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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 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 98/00028 Willunga Basin - Status of groundwater resources, 1998.
The Willunga Basin is a complex multi-aquifer groundwater system supporting an area of high agricultural production. Because of the inter-connection between the various aquifers and surrounding basement rocks, the effects of significant withdrawals...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1998
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RB 89/00022 Willunga Basin hydrogeological investigations 1986/88.
Activities from 1986 to August 1988 included the compilation of a borehole data base, the setting up of a new monitoring network, drilling, test pumping, geophysical logging of wells, water sampling, and a land use survey. Transmissivities from test...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 90/00032 Cliff stability, Aldinga, South Australia.
A preliminary study was made of the near vertical coastal cliffs adjacent to Gordon and Stock Street, Aldinga. Continued landsliding of soil-strength cliff-forming materials and toe erosion by the sea have threatened the clifftop esplanade roadway,...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1990
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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 90/00071 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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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 67/00058 Exploration for argillaceous material for cement manufacture, Yorke Peninsula - Adelaide Cement Co. Ltd.
Investigations carried out since 1964 have shown that although there are large reserves of Permian, Tertiary and Quaternary clays present near Klein Point, their chemical composition or physical characteristics render them unsuitable for use in the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1970
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RB 66/00073 Preliminary report on the stratigraphy of the Dublin 1:63 360 map area.
The Dublin 1:63 360 map area is located on the ADELAIDE 1:250 000 map area, and is centred about 40 miles north-west of Adelaide. Within this area, possible Adelaide System rocks are unconformably overlain by Tertiary marine limestones, sands, silts...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 71/00061 Stratigraphy and engineering properties of the soil and rock horizons beneath the Adelaide city area, Hds Adelaide and Yatala.
The geological conditions and rock and soil properties existing beneath the Adelaide city area, have, of necessity, become more important as both the size of buildings, and the extent of construct ion has increased. Drilling and excavation in the area...-
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Published: 08 Apr 1971
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RB 2016/00008 Geological field excursion guide — Cenozoic Willunga Embayment: from Australo-Antarctic Gulf to Sprigg Orogeny.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GUIDE As superb exposures of fossiliferous strata, refreshed by coastal erosion and winter storms and backing popular beaches in what is now suburban Adelaide, the coastal cliff sections in the Willunga Embayment have attracted...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2016
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RB 2000/00020 Willunga Groundwater Basin. Observation well network inventory and review.
This report presents an inventory on the status, current condition and capacity of the existing Willunga Basin observation well network which has been installed to provide information needed for groundwater resource management. A review of the...-
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Published: 01 Jun 2000
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RB 2000/00029 Preliminary assessment of the potential of aquifer storage and recovery - Cheltenham Racecourse.
The Groundwater Program of the Department for Water Resources (DWR - previously with PIRSA) was engaged by the Torrens Catchment Water Management Board to assess the aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) potential at the Cheltenham Racecourse, using...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2000
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Northern Adelaide Plains groundwater review.
The availability of good quality groundwater from two Tertiary confined aquifers (T1 and T2) under the Northern Adelaide Plains (NAP) has encouraged the development of over 3000 hectares of horticulture in the area since the 1950s. At present,...-
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Kangaroo Flat hydrogeological investigation - Pump test results.
The aim of the present investigation was to determine the hydraulic properties of the Tertiary T2 aquifer and the leakage properties of the overlying confining bed of the Port Willunga Formation. A pump test, involving four production wells and one...-
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Clinton. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/6/1972 to 28/6/1973.
Lignite seams in the Clinton Coalfield were further assessed for their potential to produce commercial grade montan wax in marketable quantities, via the drilling and sampling of two appraisal rotary/core holes with a total penetration of 533 feet, to...-
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Published: 07 Jan 1974
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ExpNotes MAITLAND: Explanatory Notes MAITLAND
The MAITLAND Special 1:250,000 scale geological map covers the greater part of South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. The rocks in the map area comprise deformed Palaeoproterozoic and early Mesoproterozoic basement of the south-eastern Gawler Craton, and...-
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