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RB 77/00009 Construction materials investigation Redcliff petrochemical site, sections 12, 18, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 102, 134 Hd Winninowie, Co. Frome.
Materials suitable for concrete aggregate, railway ballast, road base course, protection of salt field sea wails and rock fill will be required should construction of the petrochemical plant and appurtenant works proceed at Redcliff, 25 km...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 80/00132 Redcliff Point Seismic Survey.
A seismic refraction survey at Redcliff Point on Spencer Gulf has confirmed the existence of a trough up to 450 m deep and 3.5 km wide, oriented north-south beneath the western portion of the promontory. Two internal refracting horizons have been...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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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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Geological investigation of the Bowmans trial pit.
The sediments exposed in the Bowmans trial pit were mapped and sampled in detail. The oldest formation recognised is the mid to late Eocene Clinton Coal Measures, which is represented by low rank, soft brown coal and unconsolidated, medium grained...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1981
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Northern Saint Vincent Basin Coalfield, South Australia. Geological report.
All previous data and all the known major deposits within the Clinton Coal Measures are reviewed. The study covers their formation, structure, stratigraphy and various engineering geology aspects associated with the possibility of mining any one of...-
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Lochiel coal deposit geological report.
In 1982 ETSA carried out an exploration programme which lead to the discovery of the Lochiel brown coal deposit. Over 10,000 metres of drilling have been completed within the deposit. Reserve and resource calculation and hydrogeological and...-
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RB 00811 Redcliff Project: geological setting and preliminary assessment of environmental factors.
This report has been compiled at the request of the Redcliff Steering Committee to assist in the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement. It relies almost entirely on work carried out by Departmental officers and private consultants during...-
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RB 00750 Natural gas pipeline, Moomba-Adelaide - Port River crossing, Taperoo. Geological investigations. Progress report no. 1. Design stage.
A cable tool drilling investigation of the proposed route of the Moomba - Adelaide natural gas pipeline beneath the bed of the Port River at Taperoo was carried out to determine the nature of the soil horizons in which the pipeline will be buried, and...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1900
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RB 10/00191 Notes on [recommended methods for guiding the construction of a] proposed [ornamental] lake [to be situated on] Sections 347, 350, Hd Willunga.
The proponent of a planned foreshore dunal housing development to be built at Moana Beach sought assistance with what methods would be best employed to construct an artificial lake out of a pond that presently existed there in the Pedler Creek estuary.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1927
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RB 67/00060 Royal Park High School geological investigations. Progress report no. 1, design stage, section 442 Hd Yatala - Public Buildings Department.
There is no abstract created for this record-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 69/00106 National Art Gallery foundation failure, geological investigations. Progress report no. 1, maintenance stage, secn 562 Hd Adelaide - Public Buildings Department.
Preliminary investigation by air photo interpretation and drilling of five hand auger holes suggests that probable reserves of sand gypsum accumulated in extensive dunes amount to approximately 10 million tons averaging 70% CaSO4.2H2O. Crystalline...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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RB 65/00034 Strathmont Hospital and Training Centre, geological investigation progress report no. 1, design stage. Public Buildings Department.
Investigation of the site for the proposed Hospital and Training Centre at Strathmont was requested by Mr. M.C. Stock, Public Buildings Department, in a letter dated 19th May 1967, to the Director of Mines. The site is approximately six miles...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 73/00225 Department of Mines, Core Library, Glenside, section 264 Hundred of Adelaide. Report on foundation investigations - Public Buildings Department.
Interpretation of materials exposed in investigation trenches Indicates the following sequence – • 20 - 40 cms Topsill (ML) On • 30 -140 cms Red-brown clay (CL-CH) On • 0 - 170 cms Calcareous silt (ML) On • 200 + cms Hindmarsh Clay Equivalents...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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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 2000/00013 Australian Clay Minerals Society Inc. 17th Biennial Conference, Adelaide, 10-12 April 2000: Field Guide for post-conference tour, 13-14 April 2000 - Yorke Peninsula clays and carbonates, copper mines, desert loam soils and mangroves.
This tour is concerned with aspects of the soils, geology, landforms, clays and mining on Yorke Peninsula, and likewise for the northern Adelaide Plains which are separated from the Peninsula by Gulf St Vincent. Both of these regions are among the...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2000
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RB 2014/00006 Geology of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet (6432).
The revised digital geology map of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet and accompanying geological descriptions in this report are the first components of the 2nd edition PORT AUGUSTA 1:250 000 map sheet to be completed. The subject map sheet occupies the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2014
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Northern Adelaide Plains groundwater review.
The availability of good quality groundwater from two Tertiary confined aquifers (T1 and T2) under the Northern Adelaide Plains (NAP) has encouraged the development of over 3000 hectares of horticulture in the area since the 1950s. At present,...-
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ExpNotes MAITLAND: Explanatory Notes MAITLAND, SI 53-12.
The MAITLAND Special 1:250,000 scale geological map covers the greater part of South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. The rocks in the map area comprise deformed Palaeoproterozoic and early Mesoproterozoic basement of the south-eastern Gawler Craton, and...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2006
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Absorbent Clay Project. Progress reports for the period January 1994 to January 1996.
This project was designed to determine the potential of various clays to absorb harmful or toxic substances present in water intended for human use. The clay samples that were selected for study contain significant amounts of either smectite, kaolin,...-
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RB 2007/00006 The geology and mineral potential of the PORT AUGUSTA [mapsheet] area, eastern Gawler Craton.
The PORT AUGUSTA 1:250,000 mapsheet area covers the north-eastern part of the Eyre Peninsula, the northern Spencer Gulf and the south-western Flinders Ranges, and extends from latitude 32°00'S to 33°00'S and longitude 136°30'S to 138°00'S. The main...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2007
