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RB 99/00021 Palynological analyses of additional samples from Wilkinson no. 1, northeast margin of the Eucla Basin.
The palynofloras from eight drill cuttings samples taken from the depth interval 107-181 m KB in SADME Wilkinson 1 are described and dated. The youngest palynofloras are correlated with the Upper Nothofagidites asperus Zone, and are dated as latest...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1999
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RB 99/00025 Palynological analyses and dating of nine samples from Lochiel coal pit, St Vincent Basin, South Australia.
Palynological analyses of nine grab samples from the Lochiel coal test pit show two distinct floristic types, i.e. Haloragacidites spp. dominated and Nothofagidites spp. dominated palynofloras. This distinction is interpreted as indicating a change...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1999
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RB 88/00050 Volcanic and sedimentary rocks from the Wirrulla region, Gawler Craton, South Australia.
Volcanic rocks from the Wirrulla region include dacites, rhyodacites and rhyolites. They comprise both magmatic and pyroclastic types, and are similar to the Gawler Range Volcanics. Sedimentary rocks from the same region include quartz sandstones...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1988
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RB 94/00015 Mound springs in South Australia. Potential effects from aquifer drawdown due to mining.
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Published: 01 Apr 1994
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RB 95/00047 Strong shock of earthquake: the story of the four greatest earthquakes in the history of South Australia.
As Australia has had so few large earthquakes, it is not surprising that books about those earthquakes are hard to find. This work by Tom Dyster, a keen local historian, covers in considerable detail the four most important South Australian...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1996
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RB 95/00044 Crayfish Group biostratigraphy study. Stage 2 report.
A revised subdivision of the Foraminisporis wonthaggiensis Zone of the Early Cretaceous Group sediments of the Otway Basin is proposed. Six palynozones are identified in the reference palynological biozonation of Katnook 2: FW 1, FW 2, FW 3, FW 4, FW...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1995
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RB 90/00015 Correlation and depositional environment of Tertiary strata based on macrofloras in the southern Lake Eyre Basin, South Australia.
Plant macrofossils from silicified Cainozoic fluvial sediments on CURDIMURKA occur in 2 discrete suites. One suite has been found only in outcrops of silicified Eyre Formation in the Poole Creek Palaeochannel. This suite and the macroflora of the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1990
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RB 92/00073 Soil Air CO2/O2 Project. Progress report 4, Wirrda Well prospect, Stuart Shelf.
Soil air carbon dioxide and oxygen measurements as a guide to oxidising sulphide have been assessed by several researchers and government geological surveys in the United States, Ireland, Africa and Saudi Arabia over the period 1983-1990. The...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1992
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RB 88/00096 Proterozoic Ediacara fauna and Cambrian archaeocyatha of the Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
This paper describes the type fossil occurrences, their present-day geological setting and, as deduced from properties of the host sediments, their interpreted palaeogeographic locations and palaeoenvironmental depositional facies which probably...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1988
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RB 94/00033 Crayfish Group biostratigraphy study. Final report.
A new subdivision of the Foraminisporis wonthaggiensis Zone (Helby et al., 1987) of the Early Cretaceous Crayfish Group sediments of the Otway Basin is proposed. Seven zones are identified from the palynological data and three from the dispersed...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1994
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RB 95/00024 Irrigation quality groundwater in the Mid-North, southern Flinders Ranges and Yorke Peninsula.
The South Australian Mid-North, southern Flinders Ranges and Yorke Peninsula regions have limited water resources, with most water for domestic purposes being piped in from the Murray River. However, there exists the potential for groundwater of...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1996
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RB 95/00022 Five year technical review, 1991-1995 - Border (Groundwater Agreement) Act, 1985.
The Groundwater (Border Agreement) Act of 1985 legislated to provide a framework for the joint management of groundwater resources within a 40 km wide strip along the length of the South Australian and Victorian Border, which is referred to as the...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1995
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RB 97/00007 Groundwater investigations in the Meningie-Narrung area.
Several groundwater issues have been highlighted in the Meningie-Narrung area as a result of the regional investigation into the hydrogeology of the Murray Basin. Dryland salinity is the most important, with an estimated 45 000 ha to be affected by...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1997
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RB 95/00017 Gas sampling from water bores in the northern Gambier Basin, South Australia.
In January 1993, 15 water bores in the South-East were sampled for headspace gas. 7 of these bores provided sufficient gas for compositional analysis of hydrocarbons. Methane values ranged from 25% to 92% of the total gas for these bores, with...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1995
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RB 88/00017 Holocene non-tropical coastal and shelf carbonate province of southern Australia.
The southern edge of Australia is the site of non-tropical biogenic carbonate formation over a greater expanse of continental shelf than the Great Barrier Reef. The variety of modern environments and sedimentary facies in this region, and the major...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1988
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RB 88/00031 Preliminary report of Late Oligocene foraminiferal age of fossiliferous sandstones at Gawler.
Sandstones which are marginal-marine, silicified, leached, and in part fossiliferous, have been known from the Gawler scarp for over a century. However, only recently have significant foraminifera been recovered, indicating a Janjukian, Late Oligocene...-
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Published: 01 May 1988
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RB 91/00054 Early Oligocene and Late Eocene age determined for core samples from a borehole near Mundulla.
4 samples of drill core from a groundwater investigation well located approximately 6.5 km north-west of Mundulla were examined palaentologically to evaluate whether the Tertiary Murray Basin sediments that were cored can be correlated with similar...-
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Published: 10 May 1991
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RB 93/00034 Palynological and dispersed cuticle report of KT-1, Port Broughton, Pirie Basin.
All 4 rotary mud drill cuttings samples examined from parts of the precollar hole depth interval 64 m to 148 m are Late Eocene - Oligocene in age.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1993
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RB 96/00021 Palynological dating and correlation of Mesozoic sediments from the ABMINGA 1:250 000 sheet, SA.
Palynological evidence indicates that all 13 submitted drill core sedimentary rock samples, excepting one (taken at 138.2 metres depth in hole A68-1), are late Aptian to earliest Albian in age. The sediments were deposited in environments ranging...-
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Published: 01 May 1996
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RB 97/00040 Western Prospects Seismic Survey application in the Coongie Lakes Control Zone. Assessment report and recommendations.
The high environmental values of the Coongie Lakes area are recognised through their inclusion in the Register of the National Estate, their inclusion as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, and wider acknowledgement that...-
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Published: 31 Jul 1997