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sideburden

sideburden noun: the rock and subsoil that lies next to a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.

Noun

sideburden (plural sideburdens)

  1. The rock and subsoil that lies next to a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
    • 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.2007, Erik Eberhardt, Doug Stead, Tom Morrison, Rock Mechanics: Meeting Society's Challenges and Demands, →ISBN
    • Such sideburden speedups have not been seen to date in carbonate and deepwater settings.2013, David H. Johnston, Practical Applications of Time-lapse Seismic Data, →ISBN, page 218

Forms of sideburden

pluralsideburdens

Origin of sideburden

From side + burden.

Questions about sideburden

What does sideburden mean?
Sideburden means the rock and subsoil that lies next to a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
What part of speech is sideburden?
Sideburden is a noun.
What is the plural of sideburden?
The plural of sideburden is sideburdens.

Words near sideburden in the dictionary

  1. sideboxes
  2. sideboy
  3. sideboys
  4. sidebuffer
  5. sidebuffers
  6. sideburden
  7. sideburdens
  8. sideburn
  9. sideburned
  10. sideburns
  11. sidecap

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