The precise geometric definition of palaeochannels on the north-western Gawler Craton, South Australia, is important in the exploration for placers (e.g. gold and heavy minerals), secondary geochemical deposits (e.g. uranium) and even for lignite and...

Eighty-five sites of crystalline basement rocks on the Gawler Craton were inspected to determine which lithological or stratigraphical units have potential for use as dimension stone. The Gawler Craton contains a variety of rock types including...

The Cambro-Ordovician eastern Warburton Basin is considered economic basement to the Late Carboniferous to Late Triassic Cooper Basin (Australia’s largest onshore oil and gas producer) and thus has not been systematically explored for hydrocarbons....

A report scoping the possible environmental impacts of future seismic operations in the Otway Basin of the South-East of South Australia has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Petroleum Act 2000. This document provides information...

The Gawler Range Volcanics are an extensive series of subaerial felsic lavas and ignimbrites, which crop out on the central Gawler Craton. Twenty seven sites within the southern Gawler Range Volcanics were inspected to determine their potential to...

A radio telescope with a collection area of 1 square km would improve ten-fold the sensitivity of current telescope technology. Such a telescope will require a 50 km diameter 'radio quiet zone'. The tools and techniques of Geographic Information...

Isopach maps of the Roseneath and Murteree Shales in the Cooper Basin have been compiled and are compared to the distribution of hydrocarbons. This study investigates the extent to which these shales act as regional seals throughout the basin....

The altered zone is a wireline log signature mapped as a thin veneer at the top of early to mid Palaeozoic basementand is widespread across the Cooper Basin area. The altered zone probably developed in the Late Carboniferous toEarly Permian over...

This report is the first section of the summary report on the project "Mesoproterozoic Granites in South Australia" undertaken by Drs Kathy Stewart and John Foden at the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Adelaide. Subsequent sections...

The deformed metasediments of the South Australian Willyama Inliers (in the southern Curnamona geological province) preserve petrologic evidence of a complex and protracted metamorphic history. To assist with unravelling this history, there currently...

This geotechnical workshop of seminars and core displays, which was held over two days on 5-6 December 2002, aimed to highlight recent collaborative research between PIRSA [MER], Geoscience Australia and the South Australian mineral industry that has...

An assessment of the mineral prospectivity of the Yellabinna Region in the far west of South Australia has been prepared to assist in discussing with the Department for Environment and Heritage the development of conservation strategies. The...

Following on from the highly successful Gawler Craton - State of Play 2002 conference held by PIRSA in Adelaide in December 2002, the Gawler Craton Team of PIRSA's Geological Survey Branch has recently undertaken a major excursion across the craton....

The EATERINGINNA 1:100 000 scale sheet area is in central Australia with its northern boundary coincident with the South Australian and Northern Territories border. It is located at the eastern end of the Musgrave Ranges and therefore occupies a...

Much of the Gawler Craton (in South Australia) is covered with soil and other regolith materials that hide basement rocks and hinder mineral exploration. In the western parts of the Gawler Craton, for example, weathered basement rocks are covered by...

A version of the Russian-invented CHIM electro-geochemical prospecting technique, which has lately been developed at Guilin University, China, was trialled in field surveys conducted at the Challenger gold mine, and at the Kalkaroo Cu-Au-Mo and Goulds...

Adelaide lies towards the western margin of the Delamerian Fold Belt which extends across strike as far east as the Glenelg Province in western Victoria. Outcrop across this belt is very incomplete as most of the region of the Murray Basin is covered...

Approximately 30 square km of outcrop of Palaeoproterozoic basement rocks in the vicinity of Ameroo Hill were geologically mapped by the author at 1:10,000 scale, with the aim of identifying meso- and macroscopic rock structures and lithologically...

This 4-day excursion travelled north along the Flinders Ranges which are made of folded thick, Neo-Proterozoic Adelaide Geosyncline sediments, then passed over stable Archaean- Mesoproterozoic crystalline basement rocks of the Gawler Craton, which are...

The purpose of these guidelines is to generally inform persons involved with activities under the Mining Act 1971 and Petroleum Act 2000, of important changes to the law with respect to the clearance of native vegetation under the Native Vegetation...