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Goolwa - Strathalbyn - Murray Bridge - Mannum area. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender/re-issue as part of a larger tenement, for the period 13/11/1979 to 21/2/1985.
A multi-commodity mineral exploration programme carried out over an area between Mannum and Strathalbyn, seeking buried targets concealed in Tertiary sediments and basement rocks, comprised aerial magnetic, radiometric and EM surveys; groundwater,...-
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Published: 01 May 1985
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RB 37/00082 Stratigraphical and faunal sequence in Canopus bore no. 1, PL 1644, north of Renmark, South Australia.
In the stratigraphic sequence penetrated by Canopus Bore No. 1, five formations are present. From the surface to a depth of 185 feet, the boring passed through Recent surface sand and kunkar followed by medium to coarse sands of Plio-Pleistocene age....-
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Published: 27 Apr 1954
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RB 55/00093 Lower Murray dam sites - Teal Flat report on geological investigations (drill logs in separate report 55/93, main report in 55/93A).
Three potential damsites on the lower Murray River near Mannum were investigated by drilling and geological mapping. Two holes at Site 4 and one at Site 5 showed Tertiary sediments overlying granite bedrock at depth exceeding 24m. Exploration was...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 60/00036 River Murray drainage investigation. Progress report no. 1.
A review is given of the progress of a SADM investigation into the causes of drainage problems being experienced in some South Australian irrigation areas located along the River Murray. Drilling and geological survey work have been carried out over...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00085 Report on the drainage investigations undertaken at Greenways irrigation scheme, Nildottie.
A survey has been undertaken to determine the areal extent and variation in thickness of impermeable clay strata underlying the Greenways Irrigation Scheme at Nildottie. Thick clay was found on the eastern half of the Scheme underlying, in general,...-
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Published: 27 Apr 1965
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RB 60/00086 Report on the drainage investigations at the proposed Swan Reach irrigation scheme on secns 48 and 85, Hd Nildottie.
The survey was made to determine the extent and variation in thickness of impermeable clay strata under an area proposed for irrigation development. The area was proved to be free of clay except for an insignificant zone on the western boundary of...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1965
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RB 60/00111 River Murray drainage investigation. Progress report no. 2 - stratigraphy and micropalaeontology of bores and surface sections.
Stratigraphic data are provided for: Waikerie Pumping Station - cliff section, Waikerie Bore No. 1, Waikerie Bore No. 1A, Ramco Heights Bore No. 1, Sunlands Pumping Station - cliff section, Sunlands Bore No. 2 and Tolleys Rising Main section (all in...-
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Published: 02 Jun 1965
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RB 79/00131 Upper Murray groundwater investigations. Progress report no. 1 - 1979 drilling programme.
Between February and July 1979, six deep regional investigation holes and thirteen shallow local investigation holes were drilled in the Upper Murraylands area of South Australia. ATS values range from 7000 to 25,000 mg/1 within the Morgan/Mannum...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 86/00002 Murray Basin hydrogeological investigations - Sirotem fracture zone survey - Overland Corner, Moorook, South Australia.
As part of the EWS salinity mitigation scheme this survey was carried out to locate and define zones of preferential inflow of saline groundwater into the River Murray and assess the applicability of transient EM. The method could only locate zone of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1986
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RB 84/00002 Water well survey, Hundred of Strathalbyn.
Data from 300 water wells mainly completed in Kanmantoo Group rocks.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1984
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RB 77/00087 South-East water resources, Mundulla town water supply. Progress report no. 2.
A recent scout well drilled into the confined Dilwyn Formation (formerly Knight Group) at Mundulla intersected only low permeability sediments unsuitable for development. However, this does not rule out the possibility that a suitable aquifer will be...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 77/00101 Hydrogeology of Rocky Gully Creek area, east of the Pallamanna Fault.
Three groundwater observation wells have been drilled at locations north-west of Murray Bridge to determine the effect of increased stream flows down the Rocky Gully and Preamimma Creeks. Rocky Gully Creek will be capable of accepting about 10 000 m...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 77/00095 Murray Bridge abattoir pollution assessment final report.
Murray Bridge Abattoir's effluent is being disposed through drainage wells into unconfined aquifers which are hydraulically connected to the Murray River. Six rotary wells encircling the abattoirs area, proved the regional hydraulic gradient to be...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 80/00141 Angas-Bremer irrigation area groundwater recharge.
Within the Angas - Bremer Irrigation Area, the source of the groundwater being taken currently primarily for the large-scale irrigation of lucerne fodder crops is the confined low salinity Tertiary limestone aquifer. The extent of pumping from bores...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1980
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RB 79/00017 Completion report irrigation well for D.J. and N.P. Mount, secn 11 Hd Kingsford, Co. Chandos.
The well has been drilled into an area of low salinity groundwater occurring within the Tertiary limestone aquifer at Karte, north-west of Pinnaroo. A 48-hour well test was carried out at an average pumping rate of 2600 m3/day (23,800 gals/hr), and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 77/00132 Hydrogeology of the Paragum Depression, Monarto SA.
Cable tool and rotary drilling of 8 holes has enabled the geological sequence and general hydrology to be determined in the area to appraise its potential as a disposal site for stormwater runoff from urbanised Monarto.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 96/00015 Regional groundwater impacts of irrigation development in the eastern Riverland.
A regional groundwater model has been constructed of the Loxton Sands watertable aquifer in the eastern Riverland, over an area extending eastwards from Overland Corner to the State border. It is being used to quantify the salt load impacts on the...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1995
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RB 97/00023 Hydrogeology of the Moorook New Residence irrigation district.
Following a request from the SA Department of Environment and Natural Resources at Berri in the Riverland, a hydrogeological assessment of the Moorook and New Residence irrigation areas was carried out. The water table aquifer occurs in fine to...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1997
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RB 89/00049 Aspects of stratigraphy and structure in relation to the Woolpunda Groundwater Interception Scheme, Murray Basin, South Australia.
Micropalaeontological and biostratigraphic studies have been used. Groundwater flow systems were investigated near the Woolpunda Groundwater Interception Scheme (WGIS) - a major area of saline groundwater discharge to the Murray River. Structure was...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 96/00017 River Murray water resource management. Assessment of salt load impacts and drainage hazard for new irrigation development along the River Murray in South Australia.
The Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) has a commitment in the national interest to managing the health of the River Murray and floodplain environment by mitigating both decreases in river water quality and associated environmental degradation...-
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Published: 01 May 1996
