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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 98/00012 Conjunctive use of water resources in the rural township of Kangarilla. Feasibility study report.
The rural township of Kangarilla currently has no reticulated water supply system or common effluent disposal scheme, so instead its residents' potable water supplies are obtained from domestic rainwater tanks, and garden water is generally drawn...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1998
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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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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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Broch 061 Geology of McLaren Vale Wine Region 2000 (see BROCH 060 for 2010 version)
McLaren Vale, one of South Australia's major wine producing regions, is nestled in a geological province known as the Willunga Embayment, just a short drive south of Adelaide. From the sediments which were deposited in the basin-shaped embayment,...-
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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 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 2016/00008 Geological field excursion guide — Cenozoic Willunga Embayment: from Australo-Antarctic Gulf to Sprigg Orogeny.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GUIDE As superb exposures of fossiliferous strata, refreshed by coastal erosion and winter storms and backing popular beaches in what is now suburban Adelaide, the coastal cliff sections in the Willunga Embayment have attracted...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2016
