RB 00790 Summary of seismic experiments [conducted] in EL 190, May 1975.
Published: 01 Aug 1900 Created: 15 Nov 2024 Revised: 15 Nov 2024

Refraction and experimental reflection seismic shooting was undertaken in EL 190 on Roxby Downs Station during May 1975, along 3 lines totalling 13.2 line km. The aim was to map Cambrian and Precambrian sedimentary horizons using methods...

Refraction and experimental reflection seismic shooting was undertaken in EL 190 on Roxby Downs Station during May 1975, along 3 lines totalling 13.2 line km. The aim was to map Cambrian and Precambrian sedimentary horizons using methods generally applied in areas of younger sediments. A refraction horizon probably correlatable with unweathered Cambrian Andamooka Limestone was mapped along two lines, mostly at a depth of less than 40 metres below the surface. Interpretation of the single fold reflection data is very difficult, but one tentative horizon in the vicinity of Olympic Dam at a depth of about 300 metres below surface has been mapped over a distance of 1 km. Reflection seismographs contain sufficient promise to suggest that further experiments could improve record quality and enable more certain quantitative interpretation.

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Record No 2020d038419
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Geophysical Report - Final
Contributor South Australia. Department of Mines;Geological Survey of South Australia. Basin Geophysics Section
Sponsor Western Mining Corp. Ltd;South Australia. Department of Mines
Tenement EL 190
Tenement Holder Western Mining Corp. Ltd
Operator
Geological Province
Mine Name Roxby Downs prospect
Stratigraphy Andamooka Limestone
Commodity uranium
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Geographic Locality: Roxby Downs Station;Olympic Dam;Appendicitis Dam;1975 Olympic Dam Seismic Survey
Doc No: RB 00790

Geographic Locality: Roxby Downs Station;Olympic Dam;Appendicitis Dam;1975 Olympic Dam Seismic Survey Doc No: RB 00790

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2020d038419
Citation Milton, B.E. 1900. RB 00790 Summary of seismic experiments [conducted] in EL 190, May 1975. Geophysical Report - Final
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2020d038419

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