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RB 37/00092 Report on Poonindie brick clay deposit, section 123, Hundred of Louth.
The investigation which is the subject of this report was carried out in response to a request from Mr. E.L. Mitton, Accountant, on behalf of Millers Lime Ltd. The property is owned by J.Hallett & Son Ltd., freehold, with mineral rights alienated...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1954
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RB 44/00076 Report on groundwater prospects, Section 84, Hundred of Laffer.
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Published: 24 Apr 1957
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RB 44/00068A Report on groundwater prospects, Section 84, Hundred of Laffer.
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Published: 24 Apr 1957
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RB 84/00010 Torrens Island sand resource, secn 453, Hd Port Adelaide, Co. Adelaide.
The deposit is worked for filling sand, but is suitable for replenishment of beaches, and with beneficiation, for glass and foundry. Reserves, based on 110 auger holes, are 835 000 tonnes (indicated) and 270 000 tonnes (inferred).-
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Published: 01 Feb 1984
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RB 87/00108 Shellgrit resources, eastern St Vincent Gulf - Port Gawler to Port Wakefield.
Series of beach ridges are of Holocene age, ranging in age from 6600 years to present and composed predominantly of shell fragments, average 78% calcium carbonate. Total recorded production from the deposits is 1.16 million tonnes. Auger drilling of...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1987
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RB 78/00075 Mangrove Swamp investigation. Port Augusta Power Station.
Investigation of cause of mangrove dieback, which is probably due to highly saline ground water.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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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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RB 89/00062 Stratigraphic investigation of the Gillman development site, Port Adelaide estuary.
Drill core from samphire and mangrove marshes north of Gillman - Wingfield are used to interpret the shallow sub-surface stratigraphy of the region. A Holocene marine sequence up to 8 metres thick overlies Late Pleistocene alluvial (Pooraka Formation)...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1989
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RB 89/00007 Shellgrit resources, eastern Spencer Gulf, South Australia - 1984 drilling and sampling programme.
A series of arcuate beach ridges, lie within 1 km of the coastline between Port Germein and Tickera. These Holocene ridges range in age from 4400 years to present and are composed of shell fragments. Sporadic production from Hundreds Pirie and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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RB 90/00013 Offshore sand prospects for metropolitan beach replenishment interpreted from shallow seismic profiles.
Shallow penetration, high resolution seismic profiling, with simultaneous sea floor coring found large areas of sea floor to be barren of unconsolidated Holocene sediment, or to be unsuitable for beach replenishment. Four prospects are identified...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1990
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RB 91/00063 Construction sand deposits in the Port Lincoln area. Report no. 2.
About 87 percent of Port Lincoln's construction sand is obtained from the coastal zone about 20 km north of the city. The remainder, from Strawberry Hill, contains about 10% fines and is blended with clean sand from Louth Bay to meet specifications....-
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Published: 01 Jul 1991
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RB 92/00023 Land subsidence and sea level rise in the Port Adelaide estuary, South Australia.
Significant anthropogenic land subsidence within the Port Adelaide estuary of up to 0.7 metres is inferred from the Holocene stratigraphy and associated radiocarbon dates on materials that act as palaeo-sea level indicators. Principal contributing...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1992
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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 95/00005 Proposed marina at Kingston (South-East). Hydrogeology and assessment of the impact on local groundwater resources.
The Lacepede District Council is considering a proposal for the construction of a marina and associated infrastucture in Maria Creek, Kingston (South-East). The proposal includes two options, A and B, with Option A sited closest to existing town...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1995
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Ashville gypsum deposits. Retention lease six-monthly combined reports for the period 14/9/1993 to 1/6/1996.
Activity on these deposits has consisted of one phase of trial mining of 600 cubic m of the best quality part of the Warnes deposit, stockpiling of the extracted gypsum-rich lakebed sediments, chemical analysis of 39 bulked samples of this stockpile...-
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Lake MacDonnell. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 1/11/1968 to 5/5/1970.
An exploratory drilling programme (23 vertical rotary/NX diamond core holes for a total penetration of 487 feet 10 inches) was carried out during May-June 1969 on the surface of Lake MacDonnell, which covers an area of approximately 4.5 square miles....-
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Published: 26 Feb 1970
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Malcolm Plains. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/12/1989 to 21/12/1993.
Possible economic deposits of filter-grade diatomite and of agricultural grade gypsum within Holocene lacustrine sediments in the Cooke Plains Embayment and Waltowa Swamp areas, located immediately east of Lakes Alexandrina and Albert respectively,...-
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Lake Greenly, Lake Malata. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 6/9/85 to 5/9/86.
TARGET: Potentially commercial gypsum, salt or silica occurrences in Holocene paralic lakes and marginal dunes, in an area immediately north-east of Coffin Bay. EXPLORATION: Bulk sampling of lacustrine evaporitic sediments and related aeolian deposits...-
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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 2022/00001 Resource potential review for lime sand on Kangaroo Island.
This document aims to establish an appropriate geological framework and resource potential baseline for DEM's knowledge about lime sand on Kangaroo Island (KI), by showing and discussing what new lime sand resource areas are available, based on the...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2022
