to 0.30 metres of silt soil overlying calcrete capped limestone and calcareous sandstone...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 74/00111 Amphibolite deposit near Tailem Bend.
Railway ballast was sought from amphibolite of the Kanmantoo Group of Cambrian age which subcrops on a bedrock ridge in the Murray Basin near Tailem Bend. A surface sample of amphibolite returned low Los Angelese Abrasion and Sodium Sulphate Soundness...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 74/00152 Investigation of potential evaporation basins, Upper Murray, South Australia. Progress report 1. Appendix Analogue model experiments to determine saline groundwater flow into the Murray River system
Groundwater flow in the Upper Murray region is generally towards the River Murray except in the Noora area where contours show a depression in the water table surface. The Noora area appears to be the most suitable site for an evaporation basin for...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 76/00008 Monarto new town. Proposed city centre. Geotechnical investigations report no. 2.
Engineering geological investigations consisting of cable tool drilling of 10 holes up to 15.25m deep, penetration testing and seismic refraction surveys were completed at the proposed CBD of the Monarto city centre. Drilling encountered thin...-
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Published: 02 Feb 1976
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RB 76/00032 Hilton Bridge, Burbridge Road, secns Parklands, Hd Adelaide. Foundation investigations - South Australian Railways.
Three cable tool holes have been drilled to investigate the foundation conditions for a proposed new bridge over the railway line, on Burbridge Road, Hilton. Drilling disclosed a near horizontal sequence of Quaternary and Tertiary sediments which are...-
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Published: 11 Mar 1976
