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Late Eocene - Pliocene stratigraphy of the Langhorne Sub-basin (north-western Padthaway Archipelago, South Australia).
The following Tertiary units were identified : Kongorong Fm, Narrawaturk Fm, Buccleuch Fm, Ettrick Fm, Mannum Fm, Kalibar Limestone, Parilla Sand and North West Bend Fm. All of these units are separated by unconformities. Erosional surfaces,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 96/00044 Padthaway Proclaimed Wells Area groundwater status report.
The Padthaway Formation and Bridgewater Formation aquifers provide a high quality groundwater resource in the Padthaway Proclaimed Wells Area (PWA). The resource supports an irrigated agriculture and horticulture industry. Irrigation is concentrated...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1997
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RB 00734 Stratigraphy and correlation of the marine sediments of the Gambier Embayment (Otway Basin).
The sediments of the Gambier Embayment are mainly of Cretaceous and Tertiary age. Lower Cretaceous subsurface units have been referred to outcropping rocks of the Otway and Merino Groups, but satisfactory criteria for their identification with...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1900
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RB 71/00077 Observation bore no.1, Hundred Townsend, section 125. Micropalaeontology and stratigraphy.
The drilled section was subdivided into Cainozoic units. The Gambier - Lacepede contact is probably disconformable. The planktonic foraminiferal sequence in the Lacepede Formation was studied in detail, and important biostratigraphic datums selected....-
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Published: 12 May 1971
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RB 71/00078 Australia - Antarctica separation and the Eocene transgression in southern Australia.
Stratigraphic evidence indicates major change in sedimentary regime in the Middle Eocene, close to the inferred onset of continental breakup. Deep sea drill core suggests an Antarctic ice sheet may have existed at this time, when Australasia was much...-
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Published: 24 May 1971