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Shallow groundwater quality monitoring program for the Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board area.
The Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board (OCWMB) is responsible for an area of approx. 920 square km which includes the Onkaparinga Catchment in the Adelaide Hills and the Noarlunga and Willunga sedimentary embayments south of Adelaide, South...-
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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 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 38/00087 Report on results of test boring in a brick clay deposit at Golden Grove.
Geological mapping of seven contiguous mineral claims at Golden Grove held by the SA Builders' and Contractors' Association revealed three areas of potential brick clay. A programme of test boring was carried out to define the deposits and obtain...-
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Published: 26 Oct 1954
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RB 54/00999 Viability of proposed drainage bore at Glenelg Primary School.
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Published: 30 Mar 1954
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RB 55/00126 Report on site investigation proposed bulk grain storage installation Long Plains railway yard, Hd Dublin, Dublin 1 mile sheet (zone 6, no. 815).
It is proposed to construct a wheat storage silo toward the northern end of the Long Plains Railway Yard which is about 40 miles north from Adelaide. Two percussion test bores were drilled at the request of Mr J.A. Corbett, Senior Engineer, S.A....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 59/00035 Palynological examination of selected core samples from Morphett Street and Victoria Bridges, bore 14.
Comparative and qualitative palynology of several distinct Upper Eocene lithological units in the vicinity of Adelaide indicates a similar age for the sediments. A complex facies relationship between these units is apparent in marginal areas....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 59/00113 Light 001 well completion report.
Light No. 1 was drilled on shot point E126 subsequent to the Middle Beach Seismograph Survey. The purpose of the well was primarily to determine the depth to basement, to assist the correlation of seismograph records, and to further stratigraphic...-
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Published: 11 Nov 1964
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RB 60/00039 New AMP building, Adelaide. Foundation stratigraphy.
A foundation test bore 200 feet deep, drilled at the site of a new Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP) building to be constructed on the south-western corner of North Terrace and King William Street, has intersected a Cainozoic sedimentary...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00052 Micropalaeontological examination of soil samples, northern Yorke Peninsula.
31 samples taken during a soil survey of northern Yorke Peninsula were examined for the CSIRO to obtain information on depositional environment and age. Twelve of them contained marine foraminifers or molluscan fragments, most of which were probably...-
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Published: 16 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00044 Report on proposed drainage, Smithfield area.
In the vicinity of Smithfield it is proposed to construct a number of drains to remove floodwaters originating from Smith Creek and its tributaries. At times, floodwaters accumulate in a low-lying areas west of Smithfield, and the proposed drains are...-
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Published: 08 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00062 Report on site examination for a proposed subdivision at Windsor Gardens.
The request to investigate the site of a proposed housing subdivision at Windsor Gardens was received in a letter from the Town Planner’s Office dated December 11, 1964. The area examined is within Section 503, Hundred of Yatala, and the appropriate...-
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Published: 22 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00097 Report on site investigation, proposed SA Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd silo, railway yards, Wasleys, Hd Mudla Wirra.
The request to investigate the site of a proposed 4 cell concrete silo to be built in the railway yards at Wasleys, was received in a letter dated 19th February, 1964, from Mr. P.T. Sanders, General Manager, South Australian Cooperative Bulk Handling...-
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Published: 14 May 1965
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RB 60/00124 Report of reconnaissance resistivity surveys, southern Yorke Peninsula.
In September 1964 and June 1965 an exploratory survey found good hydrological – geophysical correlation for the sedimentary formations in Southern Yorke Peninsula. Further work is warranted to delimit the boundaries of the aquifers and the extent of...-
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Published: 16 Jun 1965
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RB 42/00016 Foundation test boring for proposed Women's Radiotherapy Block, Royal Adelaide Hospital. Final report.
Following a request by the Architect-in-chief to test foundation conditions for a proposed 12 storey women's radiotherapy block immediately east of the present Royal Adelaide Hospital, 10 percussion boreholes were put down and show a variable sequence...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 85/00002 Quaternary stratigraphy between Saint Kilda and Outer Harbour with special reference to excavation conditions in Barker Inlet.
Cores taken from Barker Inlet and previous subsurface information, are used to interpret the shallow subsurface stratigraphy. Significant Holocene accumulation has taken place at Outer Harbour, Torrens Island, and the Saint Kilda intertidal flats....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1985
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RB 86/00024 Sediment organism zonation and the evolution of Holocene tidal sequences in southern Australia.
Regressive intertidal sequences, with well developed zonation of flora and fauna, occur extensively around the margins of the 2 major SA gulfs and within small embayments along the exposed coastline of Eyre Peninsula. This paper summarises and...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1986
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RB 82/00096 Northern Power Station. Groundwater conditions in the vicinity of the ash disposal lagoons.
Investigations include back hoe pits and hand augering. Future fly ash disposal will increase hydraulic gradients towards the gulf and thus increase rate of groundwater flow in that direction. Potential exists for damage to the mangroves through...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1982
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RB 79/00003 Fine tailings investigation. Drilling of tailings dams and the results of laboratory evaluation. Report no. 2, Gawler.
A total of 0.5 million cubic m of fine tailings, weighing 0.7 million tonnes, and averaging 44.8% solids, are impounded in 10 tailings dams at three sand deposits near Gawler, 35 km north-east of Adelaide. The dams are still in use, and pose a major...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00008 Report on drilling for groundwater in the Onkaparinga Estuary.
A groundwater investigation well, drilled on the site of a proposed public reserve adjacent to the Onkaparinga Estuary, encountered water too saline for use in irrigation. The yield of the well was not tested, and it was subsequently abandoned. A...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
