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sideburden

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The rock and subsoil that lies next to a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.

Examples

“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⟳.”
“Such sideburden speedups have⟳ not been seen to date⟳ in carbonate and deepwater settings.”
“Therefore, the effective vertical stress⟳ in the sideburden will increase⟳, too.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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