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RB 80/00030 MARREE 1:250 000 sheet water well survey.
Survey was conducted to update and obtain new information, sample and photograph all flowing wells, and carry out field analyses on all water wells. 28 of 90 wells located were flowing. Water levels were declining, particularly near the southern...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1980
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RB 80/00054 Coongra no. 1 well completion report.
Aim was 1) to determine whether Permian sediments extended across the northern Muloorina Ridge, and thereby connected the Arckaringa and Pedirka basins; 2) to identify basement high-speed seismic refractor. The well was abandoned in Early Cretaceous...-
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Published: 01 May 1980
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RB 88/00014 Petroleum exploration and development in South Australia (5th edition).
In South Australia since 1958, 140,400 km of seismic have been recorded (75,500 onshore) and 882 wells drilled (of which 16 are offshore wildcats and 238 are development wells). Exploration and development have taken place in three distinct phases....-
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Published: 01 Mar 1988
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RB 86/00085 Coal exploration drilling in the Clayton area, Marree.
Drilling of 4 holes and a review of existing geological data aimed to assess the potential for coal in the Late Cretaceous Winton Formation. Clayton-3 was cored to a depth of 150 metres as a stratigraphic hole. It intersected Quaternary, Tertiary and...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1986
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RB 82/00038 Mesozoic and Cambrian stratigraphy of Santos borehole CBH-2, near Blanchewater Hill, EL 691.
CBH-2 intersected Mesozoic carbonaceous sandstones and shales overlying a flat lying red bed sequence of possible Cambrian age, with an ill defined contact between 602 and 609 metres depth. ? Cambrian rocks may belong to the Curnamona Cratonic Nucleus...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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RB 82/00092 Margin of the Eromanga Basin South Australia. A review.
The geology is reviewed, with emphasis on exposure and surface expression of the basin and regional geological mapping aspects. Prior to 1978, the term Great Artesian Basin was used to refer to the Eromanga Basin in SA. Discusses early contributions...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1982
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RB 84/00001 Review of exploration activity in the Arckaringa Basin region 1858-1983. Volume 1 - Report.
State Government and exploration company data are compiled into a review of the geology and resource potential of the region. Attention is directed to the relative lack of basic lithological, petrophysical and biostratigraphic data, despite the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1984
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RB 85/00055 Preliminary report on the palynostratigraphy of SADME Toodla no. 1 well, southwestern Eromanga Basin.
5 spore / pollen zones and 3 dinoflagellate zones are recognised in Toodla 1, ranging from late Jurassic to Late Albian. The Mesozoic units penetrated by this well on palynological evidence are younger than traditionally recognised in other parts of...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1985
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RB 79/00143 Southern Eromanga Basin excursion, 11th to 20th September, 1979.
An examination of basal Eromanga Basin sequences in the Oodnadatta, Marree and Moolawatana areas supports the established stratigraphy in each case. A regional disconformity between Jurassic and Cretaceous sequences, marked sporadically by silcrete...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 80/00047 TARCOOLA 1:250 000 sheet water well survey.
Of 608 wells, over 500 were located (70-80% of water wells). The area is used for sheep. Potable water is hard to obtain and yields are low. Crystalline basement rock either crops out or occurs at shallow depth and this inhibits the availability of...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1980
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RB 80/00128 Toodla no. 1 well completion report. Report no. 3 of the Eromanga Basin Study Group.
SADME Toodla 1 stratigraphic/exploration well was drilled near the south-western margin of the Eromanga Basin, at a site 18 km ENE of Mount Dutton, in the area between SADME reflection seismic survey shotpoints DK6 and DK7 located at the northern end...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 91/00041 Geology of the KINGOONYA 1:250 000 map sheet area.
Extensive field geological mapping, augmented by petrological and geochemical studies, reinterpretation of company drilling and water-bore logs and a nine-hole drilling programme has detailed the geology of the KINGOONYA area. The stratigraphy spans...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1991
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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 94/00035 Cooper Basin aeromagnetic / radiometric test survey.
As part of the South Australian Exploration Initiative, the use of high resolution aeromagnetic and radiometric surveying in petroleum exploration was tested in Block B5 west of Moomba. A number of associated studies were undertaken to utilise the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1994
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RB 99/00007 Seismic digital database. Northern Territory Pedirka sector, March 1999.
Contains information on 25 of 27 seismic surveys comprising 349 seismic lines acquired between 1961 and 1987 - addresses basic seismic data only, so is not directly relevant to South Australia.-
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Published: 01 May 1999
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RB 98/00021 Review of open file company exploration data from 1992 to mid-1997, Olary Domain, CURNAMONA 1:250 000 map sheet, South Australia.
This report comprises Open file company data, released since the previous MESA review (Yates and Randell, 1994) of the CURNAMONA 1:250 000 map sheet, includes exploration for base and precious metals (especially stratiform/stratabound Broken...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1997
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RB 98/00016 Statement of environmental objectives for seismic operations in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, South Australia.
This document contains the environmental objectives relating to seismic exploration activities required to be achieved by any licensee operating in the South Australian part of the Cooper and Eromanga Basins (i.e. any operator). Objectives have been...-
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Published: 01 May 1998
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RB 89/00066 GAB field survey - 1986/1987.
Data collected from 116 flowing and 24 non-flowing wells included shut in pressure, temperature, flow rate, pH, headworks condition and full chemical analyses of water samples. An observation network is to monitor controlled flowing wells every 2 years.-
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Published: 01 Aug 1989
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RB 89/00005 Tallaringa Block - Potential for subsurface resources.
Relatively little exploration has been carried out due to the areas remoteness and the cost of exploration and because younger basin sediments have masked craton rocks more prospective for minerals. Recent work by SADME, COMALCO and others, has...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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RB 92/00007 Great Artesian Basin groundwater study. Sirotem survey, 1988.
The objective of the survey in the SW GAB was to assess the TEM method for providing extensive information on leakage from the aquifer cheaply and quickly. The survey covered 57 line km in 2 weeks, which compares favourably with most ground...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1992
