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RB 60/00124 Report of reconnaissance resistivity surveys, southern Yorke Peninsula.
In September 1964 and June 1965 an exploratory survey found good hydrological – geophysical correlation for the sedimentary formations in Southern Yorke Peninsula. Further work is warranted to delimit the boundaries of the aquifers and the extent of...-
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Published: 16 Jun 1965
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RB 60/00999 Palaeontological examination of material collected from a water bore situated near Lower Light township.
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Published: 04 Apr 1966
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RB 50/00026 Inkerman-Balaklava Coalfield stratigraphy.
Examination of five bores in the Inkerman-Balaklava Coal Field showed a maximum thickness of eighty feet of Pleistocene to Recent, sixty feet of Port Willunga Beds, ten feet of Port Julie Greensand, and one hundred and eighty feet of Blanche Point...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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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 42/00016 Foundation test boring for proposed Women's Radiotherapy Block, Royal Adelaide Hospital. Final report.
Following a request by the Architect-in-chief to test foundation conditions for a proposed 12 storey women's radiotherapy block immediately east of the present Royal Adelaide Hospital, 10 percussion boreholes were put down and show a variable sequence...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 84/00009 Diamond Lake (Mid North) gypsum deposit. Geological investigation and auger drilling 1983 - Hd Stow.
9 auger holes, and 18 earlier drill holes indicate reserves of 7 000 tonnes, and 42 000 tonnes of gypsum inferred in low dunes flanking lake margin.-
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Published: 01 Feb 1984
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RB 85/00002 Quaternary stratigraphy between Saint Kilda and Outer Harbour with special reference to excavation conditions in Barker Inlet.
Cores taken from Barker Inlet and previous subsurface information, are used to interpret the shallow subsurface stratigraphy. Significant Holocene accumulation has taken place at Outer Harbour, Torrens Island, and the Saint Kilda intertidal flats....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1985
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RB 87/00050 Water well survey of 1:100 000 map sheet area 6530 and the northern half of 6529.
121 of 263 wells visited from April to June, 1985, were in use, mostly for stock water, and some for irrigating lucerne. Salinity was generally greater than 3000 mg/L. Standing water levels varied between 100 metres and the surface, largely depending...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1987
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RB 86/00023 Geological investigations for construction sand - Mid North of South Australia, 1984 and 1985.
Production of construction sand between Port Pirie, Booleroo Centre, Jamestown and Yacka has averaged 11 000 tonnes / year for the past 6 years with- 49% from Holocene stream channels- 34% from an abandoned Pleistocene stream channel- 9% from crushing...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1987
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RB 86/00086 Bowmans coal deposit. 1986 drilling programme data report.
Drilling within preferred mining area of the deposit was undertaken to obtain coal quality and tonneage data.18,100 mm diameter cored holes (554 metres) and 18 open holes (3138 metres) were drilled to delineate optimum mining area (6529 : 4 MW558 -...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1986
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RB 83/00090 Low alkali shale investigation Rapid Bay - Delamere area. Results of auger drilling 1983 - Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd.
Reconnaissance clay sampling and 30 holes have outlined areas of weathered silty shale and greywacke suitable for use in the manufacture of low alkali cement clinker.-
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Published: 01 Nov 1983
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RB 86/00049 Cainozoic stratigraphy and structure of the Gawler and Vincent 1:50 000 map sheet areas.
Departmental data (stratigraphic drill holes, reports of investigations, geophysics) and published data have been used. The elevation, distribution and thickness of the Cainozoic strata (Port Willunga Formation, Munno Para Clay Member, Pliocene...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1986
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RB 87/00108 Shellgrit resources, eastern St Vincent Gulf - Port Gawler to Port Wakefield.
Series of beach ridges are of Holocene age, ranging in age from 6600 years to present and composed predominantly of shell fragments, average 78% calcium carbonate. Total recorded production from the deposits is 1.16 million tonnes. Auger drilling of...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1987
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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 78/00013 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 79/00003 Fine tailings investigation. Drilling of tailings dams and the results of laboratory evaluation. Report no. 2, Gawler.
A total of 0.5 million cubic m of fine tailings, weighing 0.7 million tonnes, and averaging 44.8% solids, are impounded in 10 tailings dams at three sand deposits near Gawler, 35 km north-east of Adelaide. The dams are still in use, and pose a major...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00146 Exploration for underground gas storage targets in South Australia.
Geophysical and geological surveys and drilling in the Northern Adelaide Plains of South Australia have located a Tertiary palaeochannel incised within Proterozoic bedrock. Present data indicate favourable reservoir and seal conditions for the...-
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RB 79/00008 Report on drilling for groundwater in the Onkaparinga Estuary.
A groundwater investigation well, drilled on the site of a proposed public reserve adjacent to the Onkaparinga Estuary, encountered water too saline for use in irrigation. The yield of the well was not tested, and it was subsequently abandoned. A...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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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 78/00020 Groundwater investigations in southern Yorke Peninsula - Marion Bay and Stenhouse Bay.
7 drill holes (105 metres) and 2 well discharge tests were carried out.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
