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RB 49/00102 Stratigraphy of the Murray Basin in South Australia.
The Murray Basin is an area of Mesozoic and Tertiary sedimentation divided into two main units the Murray Basin proper separated by structural highs, the Padthaway “Horst”, from the Gambier Sunklands. Knowledge of the Mesozoic in the Murray Basin...-
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Published: 05 Oct 1959
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RB 86/00059 Berri East groundwater interception scheme hydrogeological investigation.
This detailed investigation evaluates data from both SADME drilling and investigations, and EWS drilling primarily in the alluvial sediments on Martins Bend. The aim was to determine aquifer properties, confirm water table gradients toward the river...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1986
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RB 82/00098 Murray Basin hydrogeological investigations progress report no. 4 - Upper Murray and northern region.
The drilling of a further 16 rotary holes, as part of continuing investigations by the E&WS Department into the effect of groundwater on River Murray salinity, has indicated that the northern and north-western limits of the Tertiary limestone...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1983
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RB 80/00058 Murray Basin hydrogeological investigation, data assessment, western margin (north).
Assessment south of Morgan of the Murray Group aquifer system has been obtained despite a lack of data. Very little information is available on other aquifer systems with only a few wells being completed in the Pliocene sands aquifer and 1 well...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1980
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RB 80/00042 Murray Basin hydrogeological investigation. Data assessment. Upper Murray and northern region.
The regional hydrogeology of a major portion (Counties Young, Hamley, part Albert and part Alfred) of the northern Murray Basin has been assessed to assist salinity control investigations. 5 main aquifer systems are defined. 2 are pre-Tertiary...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1980
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RB 96/00015 Regional groundwater impacts of irrigation development in the eastern Riverland.
A regional groundwater model has been constructed of the Loxton Sands watertable aquifer in the eastern Riverland, over an area extending eastwards from Overland Corner to the State border. It is being used to quantify the salt load impacts on the...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1995
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RB 98/00025 Hydrochemistry of groundwaters in the South Australian-Victorian Designated Area - Groundwater Border Agreement Act.
Hydrochemical data from a total of 165 bores along the 40 kilometre wide strip of the South Australian - Victorian Border Designated Area were used to provide a spatial, and temporal, hydrochemical framework of the groundwaters from the three main...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1998
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RB 89/00027 Re-assessment of groundwater resources for Zones 2A to 8A of the SA Designated Area, Border Groundwater Agreement.
The groundwater resources of a 20 km wide strip of land in each state along the SA-Vic border is jointly managed by both states. This Designated Area is divided into 22 management Zones and each state is required to limit groundwater withdrawals to...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 92/00013 Murray Basin Hydrological Investigation drilling programme - Coastal Plain. Progress report no. 9.
Nine rotary mud groundwater investigation holes were drilled by SADME on the Murraylands Coastal Plain between July and November 1989, to total depths of between 82 m and 204 m. Composite logs of these holes are presented herein, together with those...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
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RB 92/00015 Regional hydrogeology of the Loxton-Noora area, Murray Basin, South Australia.
The Loxton-Noora area is underlain by 3 aquifer systems - the Pliocene Sands water table aquifer, the confined Murray Group limestone and the deepest, the confined Renmark Group aquifer. Both confined aquifers contain groundwater of 20-25 000 mg/L...-
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Published: 01 May 1992
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RB 97/00023 Hydrogeology of the Moorook New Residence irrigation district.
Following a request from the SA Department of Environment and Natural Resources at Berri in the Riverland, a hydrogeological assessment of the Moorook and New Residence irrigation areas was carried out. The water table aquifer occurs in fine to...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1997
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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 89/00034 Murray Basin hydrogeological investigation. Drilling programme - Mallee region. Progress report no. 8.
Sixteen rotary holes were drilled between May and September 1983, to depths from 74 to 280 metres. Five were completed in the Murray Group unconfined aquifer and the remaining 11 in the Renmark Group confined aquifer. Potentiometric levels vary from...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 91/00009 Border Groundwater Agreement five-year groundwater resource assessment review, 1986-1990. Report.
South Australian investigations have concentrated on defining the nature of the Tertiary limestone aquifer and determining aquifer recharge rates in Zones 3A-7A, to enable a reassessment of groundwater resources for Zones 2A-8A. An examination of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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RB 95/00037 Stonefield bedrock drilling, 1995.
Twenty-three vertical open RC drillholes with a total penetration of 2663 m were drilled by MESA during February and March 1995 along four W-E traverses in the Stonefield area near Truro, to determine bedrock geology and geochemistry below sedimentary...-
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Published: 01 May 1997
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RB 88/00056 Murray Basin hydrogeological investigation, drilling programme western margin (north). Progress report no. 6.
As part of a comprehensive investigation on the effect of groundwater on River Murray salinity, 23 investigation wells were drilled to depths of 44 to 229 metres. 8 wells were completed in the Murray Group unconfined aquifer with water table ranging...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1988
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RB 88/00088 Woolpunda Groundwater Interception Scheme Phase 4. Drilling and well discharge testing program.
15 new wells were drilled. Aquifer testing at 3 additional sites along the proposed 25 km Woolpunda Scheme reach confirms Murray Group aquifer transmissivity and specific yield of the order of 100-200 m3/d, and 0.02-0.03 respectively.-
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Published: 01 Nov 1988
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RB 89/00049 Aspects of stratigraphy and structure in relation to the Woolpunda Groundwater Interception Scheme, Murray Basin, South Australia.
Micropalaeontological and biostratigraphic studies have been used. Groundwater flow systems were investigated near the Woolpunda Groundwater Interception Scheme (WGIS) - a major area of saline groundwater discharge to the Murray River. Structure was...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 96/00017 River Murray water resource management. Assessment of salt load impacts and drainage hazard for new irrigation development along the River Murray in South Australia.
The Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) has a commitment in the national interest to managing the health of the River Murray and floodplain environment by mitigating both decreases in river water quality and associated environmental degradation...-
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Published: 01 May 1996
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Feasibility level geotechnical and hydrogeological studies, Moorlands coal deposit, Lobe E, Moorlands SA.
Drilling (132.8 metres) included fully cored geotechnical hole to basement to estimate mine planning constraints for open cut mining. The unconfined aquifer above the lignite must be dewatered for mine slope stability. Overburden contains 2 layers of...-
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