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RB 51/00121 Chowilla Dam site, River Murray. Stratigraphy and micropalaeontology.
Five stratigraphic bores at Chowilla Dam Site intersected Post-Tertiary river sands and silts, equivalents of the Loxton Sands grading downwards into highly glauconitic siltstone of the Bookpurnong Beds and, in two bores, Shelly glauconitic marls,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 55/00065 Woodside (Lakes Entrance) Oil Co. NL. Bundy 1, NSW. Palaeontological report.
Bundy No. 1 well near the eastern margin of the Murray Basin intersected a sequence 1340 feet thick of non marine lignitic sands and silts of Tertiary age. The oldest are Eocene and the youngest probably Pliocene. The well bottomed in granite at 1340...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 55/00066 Woodside (Lakes Entrance) Oil Co. NL. Balranald 1, NSW. Palaeontological report.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 56/00032 Correlation of the Tertiary rocks of South Australia.
Marine and non-marine sediments of Paleocene to Pliocene age are represented in South Australia, although parts of the sequence are known only from subsurface sections. The Tertiary sequence is most complete in the Murray Basin, where Hantkenina...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 60/00011 Examination of bore samples for sedimentary phosphate (in the) Murray Basin and Gambier Embayment of the Otway Basin.
In a reconnaissance survey for sedimentary phosphate, sludges and cores were examined from 100 widely-scattered bores in parts of the Murray Basin and the Gambier Embayment of the Otway Basin that are located in South Australia. Microscopic inspection...-
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Published: 25 Jan 1965
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RB 49/00102 Stratigraphy of the Murray Basin in South Australia.
The Murray Basin is an area of Mesozoic and Tertiary sedimentation divided into two main units the Murray Basin proper separated by structural highs, the Padthaway “Horst”, from the Gambier Sunklands. Knowledge of the Mesozoic in the Murray Basin...-
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Published: 05 Oct 1959
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RB 44/00088 Fauna of the Bookpurnong Beds outcropping 2.5 miles west of Loxton.
The report covers palaeontological examinations of seven samples collected by an officer of Frome Broken Hill Company Limited from the only known outcrop of the Bookpurnong Beds, 2½ miles west of Loxton. The fauna indicates worn shallow-water...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 42/00075 Advance note on younger Tertiary sediments in the Murray Basin between Loxton and Morgan.
Drainage problems in the Loxton Irrigation area have called for a clearer understanding of the stratigraphy of the area between Loxton and Morgan. Apart from Quaternary sediments, the sequence is normal marine, in which five formations may be...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 47/00028 Probable stratigraphy of water bores at Murrayville, Victoria.
Water Bores in the Murrayville area mostly intersect only the late Tertiary sequence of the Loxton Sands and Bookpurnong beds. Mid Tertiary limestones are encountered only below depths of about 300 feet. A similar sequence, reported to carry large...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 47/00039 Report on Pata Limestone and Bookpurnong Beds standard subsurface section. Drainage shaft 18 Loxton.
The standard subsurface section for the Pata Limestone and Bookpurnong Beds of Miocene age is described. In upward sequence Morgan Limestone, Pata Limestone and Loxton Sands are intersected in Drainage Bore 18 on Section 377, Hundred of Gordon.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 83/00018 Murray Basin hydrogeological investigation data assessment - Mallee region.
3 aquifer systems are assessed : the Renmark Beds, Murray Group and the Pliocene sands. The Tertiary Murray Group limestone aquifer is the most widely developed in the area. Large areas of potable and irrigation quality groundwater have been delineated.-
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Published: 01 Mar 1983
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RB 86/00059 Berri East groundwater interception scheme hydrogeological investigation.
This detailed investigation evaluates data from both SADME drilling and investigations, and EWS drilling primarily in the alluvial sediments on Martins Bend. The aim was to determine aquifer properties, confirm water table gradients toward the river...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1986
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RB 82/00098 Murray Basin hydrogeological investigations progress report no. 4 - Upper Murray and northern region.
The drilling of a further 16 rotary holes, as part of continuing investigations by the E&WS Department into the effect of groundwater on River Murray salinity, has indicated that the northern and north-western limits of the Tertiary limestone...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1983
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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 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 97/00048 Loxton Irrigation Area. Groundwater modelling of irrigation management options.
The groundwater model described in this report was used to quantify the changes in salt loads to the River Murray and induced discharge to the degraded river flats of proposed future management options for the Loxton Irrigation Area. The options...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1999
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RB 99/00009 Loxton irrigation area. Groundwater modelling of ground water / river interaction.
A combined groundwater and solute transport model (MODFLOW and MT3D) was constructed of the Loxton Irrigation Area to determine the future impacts on groundwater levels and salt loads to the river and floodplain for a range of local irrigation...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1999
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RB 92/00015 Regional hydrogeology of the Loxton-Noora area, Murray Basin, South Australia.
The Loxton-Noora area is underlain by 3 aquifer systems - the Pliocene Sands water table aquifer, the confined Murray Group limestone and the deepest, the confined Renmark Group aquifer. Both confined aquifers contain groundwater of 20-25 000 mg/L...-
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Published: 01 May 1992
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RB 95/00022 Five year technical review, 1991-1995 - Border (Groundwater Agreement) Act, 1985.
The Groundwater (Border Agreement) Act of 1985 legislated to provide a framework for the joint management of groundwater resources within a 40 km wide strip along the length of the South Australian and Victorian Border, which is referred to as the...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1995
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Bull 036 Stratigraphy of the Murray Basin in South Australia
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...-
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