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RB 87/00064 Groundwater discharge survey 1982/1983 and 1983/1984 pumping seasons, metropolitan Adelaide area.
Approximately 7 600 Ml is extracted per annum. Of this, one quarter (2 000 Ml) is metered. Average irrigation output is 5 500 kl / ha. Most of the groundwater is consumed by industry (53%) while recreational areas use 23% and schools 14%, with 10%...-
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Published: 01 Apr 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 77/00125 Drilling and completion report. Little Para River deep observation wells - EWS Department.
Three observation wells have been completed in the Port Willunga Formation 'A' for the Water Resources Branch of the Engineering and Water Supply Department. These wells are located in the vicinity of the Little Para River to monitor the response of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 79/00082 Geological results from the 1977/78 drilling programme, Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits.
Between December 1977 and February 1978, 103 coal exploration and development holes were drilled in the Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits, 100 km north of Adelaide. These Tertiary deposits, in the northern extremity of the St. Vincent Basin, contain...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1992
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RB 97/00047 Briefing on the potential for ASR at the MFP, The Levels, site.
Potential for ASR at the untested The Levels site is identified in up to 3 Quaternary and 2 Tertiary aquifers, depending on the validity of interpreted aquifer properties as interpolated from nearby tested and operating ASR sites. A site-specific...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1997
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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 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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Bull 042 Cainozoic Foraminifera and Stratigraphy of the Adelaide Plains Sub-Basin, South Australia
Summarised stratigraphic data are presented for 93 bores in the Adelaide Plains Sub-Basin of the St. Vincent Basin from hundred of Dublin to hundred of Noarlunga, including the Adelaide City area on the Para Fault Block. For the purposes of this...-
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Bull 051 Engineering Geology of the Adelaide City Area
The importance of engineering geology has been emphasised since the 1950s. when construction commenced in the city of a new generation of multistorey buildings. Foundation drilling along with geological and geophysical services provided by the...-
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RB 66/00999 Palaeontological examination of material collected from three sand-producing water wells situated between Angle Vale and Gawler.
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Published: 29 Feb 1972
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RB 71/00182 Geological Survey - Proposed building, chest clinic, North Terrace town acre 28, Hd Adelaide. Foundation investigations, design stage - Public Buildings Department.
Two cable-tool foundation investigation holoo were drilled by Mines Department personnel to Public Buildings Department purchase order C1452D5. Locations arc shown in Figure 1. These holes were requested in order to determine foundation conditions...-
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Published: 10 Nov 1971
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RB 71/00061 Stratigraphy and engineering properties of the soil and rock horizons beneath the Adelaide city area, Hds Adelaide and Yatala.
The geological conditions and rock and soil properties existing beneath the Adelaide city area, have, of necessity, become more important as both the size of buildings, and the extent of construct ion has increased. Drilling and excavation in the area...-
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Published: 08 Apr 1971
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RB 74/00185 Adelaide subway study reconnaissance drilling North Adelaide. Report on geological investigations - Director General of Transport.
A programme of reconnaissance drilling has been completed in the North Adelaide and Torrens Valley areas to assist in the selection of a route for the proposed Adelaide Metropolitan Subway. The drilling was carried out to augment knowledge of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 75/00038 Northern Adelaide Plains groundwater study, Stage 2, 1968-1974.
This report is a progress report to supplement a previous report - "The Northern Adelaide Plains Groundwater Study to May 1968". As a result of the investigations since that time more detail is available on the Quaternary aquifers, recharge to the...-
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Published: 10 Nov 1975
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RB 75/00050 Drillhole intersections of Eocene sediments, northern margin Willunga Sub-basin.
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Published: 01 Apr 1975
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RB 75/00070 Recharge investigations, northern margin of the Milang Basin. Milang-Langhorne Creek area.
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 75/00081 Reconnaissance survey, Foundry and Glass Sand Project. Report no. 2.
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 73/00246 Proposed Little Para Dam. Effect on intake to aquifers of Northern Adelaide Plains.
Hydrographs of bores adjacent to the Little Para River show that it is an important source of recharge to aquifers of the Salisbury area. Recharge takes place via shallow aquifers and then to deeper aquifers through semi-confining beds and possibly...-
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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 74/00031 Biostratigraphy of two boreholes near the northern margin of the Willunga Sub-basin.
Boreholes B2/73, B3/73 intersected (i) thin Quarternary units over ?Plio-Pleistocene Carisbrooke Sand, uncomformably overlying (without intervening Port Willunga Beds) (ii) an Eocene succession (correlated with the lower part of Reynolds' standard...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
