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RB 84/00038 Petrography of forty thin sections from wells in the Officer Basin.
Rocks are dominantly shallow water arenaceous quartz sediments. Describes quartz abundance, heavy mineral fraction, matrix, cement and porosity.-
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Published: 01 Jun 1984
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RB 81/00081 Marla town water supply investigation - Progress report no. 1.
Drilling has shown that there are 2 aquifers, both semi-confined with probable hydraulic connection. The main area of recharge appears to be 3 ephemeral swamps south of the town. 13 wells were drilled with salinity of 800 - 2500 mg/L but near swamps...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 77/00040 Micropalaeontological examination of the Observatory Hill Beds.
There is no abstract created for this record-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 79/00114 Palaeodrainage systems in western South Australia. Their detection by Landsat imagery, stratigraphic significance and economic potential.
Two major palaeodrainage systems of Tertiary age, with watersheds of up to 35 000 square km and channel lengths of 200-250 km, have been recognised and delineated using LANDSAT imagery, during 1:250 000 scale geological mapping in western South...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 79/00115 Byilkaoora 1. Well completion report.
SADME Byilkaoora no. 1 was drilled on the northeastern margin of the Officer Basin, in the Mt Johns Range, with the principal objective of coring a complete stratigraphic section of the Observatory Hill Beds. Good hydrocarbon source-rock potential...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00157 Cambrian alkali playa-lacustrine sequence in the northeastern Officer Basin, South Australia.
Byilkaoora 1, a stratigraphic well drilled in the northeastern part of the Officer Basin in South Australia, intersected aeolian and fluvial sandstones and mudstones overlying 224 m of fine-grained, dolomitic, calcareous and argillaceous sediments...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 78/00037 North-West Aboriginal Reserves. Drilling programme November 1977-January 1978.
10 of 14 water wells drilled were successful.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 79/00148 Review of recent geological work in the Officer Basin, South Australia.
The Officer Basin is an elongate intracratonic depression underlying western South Australia and eastern Western Australia, and bounded by the Musgrave, Gawler and Yilgarn Blocks. Its southern and eastern margins are overlapped by the Tertiary Eucla...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 80/00079 Lithologies and interpretations of the Observatory Hill Beds, Marla 1A and 1B.
A detailed description and interpretation of the carbonate lithologies present in drill cores recovered from two recently completed SADME stratigraphic wells have revealed that the Observatory Hill Beds in the Marla area were deposited in a shallow...-
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Published: 01 May 1980
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RB 79/00055 Petrographic study of the sediments in seven Officer Basin stratigraphic wells.
Core and cuttings from 7 stratigraphic wells in the Officer Basin were examined principally to develop a depositional model for sediments of pre-Permian age. Evidence from 6 of the wells suggests that an epeiric environment prevailed during ?Cambrian...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00092 Petrophysical data on Wilkinson stratigraphic drillhole no. 1.
Various petrophysical property measurements (total count radiometric, mag susceptibility and specific gravity) were made at 1-metre intervals on samples of stored drill core recovered from the hole depth range 210 m to 710 m (TD) in SADME Wilkinson 1...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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RB 80/00007 Stratigraphy, correlation and sedimentary history of Adelaidean (Late Proterozoic) basins in Australia.
The Adelaidean is the youngest Precambrian subdivision of the Proterozoic in Australia. The Adelaide Geosyncline is its stratotype basin, since it contains the thickest sequences and the most complete record of late Proterozoic sedimentation in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 80/00005 Source book for the Officer Basin area in South Australia.
This is a bibliographic compilation with index and key maps on petroleum potential, geology, geophysics and palaeontology of the Proterozoic-Palaeozoic Officer Basin, post-Palaeozoic geology, tectonics and other related topics.-
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Published: 01 Feb 1980
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RB 77/00053 Murnaroo 1. Micropalaeontological investigation.
There is no abstract created for this record-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 79/00088 Wilkinson 1. Well completion report.
Wilkinson 1 stratigraphic well was drilled by the SA Department of Mines and Energy in mid-1978, about 250 km south-west of Coober Pedy, in the Tallaringa Trough. Here a thick section of Cambrian claystones, limestones and evaporites, at least 594 m...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1979
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RB 79/00083 Ooldea no. 1 and Reid nos 1 and 1A. Well completion reports.
Three stratigraphic wells (Ooldea no. 1, Reid no. 1, and Reid no. 1A) were drilled by the South Australian Department of Mines during 1976 in an area that includes margins of the Officer, Arckaringa and Eucla basins. Principal objectives were to test...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 80/00010 Oil geochemistry and assessment of hydrocarbon source potential of Cambrian and Devonian rocks, Officer Basin, South Australia.
Oil shows in the Observatory Hill Beds in Byilkaoora 1 occur in a non-marine, alkaline playa lake sequence. Geochemical analysis suggests that they are immature and belong to 2 primary genetic families. The less altered oils are quite unlike...-
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Published: 01 May 1980
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RB 89/00083 Preliminary Explanatory Notes for the BARTON 1:250 000 sheet.
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Published: 01 Apr 1993
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RB 91/00103 Geology and mineral potential of the Pitjantjatjara Lands - South Australia.
The Pitjantjatjara Lands cover crystalline basement rocks of the Middle Proterozoic Musgrave Block, fringed by relatively unaltered sediments of the late Proterozoic and Palaeozoic Officer Basin, the late Palaeozoic Arckaringa Basin and the Mesozoic...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1991
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RB 97/00056 An assessment of the groundwater resources of the Lake Maurice area, northwest South Australia, for the Oak Valley Community, Maralinga Tjarutja Aboriginal Lands.
The Oak Valley Community requires a more convenient water supply. If potable groundwater cannot be found then a supply suitable for purification must be found. Current requirements are a supply of 1 L/s of water of salinity not greater than 40 000...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1997
