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Seismic tests for water table measurement, Cobram area, Victoria  


Authors / CoAuthors

Quilty, J.

Abstract

At the request of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria, seismic tests using the refraction method were conducted over six well locations near Cobram in the Murray Valley Irrigation District of Central Northern Victoria. The purpose of the tests was to determine whether the depth of the water table in that area could be measured by seismic refraction methods. The problem of rising water tables is one which occurs commonly in irrigation districts. In some areas the problem is purely a local one in which only perched water tables, any within ten feet of the surface, are involved, but it is also possible that the level of the general water table over a large are may be raised by deep percolation. The State Rivers are Water Supply Commission have maintained a check on the water table depth in the Murray River Valley Irrigation District for some time by measurement in existing wells. These wells are not necessarily in the best positions, and some are falling in. The seismic method was considered as an alternative to expensive test boring for ground water measurement.

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nonGeographicDataset

eCat Id

9360

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
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2601
Australia

Keywords

  • GA PublicationRecord
( Theme )
  • seismics
( Theme )
  • seismic refraction
( Theme )
  • water
  • AU-VIC
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
  • Earth Sciences
  • Published_External

Publication Date

1952-01-01T00:00:00

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Series Information

Record 1952/029

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[-36.0, -35.5, 145.5, 146.0]

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