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RB 55/00093 Lower Murray dam sites - Teal Flat report on geological investigations (drill logs in separate report 55/93, main report in 55/93A).
Three potential damsites on the lower Murray River near Mannum were investigated by drilling and geological mapping. Two holes at Site 4 and one at Site 5 showed Tertiary sediments overlying granite bedrock at depth exceeding 24m. Exploration was...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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Padthaway - Black Range area. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 15/5/1979 to 28/3/1980.
Exploration for possible economic lignite and coal that may occur within Tertiary sediments of the western Murray Basin covering the crest of the Padthaway Ridge, consisted of drilling 14 rotary mud vertical holes, 4 being partially diamond cored,...-
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Published: 12 May 1980
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RB 00609 Palaeontology of Murray Basin Oil Syndicate's Pinnaroo bore, Hundred of Pinnaroo, adjacent sections 59 and 67. Final report and summary.
From 1047 feet depth the borehole continued in silty sands and grits of the Knight Group, and at 1191 feet entered clay overlying quartz-mica schist bedrock, in which it continued to a total depth of 1280 feet. A summary of the Tertiary sequence...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1900
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RB 00506 Palaeontology of Australian Oil and Gas Corporation's Loxton oil bore 1, Hundred Bookpurnong, part section 6B. Progress report no. 5.
Three samples of diamond drill core from 1550, 1570 and 1590 feet depth were examined. All are Cretaceous sediments, the lowest at 1590 feet being a glauconitic shale of marine origin, with Cretaceous foraminifera. This is the first record of marine...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1900
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RB 67/00032 Micropalaeontology and stratigraphy of the Langhorne Creek no. 1 bore.
Department of Mines Langhorne Creek Observation Bore No. 1, sited near the western margin of the Murray Basin, in Sect. 3606, Hd. Freeling, Co. Sturt, penetrated 430 feet of Cainozoic sediments before bottoming in bedrock of Kanmantoo Group phyllites....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1971
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Marne River Catchment - Groundwater assessment.
The Marne River is a main tributary catchment for the River Murray, which generates ephemeral flows in wet years. Concerns have been expressed at the construction of large dams in the headwaters of the catchment, about their impacts on streamflow,...-
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