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Kangaroo Flat hydrogeological investigation - Well drilling.
The Department for Water Resources drilled three wells at Kangaroo Flat in October and November 2000 as part of a hydrogeological investigation of the area. The wells were drilled as observation wells, and water levels will subsequently be monitored...-
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RB 60/00103 Phosphate reconnaissance sampling, Willunga and Noarlunga sub-basins.
Reconnaissance sampling of coastal and inland exposures of the Tertiary succession in the Willunga and Noarlunga sub-basins of the Saint Vincent Basin indicates that the P205 content of the sediments is below the average of normal marine carbonates. A...-
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Published: 25 May 1965
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RB 50/00026 Inkerman-Balaklava Coalfield stratigraphy.
Examination of five bores in the Inkerman-Balaklava Coal Field showed a maximum thickness of eighty feet of Pleistocene to Recent, sixty feet of Port Willunga Beds, ten feet of Port Julie Greensand, and one hundred and eighty feet of Blanche Point...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 78/00013 Northern Adelaide Plains gas storage study. Barabba gravity low.
The Barabba Gravity Low in the Northern Adelaide Plains has been interpreted as a southerly dipping trough-like depression in Precambrian bedrock, infilled with Tertiary and covered by a blanket of Quaternary sediments. All margins of this feature are...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 79/00082 Geological results from the 1977/78 drilling programme, Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits.
Between December 1977 and February 1978, 103 coal exploration and development holes were drilled in the Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits, 100 km north of Adelaide. These Tertiary deposits, in the northern extremity of the St. Vincent Basin, contain...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1992
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RB 97/00014 Aquifer storage and recovery, MFP Australia, The Levels. Progress report no. 1.
Mines and Energy South Australia (MESA) was commissioned by MFP Australia to undertake an investigation into the feasibility of establishing an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) scheme at The Levels site. The programme is being carried out in two...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1997
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Report on investigation of Hallions Bore.
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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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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RB 00711 Black Point no. 1A well. Subsurface stratigraphy and micropalaeontological study.
Beach Petroleum Black Point No. 1 Stratigraphic Well intersected 574 feet of mostly recent and lower Tertiary sediments before entering lower to middle Cambrian red-bed arkrose of an unnamed formation which has been mapped at Pint Point and Rocky...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1900
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RB 00677 Grange 1 well. Subsurface stratigraphy.
Grange No. 1 Well was drilled to a depth of 1983 feet, and penetrated a sedimentary sequence of Quaternary and Tertiary rocks to 1872 feet before bottoming in red shale and grey slates of Proterozoic Age. Pleistocene to Recent sandy clays with some...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 00693 Beach Petroleum NL's Troubridge Shoal 1 stratigraphic well. Subsurface stratigraphy.
Beach Petroleum Troubridge Shoal No. 1 Stratigraphic Well, drilled to a depth of 1600 feet intersected Recent, Subrecent and Tertiary sediments to 850 feet below which 750 feet of Lower Permian glacial marine rocks were intersected. The Tertiary...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1900
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RB 00686 Port Vincent no. 1 stratigraphic well. Subsurface stratigraphy.
Pt. Vincent Stratigraphic well was drilled to a depth of 150 feet, penetrating recent to subrecent sands and shellbeds to 40 feet, before entering and bottoming in limestones and marls of Miocene age (Port Willunga Beds).-
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Published: 01 Mar 1900
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RB 64/00073 Foraminifera and stratigraphy of the type section of Port Willunga Beds, Aldinga Bay.
The type section 20 miles (32 km) south of Adelaide has been re-examined. Comprising about 107 feet (32½ m) of bryozoal calcarenitic impure limestones, sands, silts, and clays, it is informally subdivided into three apparently conformable successions...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 73/00127 Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and age of three mid-Tertiary whale finds, and one of crabs, Saint Vincent and Murray Basins, SA.
Foraminiferal limestone matrix around a whale rib collected from the Port Willunga - Aldinga cliffs, St. Vincent Basin, is probably Oligo-Miocene in age, and from near the locally exposed top of Port Willunga Beds. Foraminiferal limestone matrices...-
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Published: 15 May 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 2016/00008 Geological field excursion guide — Cenozoic Willunga Embayment: from Australo-Antarctic Gulf to Sprigg Orogeny.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GUIDE As superb exposures of fossiliferous strata, refreshed by coastal erosion and winter storms and backing popular beaches in what is now suburban Adelaide, the coastal cliff sections in the Willunga Embayment have attracted...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2016
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RB 2000/00029 Preliminary assessment of the potential of aquifer storage and recovery - Cheltenham Racecourse.
The Groundwater Program of the Department for Water Resources (DWR - previously with PIRSA) was engaged by the Torrens Catchment Water Management Board to assess the aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) potential at the Cheltenham Racecourse, using...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2000
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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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Kangaroo Flat hydrogeological investigation - Pump test results.
The aim of the present investigation was to determine the hydraulic properties of the Tertiary T2 aquifer and the leakage properties of the overlying confining bed of the Port Willunga Formation. A pump test, involving four production wells and one...-
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