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Kangaroo Flat hydrogeological investigation - Well drilling.
The Department for Water Resources drilled three wells at Kangaroo Flat in October and November 2000 as part of a hydrogeological investigation of the area. The wells were drilled as observation wells, and water levels will subsequently be monitored...-
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RB 55/00050 Geology of Yorke Peninsula.
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 87/00133 Port Gawler 3. Well completion report and revision of the geology around Port Gawler.
312 metres of Cainozoic overlie Precambrian bedrock : ABC Range Quartzite (312-587 metres) conformably overlying finer-grained Brachina Formation (587-682 metres). The drilling and former seismic data permitted reinterpretation of bedrock structure...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1987
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RB 78/00013 Northern Adelaide Plains gas storage study. Barabba gravity low.
The Barabba Gravity Low in the Northern Adelaide Plains has been interpreted as a southerly dipping trough-like depression in Precambrian bedrock, infilled with Tertiary and covered by a blanket of Quaternary sediments. All margins of this feature are...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 78/00057 Adelaide city stratigraphic drilling 1976, hydrogeological completion report.
Two exploration wells have been drilled through the Cainozoic sequence to Precambrian bedrock to provide stratigraphic and hydrogeological data. At the South Parklands site two aquifers were tested. The upper one yielded a large supply of marginally...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 81/00101 Sturt Oval water well completion report.
Production well was successfully completed into the Tertiary Port Willunga Beds. Although the well capacity is in excess of 2.5 L/sec, the pumping rate should not exceed 2.25 L/sec. Higher rates will lead to significant silt / sand entry through the...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1981
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RB 77/00061 Marion Golf Course groundwater investigation progress report no. 2.
Rotary drilling of a scout water well north of the Eden - Burnside Fault, penetrated a productive limestone aquifer between 63 and 102 metres in the Port Willunga Beds, within the Adelaide Plains sedimentary basin. Production testing indicates that a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 77/00125 Drilling and completion report. Little Para River deep observation wells - EWS Department.
Three observation wells have been completed in the Port Willunga Formation 'A' for the Water Resources Branch of the Engineering and Water Supply Department. These wells are located in the vicinity of the Little Para River to monitor the response of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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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 98/00028 Willunga Basin - Status of groundwater resources, 1998.
The Willunga Basin is a complex multi-aquifer groundwater system supporting an area of high agricultural production. Because of the inter-connection between the various aquifers and surrounding basement rocks, the effects of significant withdrawals...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1998
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RB 89/00022 Willunga Basin hydrogeological investigations 1986/88.
Activities from 1986 to August 1988 included the compilation of a borehole data base, the setting up of a new monitoring network, drilling, test pumping, geophysical logging of wells, water sampling, and a land use survey. Transmissivities from test...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 97/00014 Aquifer storage and recovery, MFP Australia, The Levels. Progress report no. 1.
Mines and Energy South Australia (MESA) was commissioned by MFP Australia to undertake an investigation into the feasibility of establishing an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) scheme at The Levels site. The programme is being carried out in two...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1997
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RB 93/00050 Andrew's Farm storm water recharge project. Palaeontological analyses.
Palynological and dispersed cuticle analysis of drill core and cutting samples from exploration wells at Andrew's Farm housing development, Munno Para, has dated the subsea depth interval 99 - 171 metres as Middle to late Middle Miocene. The top of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1993
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RB 90/00037 Willunga Basin groundwater investigation - Progress report 1989.
Two observation wells were drilled and they penetrated the entire Tertiary sequence, with 1 cased to basement, and the other completed in the lowermost Tertiary aquifer. Two pumping tests were carried out in the lower Tertiary aquifer and 2 in the...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1990
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RB 90/00071 Willunga Basin groundwater investigation - Summary report.
The investigation has included drilling, test pumping, expansion of the water level observation network, the establishment of a salinity observation network, geophysical logging of observation wells and a land use survey. Facies changes and...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1990
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RB 95/00004 Willunga Basin. Review of hydrogeology and water budget.
The Willunga Basin is a groundwater resource being stressed by groundwater abstraction for agricultural purposes. The Southern Vales Water Resources Committee, in conjunction with MESA, DENR and SA WATER, are developing groundwater management...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1995
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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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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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Bull 039 The Geology of Yorke Peninsula
Yorke Peninsula lies between Spencer Gulf and Gulf St. Vincent. As its discoverer Matthew Flinders-wrote: "it is singular in its form, bearing some resemblance to a very ill-shaped leg and foot". This Bulletin deals with an area having an arbitrary...-
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RB 75/00057 Inkerman Coalfield dewatering investigation report no. 1. Aquifer test no. 1.
The low grade lignite deposits which form the Inkerman coalfield lie within a sequence of unconsolidated Tertiary sediments 100 m thick in the northern St. Vincent Basin. Drilling and test pumping in three aquifers has provided approximate...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
