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RB 78/00007 Drilling and completion report, Diverse Products Ltd well no. 4.
A water well was drilled on Section 1, Hundred of Adelaide to provide an increased supply of groundwater for Diverse Products Ltd. The well was rotary drilled to a depth of 125 metres and completed open hole in Tertiary limestone. Production testing...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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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 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 77/00067 New and revised stratigraphic nomenclature for the Willunga Embayment.
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Published: 22 Jun 1977
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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 78/00138 Drilling and completion report, Marion golf course water wells (Client - Marion City Council).
2 water production wells were completed.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 79/00018 Willunga Basin groundwater investigation progress report no. 3.
Groundwater investigations undertaken in the Willunga Basin since 1974, which have included the drilling of stratigraphic wells, geophysical well logging, water level and salinity monitoring and surface water hydrology studies, have enabled the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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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 78/00120 Palaeontological examination of a sludge sample from Permit Bore 2733 (G. Trimboli), Adelaide Plains.
Sludge sample from 400 - 406 feet has abundant foraminifera with Oligocene - Miocene aspect. The upper Janjukian unit of Port Willunga Formation was intersected.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 79/00082 Geological results from the 1977/78 drilling programme, Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits.
Between December 1977 and February 1978, 103 coal exploration and development holes were drilled in the Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits, 100 km north of Adelaide. These Tertiary deposits, in the northern extremity of the St. Vincent Basin, contain...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1992
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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 90/00032 Cliff stability, Aldinga, South Australia.
A preliminary study was made of the near vertical coastal cliffs adjacent to Gordon and Stock Street, Aldinga. Continued landsliding of soil-strength cliff-forming materials and toe erosion by the sea have threatened the clifftop esplanade roadway,...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1990
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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 90/00005 Foraminiferal age of a sample from Sellicks Beach wave-cut platform margin.
The sample was assigned an Early Miocene age and is the youngest surface exposure of Port Willunga Formation.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1990
