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Mineral mining
The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.
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Equivolumnar wave
Mining; General mining
A body wave that travels through the interior of an elastic medium with particle motion perpendicular to the direction of propagation. Originally applied to earthquake seismology, where it was the ...
Secondary wave
Mining; General mining
A body wave that travels through the interior of an elastic medium with particle motion perpendicular to the direction of propagation. Originally applied to earthquake seismology, where it was the ...
Rotational wave
Mining; General mining
A body wave that travels through the interior of an elastic medium with particle motion perpendicular to the direction of propagation. Originally applied to earthquake seismology, where it was the ...
Shear wave
Mining; General mining
A body wave that travels through the interior of an elastic medium with particle motion perpendicular to the direction of propagation. Originally applied to earthquake seismology, where it was the ...
Maskeeg
Mining; General mining
A bog, usually a sphagnum bog, frequently with grassy tussocks, growing in wet, poorly drained boreal regions, often areas of permafrost. Tamarack and black spruce are commonly associated with muskeg ...
Muskeg
Mining; General mining
A bog, usually a sphagnum bog, frequently with grassy tussocks, growing in wet, poorly drained boreal regions, often areas of permafrost. Tamarack and black spruce are commonly associated with muskeg ...
Boiler burner unit
Mining; General mining
A boiler designed esp. for gas or oil and sold integrally with the burner.
