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Kangaroo Flat hydrogeological investigation - Well drilling.
The Department for Water Resources drilled three wells at Kangaroo Flat in October and November 2000 as part of a hydrogeological investigation of the area. The wells were drilled as observation wells, and water levels will subsequently be monitored...-
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RB 60/00103 Phosphate reconnaissance sampling, Willunga and Noarlunga sub-basins.
Reconnaissance sampling of coastal and inland exposures of the Tertiary succession in the Willunga and Noarlunga sub-basins of the Saint Vincent Basin indicates that the P205 content of the sediments is below the average of normal marine carbonates. A...-
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Published: 25 May 1965
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RB 50/00026 Inkerman-Balaklava Coalfield stratigraphy.
Examination of five bores in the Inkerman-Balaklava Coal Field showed a maximum thickness of eighty feet of Pleistocene to Recent, sixty feet of Port Willunga Beds, ten feet of Port Julie Greensand, and one hundred and eighty feet of Blanche Point...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 87/00133 Port Gawler 3. Well completion report and revision of the geology around Port Gawler.
312 metres of Cainozoic overlie Precambrian bedrock : ABC Range Quartzite (312-587 metres) conformably overlying finer-grained Brachina Formation (587-682 metres). The drilling and former seismic data permitted reinterpretation of bedrock structure...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1987
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RB 78/00013 Northern Adelaide Plains gas storage study. Barabba gravity low.
The Barabba Gravity Low in the Northern Adelaide Plains has been interpreted as a southerly dipping trough-like depression in Precambrian bedrock, infilled with Tertiary and covered by a blanket of Quaternary sediments. All margins of this feature are...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 78/00057 Adelaide city stratigraphic drilling 1976, hydrogeological completion report.
Two exploration wells have been drilled through the Cainozoic sequence to Precambrian bedrock to provide stratigraphic and hydrogeological data. At the South Parklands site two aquifers were tested. The upper one yielded a large supply of marginally...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 81/00101 Sturt Oval water well completion report.
Production well was successfully completed into the Tertiary Port Willunga Beds. Although the well capacity is in excess of 2.5 L/sec, the pumping rate should not exceed 2.25 L/sec. Higher rates will lead to significant silt / sand entry through the...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1981
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RB 77/00061 Marion Golf Course groundwater investigation progress report no. 2.
Rotary drilling of a scout water well north of the Eden - Burnside Fault, penetrated a productive limestone aquifer between 63 and 102 metres in the Port Willunga Beds, within the Adelaide Plains sedimentary basin. Production testing indicates that a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 77/00125 Drilling and completion report. Little Para River deep observation wells - EWS Department.
Three observation wells have been completed in the Port Willunga Formation 'A' for the Water Resources Branch of the Engineering and Water Supply Department. These wells are located in the vicinity of the Little Para River to monitor the response of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 79/00082 Geological results from the 1977/78 drilling programme, Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits.
Between December 1977 and February 1978, 103 coal exploration and development holes were drilled in the Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits, 100 km north of Adelaide. These Tertiary deposits, in the northern extremity of the St. Vincent Basin, contain...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1992
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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 97/00014 Aquifer storage and recovery, MFP Australia, The Levels. Progress report no. 1.
Mines and Energy South Australia (MESA) was commissioned by MFP Australia to undertake an investigation into the feasibility of establishing an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) scheme at The Levels site. The programme is being carried out in two...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1997
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RB 90/00037 Willunga Basin groundwater investigation - Progress report 1989.
Two observation wells were drilled and they penetrated the entire Tertiary sequence, with 1 cased to basement, and the other completed in the lowermost Tertiary aquifer. Two pumping tests were carried out in the lower Tertiary aquifer and 2 in the...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1990
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RB 90/00071 Willunga Basin groundwater investigation - Summary report.
The investigation has included drilling, test pumping, expansion of the water level observation network, the establishment of a salinity observation network, geophysical logging of observation wells and a land use survey. Facies changes and...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1990
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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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Report on investigation of Hallions Bore.
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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Northern Saint Vincent Basin Coalfield, South Australia. Geological report.
All previous data and all the known major deposits within the Clinton Coal Measures are reviewed. The study covers their formation, structure, stratigraphy and various engineering geology aspects associated with the possibility of mining any one of...-
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RB 00711 Black Point no. 1A well. Subsurface stratigraphy and micropalaeontological study.
Beach Petroleum Black Point No. 1 Stratigraphic Well intersected 574 feet of mostly recent and lower Tertiary sediments before entering lower to middle Cambrian red-bed arkrose of an unnamed formation which has been mapped at Pint Point and Rocky...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1900
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RB 00677 Grange 1 well. Subsurface stratigraphy.
Grange No. 1 Well was drilled to a depth of 1983 feet, and penetrated a sedimentary sequence of Quaternary and Tertiary rocks to 1872 feet before bottoming in red shale and grey slates of Proterozoic Age. Pleistocene to Recent sandy clays with some...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
