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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 90/00074 Explanatory Notes for the ELLISTON 1:250 000 map sheet.
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Published: 01 Nov 1990
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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 89/00062 Stratigraphic investigation of the Gillman development site, Port Adelaide estuary.
Drill core from samphire and mangrove marshes north of Gillman - Wingfield are used to interpret the shallow sub-surface stratigraphy of the region. A Holocene marine sequence up to 8 metres thick overlies Late Pleistocene alluvial (Pooraka Formation)...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1989
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RB 95/00037 Stonefield bedrock drilling, 1995.
Twenty-three vertical open RC drillholes with a total penetration of 2663 m were drilled by MESA during February and March 1995 along four W-E traverses in the Stonefield area near Truro, to determine bedrock geology and geochemistry below sedimentary...-
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Published: 01 May 1997
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RB 91/00078 Brick shale resources in the Roseworthy Sheoak Log Freeling area. Results of auger drilling, 1988.
Clay resources in the Roseworthy - Sheaoak Log - Freeling area, 50km northeast of Adelaide, were investigated as a potential source of raw material for brick manufacture. Twenty three auger holes totalling 242 metres outlined areas of weathered...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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Oakbank, Sergeant's Dam and Oakvale (part of the Oakvale Project). Joint first partial surrender report, for the period 3/12/1997 to 15/7/1999.
Exploratory drilling to search for heavy mineral sands, performed over an area extending to 160 km north and north-west of Renmark, has targeted marginal marine placer deposits of detrital rutile, ilmenite and zircon in potential Loxton - Parilla Sand...-
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Oakbank, Sergeant's Dam and Oakvale, northern Murray Basin, South Australia (part of the Oakvale Project). Joint third partial surrender report, for the period 3/12/1997 to 1/12/2001.
Within the now relinquished licence portions, parts of six traverses of reverse circulation aircore drilling (involving 68 vertical open holes, total 1918.5 m) tested 60 km strike length of interpreted heavy mineral sand - bearing marine beach facies...-
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Interim report on mapping of surficial materials in ELs 113 and 114.
The Kapunda region is principally one in which prolonged denudation, or lowering of the landsurface, has been operative over the past 100 Ma, while the present topographic amplitude of the region is also at its greatest since the onset of the...-
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Update of basement interpretation and assessment of mineral potential, EL 2487, Sedan, South Australia.
The acquisition in the Sedan area by Shell Coal Pty Ltd during May 1999 of high resolution infill aeromagnetic data, as part of the South Australian Exploration Initiative (SAEI) airborne geophysical programme, has enabled some revision of the...-
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Mount Magnificent. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 30/9/1968 to 29/12/1968.
Fourteen shallow auger holes to 30 feet deep were drilled in the Mount Magnificent area to test an occurrence of kaolinised sand which might suit as raw material for refractory ceramic manufacture. Laboratory sieve analyses and clay silica...-
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Carrieton West (part of the Orroroo North Project). Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 13/11/1979 to 12/11/1981.
TARGET: Diamonds in the Cradock - Carrieton region. EXPLORATION: Regional and follow-up stream sediment and gridded loam sampling, heavy mineral processing and SEM microscopy of bulk samples, grid-based ground magnetic surveys, and part of a regional...-
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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 72/00160 Frome Embayment stratigraphic drilling project. Preliminary report on SA Department of Mines Wooltana no. 1, Yalkalpo no. 1 and Wertaloona no. 1 stratigraphic bores.
This report contains downhole geological and wireline logging data summarizing the results of recent stratigraphic drilling in the Frome Embayment by the South Australian Department of Mines. Conclusions are tentative and may be subject to revision...-
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Published: 18 Aug 1972
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RB 73/00003 Hydrology of the Adelaide area, County Adelaide.
This discussion of the hydrology of the Adelaide region is confined, in general terms, to the occurrence, availability and salinity of surface and ground waters, with particular regard to shallow groundwaters. Other phases of the hydrologic cycle...-
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Published: 03 Jan 1973
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RB 74/00004 Baltic wharf silo site, Port Pirie. Report on foundation investigation - SA Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd.
Seven cable tool holes have been drilled to investigate foundation conditions for new silos at the Port Pirie Grain Terminal. The drilling penetrated a succession of unconsolidated sediments which showed some lateral variation. From 0 to 12 metres...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 76/00069 Proposed northern power station, Playford South site, Port Augusta. Preliminary geological and botanical investigations.
An investigation has been carried out at a possible site for the proposed Northern Power Station. Its purpose has been to provide data for an Environmental Impact Statement. The work has involved geological mapping with drilling and sampling, seismic...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 76/00091 Monarto brick clay investigation - Monarto Development Commission.
Reconnaissance sampling and exploratory drrilling have been undertaken to locate suitable brickmaking clay for the proposed city of Monarto. Samples from exposures and boreholes in Quaternary and Tertiary sediments and in weathered bedrock have been...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 76/00107 Stratigraphy and engineering geology of the Monarto designated area - Monarto Development Commission.
Drilling of 25 cable tool holes to depth up to 20.1m in the designated area for Monarto New Town illustrates the nature, distribution and thickness of Quaternay and Tertiary sediments. The main tertiary units are the marine fossiliferous limestone of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 2015/00028 Modbury North Catena Study in metropolitan Adelaide: geology, regolith, soils and gilgai; their mineralogy, geochemistry, landscape evolution, geomechanics, and implications for civil engineering.
During the early to mid-1980s, the SADME (SA Department of Mines and Energy) Engineering Division collaborated with CSIRO Soils Division to jointly sponsor a major geomechanics project, investigating metropolitan Adelaide’s problem soils and near...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2016
