Sideburden

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

From side + burden.

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