Report of geological reconnaissances and photographic interpretations in the western Murray River Basin.
Published: 01 Jan 1961 Created: 13 Nov 2024 Revised: 15 Dec 2024

A short review of previous work is given and the difficulty is emphasised of interpreting deeper geological structure due to extensive alluvaeolian sediments. Monoclinal meridional escarpments are evident in the Morgan area. They are attributed to...

A short review of previous work is given and the difficulty is emphasised of interpreting deeper geological structure due to extensive alluvaeolian sediments. Monoclinal meridional escarpments are evident in the Morgan area. They are attributed to basement faulting, each with downthrow to the east. The structures occupy a zone about 10 miles wide and can be traced from Sedan for about 100 miles to the north. It is termed Morgan Structure and is thought to be responsible for the deviations of the Murray from a westerly course into a southerly direction. Locally, dips approaching 20 degrees east were observed on the east side of the structure. A NW-SE. flexure is predicted at the Pyap Bend near Loxton and is correlated with the Murrayville monocline in western Victoria (downthrown to NE). Gypsum lakes and swamps mark an elongate depression in keeping with the prediction. The Marmon-Jabuk structure shows as a pronounced WNW-ESE lineament, but there is strong possibility that it is not a structure but a fossil marine coastline. A chapter is dedicated to the origin of fossil dunes by high- impact winds in the Pleistocene glacial period.

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Record No mesac33719
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
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Document Type Energy Company Report - Annual licence or technical report
Contributor Geosurveys of Australia Ltd
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Tenement OEL 23
Tenement Holder Hackathorn Oils Ltd
Operator Hackathorn Oils Ltd
Geological Province Murray Basin
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    Geographic Locality: Murray River
    Doc No: Env 00170

    Geographic Locality: Murray River Doc No: Env 00170

    Language English
    Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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    Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac33719
    Citation Sprigg, R.C. 1961. Report of geological reconnaissances and photographic interpretations in the western Murray River Basin. Energy Company Report - Annual licence or technical report
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac33719

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    Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
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