This publication details the stratigraphy of the Murray Basin Province of South Australia. The work leading up to this report has played a major part in the understanding of the sedimentary succession of this important basin-area of the State. The...

Beach Petroleum NL Monash 1 exploratory well located 5 miles north-west of Monash, and 20 miles south-west of Renmark, was drilled to a total depth of 3445 feet. The well penetrated a sequence of Tertiary, Cretaceous and Permian sedimentary rocks,...

Sludge and core samples examined microscopically but not in detail show a sequence on 70 feet of recent sands followed by at least 90 feet of Loxton Sands. Below 260 feet Miocene-Oligocene limestone continued to 479 feet at which 9 feet of glauconitic...

Australian Oil and Gas Company Wentworth No.1 was drilled 25 miles north of Wentworth, N.S.W, to a depth of 2081 feet. The well penetrated a sequence of mainly marine Tertiary rocks to a depth of 1273 feet; it then intersected 331 feet of marine Lower...

The stratigraphic succession from the surface to 600 feet depth in Pinnaroo bore is: - Pleistocene to Recent terrestrial sands and clayey sands, thickness 34 feet; - Loxton Sands (Cheltenhamian - Upper Miocene), thickness 107 feet; - ?continental...

North Renmark 1 was drilled 6 miles north of Renmark, to a total depth of 4018 feet. The well penetrated a sequence of Tertiary, Cretaceous and Permian rocks, mostly of marine origin, and has given the most complete section so far known from the...

It has been appreciated since the first geological report by Johnson, Hiern and Steel (RB 51/00136) that the filling of the proposed Chowilla Dam would cause some flushing downstream of saline groundwater present in sands beneath the Murray River...

Strandlines or elevated shorelines, located across the Murray Basin in south-eastern Australia, trace the preserved remnants of former emergent coastlines that developed during the Late Miocene (c. 7 to 4 Ma) marine regression. Strandline traces...

This report covers an intensive survey of the groundwater resources of the southeastern portion of the State and is an important contribution to the study of the hydrology of Australian groundwaters. The State possesses a major economic asset, in a...

This study draws together diverse aspects of South Australia’s heavy minerals (HM) resources geoscience to provide an overall context for evaluating their occurrence, economic significance and origins. Two main objectives are addressed by the subject...

This report completes a trilogy which surveys the regional groundwater situation along the River Murray, upstream of Blanchetown as far as the N.S.W, Victorian border. The area covered in the present report lies upstream of Kingston on Murray. The...

Two cable tool holes were drilled to test at depth the foundation conditions for a proposed bridge over the Murray River. As a result of a previous investigation, sampling was not commenced until depths of 16m and 26m had been reached. Both holes then...

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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The most significant feature of the area, covered by the Naracoorte 1:250 000 sheet is the Padthaway Ridge which underlies all but the southernmost part of the area, where Mesozoic sediments, of the Otway Basin lap onto the ridge (Padthaway...

Samples from three cable tool holes near Lake Victoria were submitted for palaeontological examination and stratigraphic advice. Brown to carbonized black wood fragments are rare to abundant in (Pliocene) Loxton Sands (mainly the pyritic 'lower...

The Government Offices building at Loxton has developed moderate to severe cracking during 1965. Two drillholes were drilled to total depths of 48 and 36 feet respectively to determine the cause and nature of the failure. Each hole penetrated from 26...

Stratigraphic summaries and more significant microfaunal data are provided for additional water bores on properties in the Sunlands, Ramco and Waikerie areas, and for a recently completed bore at New Residence, 7 miles south of Moorook. Formations of...

This report deals with the stratigraphy and sedimentary history of the Chowilla area in the Murray Basin. Local geology is set against a background of geological information derived from other areas in southern Australia. Local stratigraphy is based...

A reconnaissance inspection of the Chowilla Reservoir area was carried out between 22nd and 24th August, 1966, to determine the geological conditions around the rim, particularly of the strata below top water level, and the possibility of leakage from...