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Predicting areas with artesian flows in the Daly Basin

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Title

Predicting areas with artesian flows in the Daly Basin,

Creator

Tickell, S. J. (Steven), Northern Territory. Department of Land Resource Management,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Technical Report No. 7/2013,

Date

2013-09-01,

Description

GIS tools were used to model areas where artesian conditions are likely to occur in two Daly Basin aquifers, the Tindall and Jinduckin aquifers. The outputs were modified to account for existing artesian bores and seasonal groundwater level fluctuations. The predicted artesian areas comprise narrow bands flanking the Daly River and its major tributaries. Several factors limit the accuracy of this analysis. These include the accuracy of the Digital Elevation Model used, the fact that individual water levels used to construct water level surfaces were measured over a span of decades and that there is a patchy distribution of bores with water level information. As a result the area delineated as artesian has purposely been expanded slightly. Recommendations are made on bore construction practices to be applied in these artesian zones.,

Notes

Date:2013-09, Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT),

Table of contents

Summary -- Introduction -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Tindall aquifer -- Jinduckin aquifer -- Artesian bore construction -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2.,

Language

English,

Subject

Aquifers, Groundwater -- Northern Territory -- Tindell, Aquifers -- Northern Territory -- Jinduckin, Groundwater, Groundwater -- Northern Territory -- Jinduckin, Aquifers -- Northern Territory -- Tindell, Northern Territory, Tindell, Jinduckin,

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government,

Place of publication

Palmerston,

Series

Technical Report No. 7/2013,

Format

13 pages : illustration and colour maps ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf,

ISBN

1743500335, 9781743500330,

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/10070/247397,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/577873