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RB 81/00040 Regional stratigraphy of the regolith on the southwest margin of the Great Australian Basin Province, South Australia.
Ancient features in crystalline basement and resurgent tectonic structures post-dating the Delamerian Orogeny controlled the pattern of Upper Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cainozoic sedimentation in the Great Australian Basin. This study describes the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 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 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 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 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 74/00152 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
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RB 76/00069 Proposed northern power station, Playford South site, Port Augusta. Preliminary geological and botanical investigations.
An investigation has been carried out at a possible site for the proposed Northern Power Station. Its purpose has been to provide data for an Environmental Impact Statement. The work has involved geological mapping with drilling and sampling, seismic...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 76/00107 Stratigraphy and engineering geology of the Monarto designated area - Monarto Development Commission.
Drilling of 25 cable tool holes to depth up to 20.1m in the designated area for Monarto New Town illustrates the nature, distribution and thickness of Quaternay and Tertiary sediments. The main tertiary units are the marine fossiliferous limestone of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 2000/00013 Australian Clay Minerals Society Inc. 17th Biennial Conference, Adelaide, 10-12 April 2000: Field Guide for post-conference tour, 13-14 April 2000 - Yorke Peninsula clays and carbonates, copper mines, desert loam soils and mangroves.
This tour is concerned with aspects of the soils, geology, landforms, clays and mining on Yorke Peninsula, and likewise for the northern Adelaide Plains which are separated from the Peninsula by Gulf St Vincent. Both of these regions are among the...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2000
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Calcrete investigations. Progress report nos 1 to 3 for the period September 1974 to December 1976.
Calcrete samples taken from various likely residential and industrial sites in South Australia were examined to determine features applicable to stratigraphic classification and to engineering geology requirements for construction planning.-
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