RB 2016/00021 Investigating the potential for bedrock aquifers in the APY Lands.
Published: 01 Oct 2016 Created: 25 Nov 2024 Revised: 27 Nov 2024

Water is a valuable commodity in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, which has traditionally been sourced from palaeovalley sands, calcrete, and alluvial and aeolian sediments, as well as from the onlapping sediments of the...

Water is a valuable commodity in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, which has traditionally been sourced from palaeovalley sands, calcrete, and alluvial and aeolian sediments, as well as from the onlapping sediments of the Officer Basin. A recent commissioned study has attempted to recognise structural or weathering features within the outcrop, and in shallowly buried bedrock areas around some of the main communities in the APY Lands, that may host groundwater aquifers. This work used a range of existing datasets, such as pre-existing geological data, aeromagnetic data, airphoto orthoimages, digital elevation models, Landsat imagery, and earthquake data to find potential new groundwater drilling targets. No new data was collected, nor was there any ground-truthing. The targets focus on hard rock areas that may have enhanced porosity and permeability. These include areas of fractured rock, recognisable on orthoimages, which could represent breccia zones or faults, and areas where several lineaments intersect. Also of interest are areas where breaks in outcrop coincided with aeromagnetic low lineaments, suggesting the presence of eroded faults covered by a veneer of Cenozoic sediments.

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Record No d20011624
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication
Contributor DSD Resources and Energy Group;Geological Survey of South Australia
Sponsor Government of South Australia. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
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Geological Province Musgrave Province
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    Geographic Locality: South Australia;Musgrave Ranges;Everard Ranges;Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands;Amata;Fregon;Indulkana;Mimili;Pukatja;Yunyarinyi
    Doc No: RB 2016/00021

    Geographic Locality: South Australia;Musgrave Ranges;Everard Ranges;Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands;Amata;Fregon;Indulkana;Mimili;Pukatja;Yunyarinyi Doc No: RB 2016/00021

    Language English
    Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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    License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/d20011624
    Citation Pawley, M.J.;Krapf, C.B.E. 2016. RB 2016/00021 Investigating the potential for bedrock aquifers in the APY Lands. Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/d20011624

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