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RB 82/00013 Sampling, testing and classification of Adelaide loam.
In Adelaide, the term loam' is applied indiscriminately to variety of soils for use in gardens irrespective of texture or suitability. Most of the loam is obtained from fluvial sediments of the Gawler River. The Mining Act has no power to control loam...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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RB 97/00007 Groundwater investigations in the Meningie-Narrung area.
Several groundwater issues have been highlighted in the Meningie-Narrung area as a result of the regional investigation into the hydrogeology of the Murray Basin. Dryland salinity is the most important, with an estimated 45 000 ha to be affected by...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1997
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RB 92/00045 Upper South-East dryland salinity and flood management plan. Excavation characteristics and slope design for the drainage channels.
The Upper South-East Dryland Salinity and Flood Management Plan proposals aim to address the worsening salinisation problems now clearly visible in the area. This report provides feasibility and preliminary project design data to the EWS engineers who...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1992
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Karoonda and Parrakie. Individual licence progress reports to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/9/1986 to 13/6/1991.
TARGET: Possible economic heavy mineral sand accumulations in Pliocene raised beach strandlines developed along the south-western margin of the Murray Basin. EXPLORATION: Aerial photo interpretation, regional sedimentological studies, preliminary...-
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Published: 05 Jun 1991
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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 68/00025 Reconnaissance geological survey of the STREAKY BAY and NUYTS 1:250 000 areas.
The Streaky Bay and Nuyts 1:250 000 map areas are located on the western side of Eyre Peninsula. Precambrian greenschist and amphibolite facies metamorphics of the Gawler Platform are intruded by Lower Proterozoic or Carpentarian granites, gneisses...-
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Published: 25 Feb 1969
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RB 73/00123 Reconnaissance mapping of the eastern boundary of the Bridgewater Formation on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
The eastern boundary of the Bridgewater Formation (Pleistocene aeolianite limestone) was identified from Streaky Bay through to the southernmost region of Eyre Peninsula. Younger calcrete and Molineaux sand were also mapped. The boundary has been...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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RB 75/00064 Monarto City Centre. Geotechnical investigations report no. 1.
Engineering investigations at the Monarto City Centre consisted of 8 diamond drill holes up to 15m deep, 25 backhoe test pits, detailed mapping and seismic refraction surveys. The area consists of Kanmantoo Group meta-sediments, in part overlain by a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 74/00111 Amphibolite deposit near Tailem Bend.
Railway ballast was sought from amphibolite of the Kanmantoo Group of Cambrian age which subcrops on a bedrock ridge in the Murray Basin near Tailem Bend. A surface sample of amphibolite returned low Los Angelese Abrasion and Sodium Sulphate Soundness...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 76/00008 Monarto new town. Proposed city centre. Geotechnical investigations report no. 2.
Engineering geological investigations consisting of cable tool drilling of 10 holes up to 15.25m deep, penetration testing and seismic refraction surveys were completed at the proposed CBD of the Monarto city centre. Drilling encountered thin...-
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Published: 02 Feb 1976
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Gip Gip. Final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/5/1975 to 12/8/1975.
Early-stage exploration of the State's South-East coastal region for possible economic heavy mineral sand placer deposits in ancient raised beaches has comprised an assessment of favourable geology, historical depositional conditions and...-
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Karte. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 24/9/1997 to 23/5/2000.
102 vertical open RC holes (total penetration 3699 m) were drilled along traverses laid out over an area extending 40-50 km north to north-west of Pinnaroo, targeting possible south-eastwards extensions to the Mindarie and Mercunda heavy mineral (HM)...-
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Published: 25 Aug 2000
