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RB 53/00050 Examination of three water bores near McLaren Flat, Hundred of Willunga.
Two unsuccessful bores on the property of K.L. Blythman, Hundred of Willunga Section 596, and, one successful bore for L.L. Moritz, Hundred of Willunga, Section 8 were examined. Water was obtained in Moritz. Bore in the North Maslin Sands about 120...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 54/00094 Croydon bore no. 2. Subsurface stratigraphy.
Croydon Bore no. 2 was drilled during 1892-93 to a total depth of 2296 feet, and penetrated a sedimentary sequence of Tertiary rocks to 2035 feet before bottoming in sediments believed to be Permian glacigenes. Pleistocene to Recent sandy clays and...-
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Published: 30 Mar 1962
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RB 59/00034 Morphett Street and Victoria Bridges foundations stratigraphy.
A north-south line of foundation test bores along the site of the proposed new Morphett Street and Victoria Bridges intersected Quaternary and gently dipping Upper Eocene sediments to a maximum depth of 125 feet. Quaternary alluvial deposits cover an...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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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 59/00125 Report on site investigation, Morphett Street and Victoria Bridges, Adelaide.
A site investigation has been carried out for G. Maunsell and Partners, Melbourne, for the proposed new Morphett Street and Victoria Bridges, in the City of Adelaide. The investigation was requested in a letter to the Director of Mines dated 21st...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 59/00122 Auger boring of Happy Valley sand deposit (17/11/1964).
At Happy Valley, Pliocene freshwater sands and clays, capped by a lateritic horizon, are underlain by marine Blanche Point Marls of Eocene age. Boring has proved 2 million cubic yards of fine clayey sand with ¾ million cubic yards of waste material....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 58/00128 Microfloras from Upper Eocene sediments of the Adelaide Plains Basin and their environmental significance.
Upper Eocene microfloral assemblages from the Blanche Point Marls of the Adelaide Plains Basin in the vicinity of Victoria Square, Adelaide, have been used to show that the sequence obtained from recent drilling is entirely of marine or restricted...-
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Published: 21 May 1964
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RB 58/00126 New government building, Victoria Square, foundation stratigraphy.
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 58/00068 Report on palaeontological examination of auger samples from Hackham, pt secn 17 Hd Noarlunga, County Adelaide.
45 Auger samples were examined from 8 bores at Hackham, 18 miles south of Adelaide, in the Noarlunga Basin. An upper Reserve sequence of South Maslin Sands - Tortachilla Limestone - Blanche Point Marls is recognised on the basis of distinct...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 60/00022 Palynological observations on Eocene sediments from two bores in the northern Adelaide Plains.
Microfloras from Eocene marine and non-marine sediments, intersected in two deep bores in the Adelaide Plains Basin, can be placed within two distinct assemblage units. The correlative value of these as time-stratigraphic units is discussed.-
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Published: 03 Feb 1965
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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 60/00051 Stratigraphy and micropalaeontology of three deep bores, Hd Port Gawler.
Three relatively deep bores, drilled recently on the northern Adelaide Plains in the Hundred of Port Gawler, about 20 miles north of Adelaide, have intersected useful complementary sections of the Cainozoic succession, ranging from 560 feet to 1148...-
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Published: 15 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00055 Auger boring of Hackham clay deposit.
Near horizontally bedded Upper Eocene sediments comprising Blanche Point Marls, Tortachilla Limestone and South Maslin Sands, have been test bored at Hackham in the Noarlunga Basin, in the search for a bentonite - type clay deposit which might provide...-
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Published: 16 Mar 1965
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RB 50/00161 Inkerman-Balaklava Coalfield.
The presence of lignite in the Inkerman-Balaklava area was proved in 1922 when exploratory drilling was first carried out. A total of 30 bores were drilled between 1922 and 1950. Indicated reserves calculated on the basis of this drilling were 200...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 81/00009 Stratigraphic outline of the Longyear Bore, southern Adelaide Plains.
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Published: 03 Feb 1981
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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 78/00057 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 79/00109 Stratigraphy of a deep bore in the Noarlunga Embayment.
The 170 m deep E&WS Seaford Sewerage Treatment Bore passed through a Cainozoic succession comprised of undifferentiated Quaternary and Oligocene, and Eocene Port Willunga Formation, Chinaman Gully Formation, Blanche Point Formation, Tortachilla...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1979
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RB 77/00123 Eocene to Miocene stratigraphy of the Willunga Embayment. Notes on Ostracoda from Willunga Embayment boreholes WLG 38, WLG 40 and WLG 42.
The Willunga Embayment of the St. Vincent Basin is one of the classic areas of Cainozoic geology in South Australia with published studies dating back over the past century. This present study reassesses the geology of the Middle Eocene to Early...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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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
