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RB 69/00090 Desalination by freezing.
The report covers the initial phases of investigation into the use of underground methods of water disposal employed in the Waikerie Irrigation Area. The detailed geology of the area was established from surface exposures and by means of several...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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RB 69/00001 Preliminary notes on the Oakvale 1:63 360 sheet.
Flat-lying Tertiary sandstones crop out in the Southwestern corner of the Oakvale 1 mile sheet, the remaining area being almost entirely Pleistocene. Definition of Quaternary units is difficult due to lack of outcrop, and possible variations in...-
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Published: 10 Jul 1969
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RB 62/00098 Chowilla Project. Saline water disposal, Tilmy Flat, Co. Hamley. Geological investigation progress report no. 1, May 1966.
Low lying tracts of ground lying northwest of the Chowilla dam site are proposed for use as storage - evaporation basins for highly saline water produced in small quantities from excavations during construction of the dam and possibly in larger...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1966
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RB 66/00060 Chowilla Project. Saline water disposal, Tilmy Flat. Geological investigation progress report no. 3. Co. Hamley - EWS Department.
This report describes the results of geological investigations carried out on the right bank of the River Murray, at and adjacent to Tilmy Flats. A summary of the work is as follows: 8 shallow observation wells to detect lateral movement of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 65/00106 250 000 gallon elevated tank, Barmera. Geological investigations progress report no. 1, feasibility stage. Crown Land, Barmera township, Co. Hamley - EWS Department.
The site of a proposed elevated water storage tank was investigated by means of one test hole. The hole was tube sampled utilising the hydraulic pull-down of a Mayhew rotary rig. Before commencing the push tube hole two rotary air blown holes were...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 65/00107 250 000 gallon elevated tank, Loxton. Geological investigations progress report no. 1, feasibility stage - EWS Department.
The site of a proposed elevated water storage tank was investigated by means of one test hole. The hole was tube sampled utilising hydraulic pull-down. Hard sections were rotary drilled. Before commencing the push tube hole a rotary air blown hole was...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 71/00001 Regional stratigraphy of surficial deposits in the Murray Basin and Gambier Embayment.
This report deals with the regional stratigraphy of surficial deposits in the region of the Murray Basin and adjoining Gambier Embayment of the Otway Basin. The aim is to place deposits described in selected earlier publications of anthropologists,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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RB 71/00033 RENMARK, South Australia, sheet SI54-10 International Index.
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Published: 01 Jan 1972
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RB 73/00115 SE Meat (Aust.) Ltd - Proposed new building, secn 388 Hd Jessie. Report on foundation investigations.
The site of a proposed new building for SE Meat (Aust.) Limited was investigated by one cable too hole to 14m. The drilling showed a sequence of fill and Quaternary clay over Tertiary Parilla Sand and Gambier Limestone. Founding of the structure in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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RB 61/00145 Report on site investigation proposed SA Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd silo, railway yards, Wanbi, Hd Mindarie.
The site for a proposed 2 cell reinforced concrete silo in the railway yards at Wanbi was investigated using four percussion drillholes. Hole No. 1 was drilled to 65 ft. and hole No. 2 to a depth of 31 ft. A near-surface kunkar layer 3 feet thick,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 61/00086 River Murray drainage investigation. Progress report no. 3.
The geology of the district south of the Murray between Cadell and Holder is described, with particular reference to the affect on the irrigation areas in terms of both creation and solution of drainage problems. The occurrence and nature of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 63/00062 River Murray drainage investigation progress report no. 7, stratigraphy and micropalaeontology of bores, Hds Waikerie and Pyap.
Stratigraphic summaries and more significant microfaunal data are provided for additional water bores on properties in the Sunlands, Ramco and Waikerie areas, and for a recently completed bore at New Residence, 7 miles south of Moorook. Formations of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1966
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RB 75/00041 Monarto new town - Paragum stratigraphic bore completion report, section 1972-17.
A stratigraphic bore was completed by cable tool drilling to a depth of 48m at Paragum Station, monarto South, in connection with the Regional Hydrological Survey. The hole intersected Blanchetown Clay, Parilla Sand and Mannum Limestone over phyllite...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 75/00070 Recharge investigations, northern margin of the Milang Basin. Milang-Langhorne Creek area.
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 75/00064 Monarto City Centre. Geotechnical investigations report no. 1.
Engineering investigations at the Monarto City Centre consisted of 8 diamond drill holes up to 15m deep, 25 backhoe test pits, detailed mapping and seismic refraction surveys. The area consists of Kanmantoo Group meta-sediments, in part overlain by a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 74/00030 Gypsum, SA. In: Knight, C.L. (Ed.) - Economic geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea. 4, Industrial minerals and rocks.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 74/00111 Amphibolite deposit near Tailem Bend.
Railway ballast was sought from amphibolite of the Kanmantoo Group of Cambrian age which subcrops on a bedrock ridge in the Murray Basin near Tailem Bend. A surface sample of amphibolite returned low Los Angelese Abrasion and Sodium Sulphate Soundness...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 74/00152 Investigation of potential evaporation basins, Upper Murray, South Australia. Progress report 1. Appendix Analogue model experiments to determine saline groundwater flow into the Murray River system
Groundwater flow in the Upper Murray region is generally towards the River Murray except in the Noora area where contours show a depression in the water table surface. The Noora area appears to be the most suitable site for an evaporation basin for...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 76/00016 Investigation of potential evaporation basins, Upper Murray, South Australia. Progress report no. 3.
Further drilling and aquifer testing between the proposed Noora evaporation basin and the River Murray yielded an average value of about 100 m3/day/m for transmissivity of the Loxton Sand aquifer. It is therefore expected that initial effects of such...-
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Published: 16 Feb 1976
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RB 76/00015 River Murray drainage investigation potential evaporation sites - Waikerie area. Progress report no. 1.
Two potential evaporation sites have been delineated within 20 km south and southwest of Waikerie following the drilling of 31 shallow rotary holes. A further two sites were outlined between Cadell and Waikerie as a result of an inspection of...-
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Published: 12 Feb 1976
