Look up: Overburden

1. Overburden
   The overburden is the rock that lies on top of a fossil.
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2. Overburden
   Rock and soil cleared away before mining.
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3. overburden
   [n] - the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits 2. [v] - load with excessive weight 3. [v] - burden with too much work or responsibility
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4. Overburden
   is the material that lies over the mineral deposit. It consists of top soil, sub-soil and any over-lying rocks.
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5. overburden
   the strata of rock that overlie the stratum of interest in drilling.
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6. overburden
   all materials which naturally overlie rock Category: The cosmos • the soil or superficial material overlying the rock,gravel or sand to be extracted Category: Building industry • all of the layers of rock,parting and coal occurring as mining losses,moved or to be moved from a...
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7. Overburden
   Soil and other material lying on top of aggregate deposits, which must be removed before the aggregate can be won.
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8. Overburden
   Soils located over the bedrock layer.
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9. Overburden
   O`ver·bur'den transitive verb To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P. Sidney.
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10. Overburden
    O'ver·bur`den noun The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry. Raymond.
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11. overburden
    noun the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
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12. Overburden
    • (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry. • (v. t.) To load with too great weight or too much care, etc.
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13. overburden
    (from the article `coal mining`) Contour mining is commonly practiced where a coal seam outcrops in rolling or hilly terrain. Basically, the method consists of removing the ... ...passes, more sediments are piled on top of the surface layer, and it becomes slowly buried. Accordingly, the pressure to which the layer is ... Overburden ...
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14. Overburden
    Layers of soil and rock covering a coal seam. Overburden is removed prior to surface mining and replaced after the coal is taken from the seam.
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15. Overburden
    `Overburden` is the material that lies above an area of economic or scientific interest in mining and archaeology; most commonly the rock, soil and ecosystem that lies above a coal seam or ore body. It is also known as `waste` or `spoil`. Overburden is distinct from tailings, the material that remai...
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