Sideburden
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sideburden is a noun meaning (geology) The rock and subsoil that lies next to a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
Meaning
(geology) The rock and subsoil that lies next to a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
Example Sentences
Therefore, the effective vertical stress in the sideburden will increase, too.
Such sideburden speedups have not been seen to date in carbonate and deepwater settings.
Settari (2002) and Osorio et al. (1999) also suggest that the analysis domain should include overburdens, sideburdens and underburdens for better accommodation of the coupling effects of stress changes and flow.
Word Forms
- sideburdens
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underburden, seatearth, roof, mullock, sloam, selvage.
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