1948
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Results of a micropalaeontological examination of samples taken from the surface down to a depth of 2130 feet.
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This report describes the results of a micropalaeontological examination of samples taken from 19 feet down to 50 feet.
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This report describes the results of a micropalaeontological examination of two rock samples from the Kimberley district.
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Report on samples from the No. 1 bore, allotment 57. The samples described in this report were taken from the depth of 1130 to 1260 feet down and are in continuation of the series reported upon in record 1948/050.
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The deposits of heavy-mineral sands which are at present being exploited along the East Coast occur on or within a few hundred feet of the ocean beaches. The occurrence of this deposit at a distance of nearly 1.5 miles from the beach suggests the possibility that other deposits may be found at some distance from the coast line. Of incidental interest is the possibility that the deposit, which presumably was formed by wave or surf action, may be at slightly higher level than the deposits adjacent to present day beaches. The locality, examination process, origin, and nature of the deposits are discussed in this report. The results, including estimates of the quantities of heavy mineral concentrates and the grades of the mineral bearing sands, are tabulated here.
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Brief description of limestone from a locality half a mile north of Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse.
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In August, 1947 the Bureau was requested by the Clifton Brick and Tile Company to carry out vibration tests on that Company's brick pit at Preston, Victoria. Tests were carried out at the brick pit on December 17th, 1947 and February 2nd, 1948 by officers of the Bureau. Six charges of explosives were detonated at different points in the brick pit and the amplitude of the ground movement was recorded. Additional records were made of ground movement due to other causes, such as vehicular traffic on a public road-way adjacent to the brick pit. It is the purpose of this report to summarise the results of the tests by tabulating the vertical ground movement recorded and to compare one with another, the amplitude due to different causes.
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This report covers the plane table survey work carried out from December, 1947, to February, 1948, on the ridge running N.W. from the U.S.A. Legation, and from Brick Trig. Station to the Brick Works. The stratigraphy, soil, structure, and topography of the area are discussed in the report.
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Samples from 37 bores were submitted by the Director of Mines, Adelaide, for micropalaeontological examination. Two of these bores were put down in the plains to the north of Adelaide and the remainder in the area to the south of the city. A short account of the stratigraphic sequence and detailed descriptions of the bore samples are given in this report.
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The area under review in this report comprises a large territory located in south-western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia. The scope of direct geological information in the areas underlain by marine Tertiary rocks is severely limited, by very poor exposure of the underlying rocks at the surface. Under such conditions, once the scattered exposures have been examined and recorded on the map, little more can be done by surface work; the geologist is thrown back on a study of well and bore records and of the results of geophysical measurements. Considerable literature has been read and records of the principal bores in the area have been examined in detail. It has been recommended that a geophysical survey of the area be conducted, to determine, if possible, any structural features which might exist at depth in this southern-most extension of the Murray River Artesian Basin, which is made up of Tertiary to Recent formations, resting, in the area under review, on a basement of Pre-Cambrian or Jurassic Rocks. This report comprises an overview of the general geology, geological history, stratigraphy and topography of the area under consideration. Geological, bore-hole and well data has been compiled and tabulated. A geological sketch map is included.