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2002 Riverland Aerial EM Survey. [metadata reference record to allow for geophysical data retrieval by users in a spatial search context].
During the period June through September 2002, the Commonwealth Government acquired some detailed airborne EM survey coverage of the Riverland irrigation district in eastern South Australia, for the purpose of assisting with research into salinity...-
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Peake and Malinong. Final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 7/7/1980 to 6/8/1982.
In a search for economic Tertiary brown coal in the south-eastern Murray Basin, a large reconnaissance drilling programme was undertaken during February-April 1981 to test known carbonaceous sediments reported as encountered by previous drillholes and...-
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Published: 06 Sep 1982
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Lilydale. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report : progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal over a much reduced area, for the period 5/1/1988 to 4/1/1993.
Initial exploration carried out near Lilydale Homestead, 80 kilometres south-east of Yunta, targeted possible Starra-style gold in the Braemar Ironstone facies. Flying of an airborne semi-detailed magnetic and radiometric survey identified magnetic...-
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Mutooroo [Station]. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 11/9/1989 to 6/9/1994.
Exploration for possible heavy mineral sand marine placer deposits within Tertiary sediments on the northern margin of the Murray Basin comprised aircore drilling (28 holes, total 744 m) in the Mutooroo station area, 50 km south-east of Olary. The...-
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Yumali. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 7/6/1978 to 18/10/1983.
Base metal exploration activities undertaken by Thiess Brothers in the Yumali - Coomandook area investigated several coincident regional gravity and aeromagnetic anomalies arising from concealed Palaeozoic basement rocks. These anomalies are part of a...-
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Published: 14 Nov 1983
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Murray Bridge. Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 15/7/1991 to 14/1/1994.
Exploration was undertaken by BHP along the western margin of the Murray Basin, between Lake Alexandrina and Cambrai township, for possible economic heavy mineral sands and for exhalative sedex-style volcanogenic/stratabound base metal deposits, both...-
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Goolwa - Strathalbyn - Murray Bridge - Mannum area. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender/re-issue as part of a larger tenement, for the period 13/11/1979 to 21/2/1985.
A multi-commodity mineral exploration programme carried out over an area between Mannum and Strathalbyn, seeking buried targets concealed in Tertiary sediments and basement rocks, comprised aerial magnetic, radiometric and EM surveys; groundwater,...-
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Published: 01 May 1985
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RB 60/00005 Report on an exploratory resistivity survey of the Waikerie - Renmark area.
In November 1964 this exploratory survey found good hydrological - geophysical correlation for the sedimentary formations to depths of 100 feet in the Murray River irrigation areas between Waikerie and Renmark. Analysis indicates that the sands,...-
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Published: 05 Jan 1965
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RB 60/00128 Preliminary report of resistivity survey, Waikerie area.
In May 1965 an exploratory resistivity survey showed that geophysical - hydrogeological correlation of the sedimentary formations near Waikerie was possible. Further work at closer intervals is warranted.-
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Published: 23 Jun 1965
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RB 78/00111 Geophysical investigations over three aeromagnetic anomalies in the Meningie area.
Aim was to locate 3 anomalies more precisely to assist in location of drill sites test for mineralization. The results in 2 of the areas indicate anomalies are caused by narrow bands of magnetic material. The source of the anomaly in the third area...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 76/00147 Explanatory Notes for the CHOWILLA 1:250 000 geological map.
The CHOWILLA 1:250 000 map area lies in the north-western part of the Murray Basin, between latitudes 33° and 34°S and longitudes 139°30' and 141°E. Its eastern boundary is the South Australian - New South Wales state border. The area includes...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1977
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RB 86/00002 Murray Basin hydrogeological investigations - Sirotem fracture zone survey - Overland Corner, Moorook, South Australia.
As part of the EWS salinity mitigation scheme this survey was carried out to locate and define zones of preferential inflow of saline groundwater into the River Murray and assess the applicability of transient EM. The method could only locate zone of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1986
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RB 96/00014 Clayton water supply - Aquifer storage and recovery investigation.
Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is being developed as a solution to provide an emergency town water supply in a location where blue- green algae make River Murray water unfit for domestic use during summer. Algae-free river water will be injected...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1998
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RB 98/00006 Aquifer storage and recovery in a highly saline aquifer as a solution for town water supply.
An aquifer storage and recovery scheme is being developed at Clayton township on Lake Alexandrina, South Australia, notably as a solution to provide a town water supply in a location where blue-green algae make River Murray water (extracted via the...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1998
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RB 98/00022 Review of open file company exploration data from the early 1980s to mid-1997, over the Yunta, Winnininnie, Anabama and Oakvale 1:100 000 map sheets, OLARY 1:250 000 map sheet, South Australia.
Significant exploration focussed on: · stratabound 'Telfer-style' gold in Adelaidean metasediments in the Nackara Arc, using stratiform or stratabound structurally-controlled genetic models; and structurally controlled gold and base metal...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1997
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RB 89/00067 Report on geophysical contributions to soil salinity studies at Borrika, near Karoonda, SA.
Removing mallee scrub for dryland farming increases rainfall penetration to the water table, increasing salinity and raising the water table. The usefulness of 3 electrical methods in mapping water penetration and rate of salt migration was examined....-
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Published: 01 Sep 1989
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RB 91/00015 Murray Basin Basement Transect Project. 1990 well completion reports.
During the period March to June 1990, 9 stratigraphic rotary mud/diamond cored holes with a total penetration of 3056 m, including 433.25 m of NQ or HQ cored diamond tails, were drilled by SADME in three cases and by its contractor Rockdril for the...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1991
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RB 91/00074 Potential field survey of the Stonefield anomaly and a geophysical appraisal of the Sandleton 1:50 000 map sheet area.
Areas of high mineral potential within Adelaidean basement lying beneath deep Recent and Tertiary Murray Basin cover, have been interpreted in the poorly known Sandleton 1:50 000 map area. The interpretation has outlined the magnetic fabric, variously...-
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Published: 01 May 1992
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RB 97/00007 Groundwater investigations in the Meningie-Narrung area.
Several groundwater issues have been highlighted in the Meningie-Narrung area as a result of the regional investigation into the hydrogeology of the Murray Basin. Dryland salinity is the most important, with an estimated 45 000 ha to be affected by...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1997
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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
