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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 78/00057 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 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 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 95/00004 Willunga Basin. Review of hydrogeology and water budget.
The Willunga Basin is a groundwater resource being stressed by groundwater abstraction for agricultural purposes. The Southern Vales Water Resources Committee, in conjunction with MESA, DENR and SA WATER, are developing groundwater management...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1995
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RB 97/00045 Briefing on Adelaide South Parklands aquifer storage and recovery potential.
MESA has been approached by civil engineering firm B.C. Tonkin and Associates to help with assessing the possibility of developing an aquifer storage and recovery scheme in the Adelaide South Parklands. Their client the Adelaide City Council is...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1997
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RB 75/00057 Inkerman Coalfield dewatering investigation report no. 1. Aquifer test no. 1.
The low grade lignite deposits which form the Inkerman coalfield lie within a sequence of unconsolidated Tertiary sediments 100 m thick in the northern St. Vincent Basin. Drilling and test pumping in three aquifers has provided approximate...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 74/00002 Willunga Basin investigation. Progress report no. 1 - a summary of work to December 1973 and proposed future investigations.
A borehole survey has been carried out in the Willunga Basin, 30 km south of Adelaide, beginning a new investigation of its hydrogeology. Although the groundwater resources of the Basin are being developed rapidly, there is little useful...-
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Published: 07 Jan 1974
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RB 2000/00020 Willunga Groundwater Basin. Observation well network inventory and review.
This report presents an inventory on the status, current condition and capacity of the existing Willunga Basin observation well network which has been installed to provide information needed for groundwater resource management. A review of the...-
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Published: 01 Jun 2000
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Clinton. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/6/1972 to 28/6/1973.
Lignite seams in the Clinton Coalfield were further assessed for their potential to produce commercial grade montan wax in marketable quantities, via the drilling and sampling of two appraisal rotary/core holes with a total penetration of 533 feet, to...-
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Published: 07 Jan 1974
