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RB 59/00037 Foundation investigations, new government building, Victoria Square.
This report contains information used by the staff at the Geological Survey at various times as a basis for advice to authorise responsible for construction of the new Government Offices at Victoria Square. It is not therefore an integrated report. A...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 59/00125 Report on site investigation, Morphett Street and Victoria Bridges, Adelaide.
A site investigation has been carried out for G. Maunsell and Partners, Melbourne, for the proposed new Morphett Street and Victoria Bridges, in the City of Adelaide. The investigation was requested in a letter to the Director of Mines dated 21st...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 59/00122 Auger boring of Happy Valley sand deposit (17/11/1964).
At Happy Valley, Pliocene freshwater sands and clays, capped by a lateritic horizon, are underlain by marine Blanche Point Marls of Eocene age. Boring has proved 2 million cubic yards of fine clayey sand with ¾ million cubic yards of waste material....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 58/00126 New government building, Victoria Square, foundation stratigraphy.
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 60/00039 New AMP building, Adelaide. Foundation stratigraphy.
A foundation test bore 200 feet deep, drilled at the site of a new Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP) building to be constructed on the south-western corner of North Terrace and King William Street, has intersected a Cainozoic sedimentary...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1965
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RB 94/00009 Soils, stratigraphy and engineering geology of near surface materials of the Adelaide Plains.
Metropolitan Adelaide is founded on a wide variety of soils that overlie sediments and rocks. Some of the soils and sediments react to seasonal and human-induced changes in water content with marked changes in volume. The black earths and...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1996
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RB 95/00004 Willunga Basin. Review of hydrogeology and water budget.
The Willunga Basin is a groundwater resource being stressed by groundwater abstraction for agricultural purposes. The Southern Vales Water Resources Committee, in conjunction with MESA, DENR and SA WATER, are developing groundwater management...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1995
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RB 97/00045 Briefing on Adelaide South Parklands aquifer storage and recovery potential.
MESA has been approached by civil engineering firm B.C. Tonkin and Associates to help with assessing the possibility of developing an aquifer storage and recovery scheme in the Adelaide South Parklands. Their client the Adelaide City Council is...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1997
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Bull 051 Engineering Geology of the Adelaide City Area
The importance of engineering geology has been emphasised since the 1950s. when construction commenced in the city of a new generation of multistorey buildings. Foundation drilling along with geological and geophysical services provided by the...-
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Broch 061 Geology of McLaren Vale Wine Region 2000 (see BROCH 060 for 2010 version)
McLaren Vale, one of South Australia's major wine producing regions, is nestled in a geological province known as the Willunga Embayment, just a short drive south of Adelaide. From the sediments which were deposited in the basin-shaped embayment,...-
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RB 64/00004 Main South Road.no. 3 Noarlunga Bridge over Onkaparinga River. Geological investigation progress report no. 1, design stage. Secn 339 Hd Noarlunga - Highways and Local Government Department.
Investigation of the foundation conditions for a bridge over the Onkaparinga River at Noarlunga was requested in a letter dated 25th October, 1966, from the Commissioner of Highways. Geological mapping and drilling was requested. Previous auger...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 66/00128 Waymouth Street Telephone Exchange geological investigations - Progress report no. 2, design stage T/A 199, Hd Adelaide.
Further drilling to determine foundation conditions at the proposed Waymouth Street Telephone Exchange was requested in a letter from the Director of Works dated 5th February. It was requested that this work be carried out in liaison with Soilmech Pty...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 73/00130 Marden pensioner flats, section 283 Hundred of Adelaide. Report on foundation investigations - South Australian Housing Trust.
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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RB 72/00237 Forensic Science and Motor Vehicles Department buildings, TA 300, 301, Hd Adelaide. Foundation investigations, design stage - Public Buildings Department.
Drilling to determine foundation conditions for the proposed Forensic Science and Motor Vehicles Buildings was requested by Mr. A. Dancauskis of the Public Buildings Department. The two buildings will be from 6 to 9 stories high, will have basements,...-
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Published: 08 Dec 1972
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RB 63/00071 Festival Hall North Adelaide, geological investigations progress report no. 1, town acres 749, 750 Hd Yatala - Kinnaird,Hill, de Rohan,Young.
Cable tool and diamond drilling to depths of up to 185 ft beneath the proposed Adelaide City Festival Hall site have revealed about 60 ft of alluvial materials of Pleistocene to Recent age, overlying about 60 ft of Blanche Point Marls and carbonaceous...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1966
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RB 74/00185 Adelaide subway study reconnaissance drilling North Adelaide. Report on geological investigations - Director General of Transport.
A programme of reconnaissance drilling has been completed in the North Adelaide and Torrens Valley areas to assist in the selection of a route for the proposed Adelaide Metropolitan Subway. The drilling was carried out to augment knowledge of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 75/00031 Drilling of the Tatachilla sand deposit, secn 142 Hd Willunga, Co. Adelaide - Pioneer Concrete (SA) Pty Ltd.
Rotary drilling of 16 holes at the Tatachilla sand deposit on the northern margin of the Willunga Basin indicates total reserves of 3.6M cubic metres of construction sand and 0.8M cubic metres of filling sand. Overburden and waste totol 2.3M cubic...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 75/00050 Drillhole intersections of Eocene sediments, northern margin Willunga Sub-basin.
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Published: 01 Apr 1975
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RB 75/00078 Test drilling for sand, pt secn 143 Hd Willunga, Co. Adelaide - Chaplin Holdings Pty Ltd.
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 73/00238 Blanche Point Banded Marl - An alternative bearing horizon beneath the city of Adelaide.
The main horizon used in the past for City buildings with piled or piered foundations has been the Hallett Cove Sandstone. It is encountered at depths of 10 to 20 m below an area including most of the City Central Business District, but has been...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
