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RB 59/00037 Foundation investigations, new government building, Victoria Square.
This report contains information used by the staff at the Geological Survey at various times as a basis for advice to authorise responsible for construction of the new Government Offices at Victoria Square. It is not therefore an integrated report. A...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 60/00039 New AMP building, Adelaide. Foundation stratigraphy.
A foundation test bore 200 feet deep, drilled at the site of a new Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP) building to be constructed on the south-western corner of North Terrace and King William Street, has intersected a Cainozoic sedimentary...-
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Published: 03 Mar 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 97/00045 Briefing on Adelaide South Parklands aquifer storage and recovery potential.
MESA has been approached by civil engineering firm B.C. Tonkin and Associates to help with assessing the possibility of developing an aquifer storage and recovery scheme in the Adelaide South Parklands. Their client the Adelaide City Council is...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1997
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Report of foundation investigation at the Union Building, Adelaide University. July, 1968 and May-June, 1969.
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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Bull 051 Engineering Geology of the Adelaide City Area
The importance of engineering geology has been emphasised since the 1950s. when construction commenced in the city of a new generation of multistorey buildings. Foundation drilling along with geological and geophysical services provided by the...-
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RB 67/00006 Chemistry Building Forensic Laboratory, Kintore Ave, Hd Adelaide. Geological investigations, progress report no. 1, design stage.
Foundation investigations for the proposed Chemistry Building, Forensic Laboratories in Kintore Avenue, were requested in a Minute from the Director, Public Buildings Department dated 1st September 1966. The proposed building is rectangular in shape,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 65/00118 Campus extensions, University of Adelaide. Geological investigations. Progress report no. 1. University Reserve, Hd Adelaide - University of Adelaide.
Excavation for the proposed campus extensions will be mainly in mottled clays (Hindmarsh Clays). Hallett Cove Sandstone formation will be exposed towards the base of the excavation. The Hallett Cove Sandstone Formation varies from a very weak to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 66/00128 Waymouth Street Telephone Exchange geological investigations - Progress report no. 2, design stage T/A 199, Hd Adelaide.
Further drilling to determine foundation conditions at the proposed Waymouth Street Telephone Exchange was requested in a letter from the Director of Works dated 5th February. It was requested that this work be carried out in liaison with Soilmech Pty...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 66/00072 Commonwealth Law Courts building, geological investigations progress report no.1, design stage TA 453, Hd Adelaide - Commonwealth Department of Works.
Foundation investigations for the proposed Commonwealth Law Courts Building were requested in a letter dated 3rd November, 1967 from the Acting Director of Works. The proposed building will be about 130 feet long and 100 feet wide. No other details...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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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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A new geological map of Hallett Cove.
Hallett Cove is one of South Australia’s foremost natural science treasures. Exposed examples for prime geological concepts of superposition of strata, depositional unconformities (representing time breaks), and folding and faulting of sedimentary...-
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Geological map of Hallett Cove [surface geology jpeg version].
Hallett Cove is one of South Australia’s foremost natural science treasures. Exposed examples for prime geological concepts of superposition of strata, depositional unconformities (representing time breaks), and folding and faulting of sedimentary...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1919
