Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,
Abstract
The Rocky Hill – Ooraminna area, located 25 km south east of Alice Springs contains freehold blocks, NT Portions 1476 and 4704, ‘the Undoolya Rocky Hill Agricultural Block and the future ‘Rocky Hill borefield’ respectively. It is in the Amadeus Basin, and contains the Ooraminna anticline and a gentle west-plunging syncline, ‘Rocky Hill Syncline’. The Rocky Hill Syncline has a large resource of groundwater in aquifers of the Pacoota and Mereenie Sandstones and the overlying Pertnjara Group. Because of the shallow dips there is a large area of the Mereenie Sandstone and Pertnjara aquifers at economic drilling depth, and an extensive phreatic surface that provides a large volume of available storage. The aquifers are important both as a future water supply for Alice Springs and as a possible source of water for horticulture.,
Notes
Volume 1 - Report ; Volume 2 - Appendices,
Table of contents
Volume 1 :
1. Introduction -- 2. Project Aims -- 3. Geology - Setting of Rocky Hill - Ooraminna within the Amadeus Basin -- 4. Drilling Investigations -- 5. Test Pumping -- 6. Chemistry -- 7. Results of Core Analysis -- 8. Groundwater Level -- 9. Geological Cross Sections -- 10. Future Alice Springs Town Water Supply from Rocky Hill -- 11. Groundwater Suitability for Horticulture -- 12. Conclusions -- 13. Recommendations -- 14. References -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Plates.
Volume 2:
Appendix A. Pre 1998 Bores in Rocky Hill - Ooraminna Area -- Appendix B. Composite Logs and Geological Logs. -- Appendix C. Amdel Report G154PE99 - Petrogrpahy of Eleven Sandstone samples. -- Appendix D. Amdel Report LQ8126 - Porosity & Permeability Testing -- Appendix E. Geotech Report - Specific Retention and Water Permeability of Core Samples -- Appendix F. Core Analysis of Roe Creek Borefield Samples. -- Appendix G. Monitored Water Levels of July 1999.,
Language
English,
Subject
Groundwater -- Northern Territory -- Rocky Hill,
Publisher name
Northern Territory Government,
Place of publication
Alice Springs,
Series
Report ; 16/1998,
Format
2 volumes : colour illustrations and map ; 30 cm.,