Territory Stories

Lake Mackay Sheet Groundwater Occurrence

Details:

Title

Lake Mackay Sheet Groundwater Occurrence,

Creator

Read , R. E,

Issued by

Northern Territory. Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment. Natural Resources Division,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Report No. 9/2005,

Date

2005-03,

Location

Lake Mackay, Ti-Tree Region,

Abstract

Executive Summary Only 24 bores have been drilled on the Lake Mackay sheet. Of these only four have yielded over 0.5 L/s, and only one of these is potable. Drilling in the crystalline Palaeoproterozoic rocks has had a very low rate of success. The reasons for this are unclear, average depth of weathering seems similar to other areas with better success rates. Rocks of the Ngalia Basin are better targets. Cainozoic palaeo-channel aquifers have the potential to yield substantial quantities of brackish water, but have not yet been tested.,

Notes

Made available by via Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),

Table of contents

Introduction -- Previous work -- Rainfall -- Groundwaterter Use -- Drilling -- Aquifers -- Cainozoic -- Neoproterozoic (Ngalia and Murraba Basins) -- Palaeoproterozoic -- Chemistry -- Groundwater Potential -- References.,

Language

English,

Subject

Groundwater, Groundwater Management,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Alice Springs (NT),

Series

Report No. 9/2005,

Format

12 pages : Illustrations, maps, graphs ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/1012677,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/1012677

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