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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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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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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 36/00104 Hydrology of the Lower South-East.
Report presents results of the first regional hydrogeological survey of the Lower South-East area of South Australia, aimed at providing guidelines for optimising groundwater prospecting, use and protection during the period of strong urban,...-
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Published: 27 Jun 1953
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RB 35/00069 Preliminary report on palaeontological examination of sludges from Canopus bore, (depth interval) 0-706 feet.
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Published: 29 Apr 1953
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RB 37/00083 Microspore content of certain Tertiary sediments in a bore at Canopus Station, South Australia.
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Published: 27 Apr 1954
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RB 37/00082 Stratigraphical and faunal sequence in Canopus bore no. 1, PL 1644, north of Renmark, South Australia.
In the stratigraphic sequence penetrated by Canopus Bore No. 1, five formations are present. From the surface to a depth of 185 feet, the boring passed through Recent surface sand and kunkar followed by medium to coarse sands of Plio-Pleistocene age....-
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Published: 27 Apr 1954
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RB 37/00111 Petrography of the Canopus bore.
A study of the drill cuttings samples obtained down to 641 ft depth from this vertical cable-tool drilled hole indicates an organic origin for a large part of the sediments, and a marine environment of deposition.-
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Published: 12 Feb 1954
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RB 51/00136 Chowilla Dam site geological investigations. Preliminary report, with appendices on permeability testing by G.J. Crawford, and detailed drilling data.
The dam proposed on a site at the 392 and a half mile peg on the River Murray will have to be founded on a series of incoherent and probably unconsolidated sand beds up to 120 feet thick overlain by a veneer of clays and silts varying from 0 to 20...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 51/00999 Notes on potential for underground water supplies, section 105 Hundred of Short.
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Published: 13 Feb 1951
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RB 51/00013 Report on field permeability testing of the Murray Basin limestone aquifer at the Wanbi Experimental Station, SA.
At Wanbi in South Australia the laterally extensive limestone aquifer of the Murray Basin is over two hundred feet thick, and in this locality contains non-pressure water. Pump tests on a 16½ inch diameter open borehole showed the specific yield of...-
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Published: 29 Jul 1960
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RB 53/00037 Chowilla Dam site. Geological investigation supplementary report, dam site testing.
This report discusses the results of the second geological investigation at Chowilla, based on recommendations proposed in the preliminary text. Supplementary drilling has in no way altered the general geological concepts previously expressed....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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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 59/00999 Yumali township water supply.
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Published: 01 Apr 1959
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RB 55/00093 Lower Murray dam sites - Teal Flat report on geological investigations (drill logs in separate report 55/93, main report in 55/93A).
Three potential damsites on the lower Murray River near Mannum were investigated by drilling and geological mapping. Two holes at Site 4 and one at Site 5 showed Tertiary sediments overlying granite bedrock at depth exceeding 24m. Exploration was...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 57/00999 Report on groundwater prospects, section 84 Hundred of Laffer.
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Published: 24 Apr 1957
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RB 58/00005 Report on reconnaissance survey, Quaternary sedimentary succession and subsurface drainage, Murray River irrigation areas.
This investigation was carried out following a request from the Director of Agriculture. Seepage problems associated with the build up of surplus irrigation water have been common in almost all cultivated areas of the Murray Valley since the inception...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 60/00010 CHOWILLA 4-mile sheet (geological mapping). Preliminary report.
Geological sections drawn across the CHOWILLA 4-mile mapsheet area have been prepared from drillers' lithologs of 36 bores. The existence of a number of distinctive marker horizons and paleontological age determinations enable a provisional...-
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Published: 13 Jan 1965
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RB 60/00026 Chowilla Dam Project, rip-rap investigation, Lowbank quarry site. Progress geological report, February 1965.
A quarry site located near Lowbank on the River Murray, 7 miles east of Waikerie, has been geologically mapped and partly explored by drilling 14 vertical diamond holes with a total depth penetration of 702 feet. Marine sandy limestone and calcareous...-
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Published: 12 Feb 1965
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RB 60/00036 River Murray drainage investigation. Progress report no. 1.
A review is given of the progress of a SADM investigation into the causes of drainage problems being experienced in some South Australian irrigation areas located along the River Murray. Drilling and geological survey work have been carried out over...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1965
