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Petroleum geochemistry of the Otway Basin, and the significance of coastal bitumen strandings on adjacent southern Australian beaches. Volumes 1 to 5 source rock studies.
The standing of crude oil on the beaches of southern Australia was first recorded approximately 150 years ago. This material, known locally as coastal bitumen, was used by the early maritime visitors and settlers to caulk their vessels and is the...-
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RB 41/00054 Eocene clays of the Knight Formation - South-East Province.
Instructions were received from the Director of Mines to report on the possible economic significance of the Eocene clays in the Mt. Gambier Area. A visit was made to the district to ascertain the general geography and to inspect Knight's Sand Pit, at...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 53/00051 Examination of water bores, Hundred of Murra Binna, County MacDonnell.
A water bore on Section 500, Hundred of Murra Binna intersected a sequence of Recent, Pleistocene, Oligocene (Gambier Limestone and Compton Conglomerate) Eocene (Knight Group) and probably Permian sediments to a depth of 320 feet. Two other bores in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 52/00159 Cellulose Australia Ltd water bore, Hundred Mayurra, section 78. Micropalaeontological examination.
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 52/00096 Progress report no. 4 - Site investigations, industrial project, South-East of SA.
Continuation of previous progress report on boring at the Kromelite site. Bores 1B and 1C were put down to check for a cavity encountered in Bore No.1. The logs of the bores put down since the last progress report are included.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 53/00007 Report on a site investigation for the proposed mill extension at Cellulose Australia, Millicent.
Four test bores were put down at the Cellulose Australia Ltd. site near Millicent to test foundation conditions below a proposed mill extension. The bores penetrated unconsolodated sediments of Quaternary age to a depth of about 40 feet below ground...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 56/00075 Diamond drilling operations, secn 333 Hd Caroline.
Dolomitisation of Tertiary Gambier Limestone along the Nelson Fault is irregular. Diamond drilling of four holes at a prospect on Section 333, Hundred of Caroline, shows that dolomite which is hard and dense at the surface passes down into partially...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 59/00054 Reinterpretation of the stratigraphy of the Comaum no. 2 bore, South Australia.
The stratigraphy of the Comaum 2 bore was revised and corrected. Tertiary sediments extend to 146m, and at this depth are dated as Paleocene on microfloral comparisons with south-western Victoria. Most of the Eocene section of the Knight Group (now...-
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Published: 27 Aug 1964
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RB 56/00032 Correlation of the Tertiary rocks of South Australia.
Marine and non-marine sediments of Paleocene to Pliocene age are represented in South Australia, although parts of the sequence are known only from subsurface sections. The Tertiary sequence is most complete in the Murray Basin, where Hantkenina...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 57/00093 Report on site investigation railway yards, Naracoorte, for SA Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd.
The site of a proposed grain storage silo in the railway yards at Naracoorte was tested by five cable tool holes each 27.43m deep. The drilling revealed a consistent sequence fill and flat-lying Quaternary sands and clays over Tertiary Gambier...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 60/00011 Examination of bore samples for sedimentary phosphate (in the) Murray Basin and Gambier Embayment of the Otway Basin.
In a reconnaissance survey for sedimentary phosphate, sludges and cores were examined from 100 widely-scattered bores in parts of the Murray Basin and the Gambier Embayment of the Otway Basin that are located in South Australia. Microscopic inspection...-
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Published: 25 Jan 1965
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RB 60/00095 Report on groundwater prospects, secns 158, 159, 161 Hd Nangkita - Glenridle Pty Ltd.
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Published: 01 Jan 1971
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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 42/00119 Micropalaeontological examination of sludges from three water bores, Millicent.
Sludges from three bores sunk recently at Millicent were examined in an effort to determine the cause of failure of two of them. All bores are considered to be in Pleistocene sediments containing much reworked Gambier Limestone material increasing...-
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Published: 08 Jun 1956
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RB 43/00012 Material collected during field conference. Frome - Broken Hill Co. Pty Ltd, Mount Gambier area, July 2-6, 1956.
Samples collected in the Mount Gambier, Mount Burr and Naracoorte areas include material from Knight Group sediments at their only South Australian exposure in Knight's Quarry where they are discordantly overlain by a basal conglomerate and the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 43/00064 Notes on early oil bores in the Lower South-East of South Australia.
Some material from oil bores in the possession mainly of the Bureau of Mineral Resources was cursorily examined to relate the bore sequences to the reference column established for the Murray Basin. The bores were Enterprise Oil Co. No. 2 (Salt Creek...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 80/00024 Kalangadoo town water supply. Completion report well no. 2.
This second well into the confined aquifer was drilled to 117.5 metres completed with a well screen in an unconsolidated sand interval between 104.2 and 115.6 metres. A yield of 1 200 kl/day was obtained with potential for greater yields without...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1980
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RB 80/00023 Groundwater pollution potential at Naracoorte abattoir.
Effluent is initially treated in waste disposal lagoons near ridge of Gambier Limestone which is a widespread and important water table aquifer. Consequently the risk of groundwater pollution is high. There is also risk of collapse of the floor of the...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1980
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RB 82/00051 Management proposal for the groundwater resources along the State border of South Australia and Victoria.
The groundwater licensing authorities in the States of South Australia and Victoria recognize that future development of the lands adjacent to the border will depend on the groundwater resource underlying those lands. In most areas there, shallow...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1982
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RB 86/00077 Review of the structure, geology and hydrocarbon potential of the Otway Basin in South Australia.
Highlights of the above 4 parts of the report include: 1) A brief review of the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cainozoic tectonic history. 2) The limited amount of useable seismic, aeromagnetic and gravity data hampers structural definition of the basin....-
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Published: 01 Oct 1986
