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Late Eocene - Pliocene stratigraphy of the Langhorne Sub-basin (north-western Padthaway Archipelago, South Australia).
The following Tertiary units were identified : Kongorong Fm, Narrawaturk Fm, Buccleuch Fm, Ettrick Fm, Mannum Fm, Kalibar Limestone, Parilla Sand and North West Bend Fm. All of these units are separated by unconformities. Erosional surfaces,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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Goolwa - Strathalbyn - Murray Bridge - Mannum area. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender/re-issue as part of a larger tenement, for the period 13/11/1979 to 21/2/1985.
A multi-commodity mineral exploration programme carried out over an area between Mannum and Strathalbyn, seeking buried targets concealed in Tertiary sediments and basement rocks, comprised aerial magnetic, radiometric and EM surveys; groundwater,...-
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Published: 01 May 1985
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RB 37/00082 Stratigraphical and faunal sequence in Canopus bore no. 1, PL 1644, north of Renmark, South Australia.
In the stratigraphic sequence penetrated by Canopus Bore No. 1, five formations are present. From the surface to a depth of 185 feet, the boring passed through Recent surface sand and kunkar followed by medium to coarse sands of Plio-Pleistocene age....-
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Published: 27 Apr 1954
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RB 41/00058 Mid-Tertiary sequence at Mannum, South Australia.
Excavation for the pumping station at Mannum exposed a mid-Tertiary sequence of calcareous sandstones and clays with an abrupt change in sedimentation within the sequence. Three marine formations are recognized: the Mannum Formation, the Finniss Clays...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1955
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RB 41/00102 Tertiary outcrops in the Hundred of Anna and Brownlow, TRURO military sheet.
Remnants of transgressive mid-Tertiary limestones occur at 413 feet above sea level (513 above datum level Port Adelaide, relative to bench mark 20/A, Truro R.S.) in and to the north of Levi's Creek, Section 229E, Hundred of Anna, and on Section 26,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1955
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RB 51/00121 Chowilla Dam site, River Murray. Stratigraphy and micropalaeontology.
Five stratigraphic bores at Chowilla Dam Site intersected Post-Tertiary river sands and silts, equivalents of the Loxton Sands grading downwards into highly glauconitic siltstone of the Bookpurnong Beds and, in two bores, Shelly glauconitic marls,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 53/00059 Lower Murray dam site investigation, stratigraphy.
Two bores on the west bank of the River Murray in the Hundred of Finniss intersected part of the Mannum Formation and the Ettrick Formation before entering weathered granite. Site 5, Bore 1, 2 miles east of Mannum had the lower part of the Mannum and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 55/00133 Report on site investigation SA Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd site, railway yards, Geranium.
The site of a proposed silo at Geranium was investigated by means of two cable tool holes up to 20m deep. The drilling showed a sequence of Holocene clays and sandy clays overlying Pliocene Loxton-Parilla Sand at 4-6m depth. Hole 1 intersected the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 56/00018 Seismic refraction survey proposed, Teal Flat dam site.
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 59/00124 Chowilla Dam Project: embankment materials, rip-rap investigation. Progress geological report.
At a meeting of the Chowilla Dam Technical Committee on 9th November, it was requested that the Mines Department prepare a progress statement on the investigations being carried out for the location and proving of rip-rap sources. This report was...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1964
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RB 55/00065 Woodside (Lakes Entrance) Oil Co. NL. Bundy 1, NSW. Palaeontological report.
Bundy No. 1 well near the eastern margin of the Murray Basin intersected a sequence 1340 feet thick of non marine lignitic sands and silts of Tertiary age. The oldest are Eocene and the youngest probably Pliocene. The well bottomed in granite at 1340...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 55/00066 Woodside (Lakes Entrance) Oil Co. NL. Balranald 1, NSW. Palaeontological report.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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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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RB 55/00114 Teal Flat dam site.
Six bores on the eastern bank of the River Murray at the Teal Flat Damsite in the Hundred of Younghusband intersected post Miocene sediments before bottoming in weathered Kanmantoo bedrock. A seventh bore intersected typical Mannum Formation limestone...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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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 60/00036 River Murray drainage investigation. Progress report no. 1.
A review is given of the progress of a SADM investigation into the causes of drainage problems being experienced in some South Australian irrigation areas located along the River Murray. Drilling and geological survey work have been carried out over...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00085 Report on the drainage investigations undertaken at Greenways irrigation scheme, Nildottie.
A survey has been undertaken to determine the areal extent and variation in thickness of impermeable clay strata underlying the Greenways Irrigation Scheme at Nildottie. Thick clay was found on the eastern half of the Scheme underlying, in general,...-
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Published: 27 Apr 1965
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RB 60/00086 Report on the drainage investigations at the proposed Swan Reach irrigation scheme on secns 48 and 85, Hd Nildottie.
The survey was made to determine the extent and variation in thickness of impermeable clay strata under an area proposed for irrigation development. The area was proved to be free of clay except for an insignificant zone on the western boundary of...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1965
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RB 60/00111 River Murray drainage investigation. Progress report no. 2 - stratigraphy and micropalaeontology of bores and surface sections.
Stratigraphic data are provided for: Waikerie Pumping Station - cliff section, Waikerie Bore No. 1, Waikerie Bore No. 1A, Ramco Heights Bore No. 1, Sunlands Pumping Station - cliff section, Sunlands Bore No. 2 and Tolleys Rising Main section (all in...-
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Published: 02 Jun 1965
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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
