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• Soil contamination — Excavation showing soil contamination at a disused gasworks. Soil contamination or soil pollution is caused by the presence of xenobiotic (human made) chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. This type of contamination… …   Wikipedia

• Excavation (archaeology) — The term archaeological excavation has a double meaning.# Excavation is the best known and most commonly used within the science of archaeology. In this sense it is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. # The term is… …   Wikipedia

• soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them. * * * Study of soils and their utilization, especially in planning… …   Universalium

• excavation — excavational, adj. /eks keuh vay sheuhn/, n. 1. a hole or cavity made by excavating. 2. the act of excavating. 3. an area in which excavating has been done or is in progress, as an archaeological site. [1605 15; < L excavation (s. of excavatio) a …   Universalium

• truncated soil —    Soil that has had part or all of the upper soil horizon(s) removed by erosion, excavation, etc., but retains some portion of the original subsoil horizons intact.    Compare: scalped area.    SW & GSST …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

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• Acid sulfate soil — Acid sulfate soils are naturally occurring soils, sediments or organic substrates (e.g. peat) that are formed under waterlogged conditions. These soils contain iron sulfide minerals (predominantly as the mineral pyrite) or their oxidation… …   Wikipedia

• Geology of the Yosemite area — The exposed geology of the Yosemite area includes primarily granitic rocks with some older metamorphic rock. The first rocks were laid down in Precambrian times, when the area around Yosemite National Park was on the edge of a very young North… …   Wikipedia

• Environmental remediation — Generally, remediation means providing a remedy, so environmental remediation deals with the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water for the general protection of human… …   Wikipedia

• Tall Zira'a — The Tall Zira a (or: Tell Zera a) is one of the most promising talls of Palestine. Surveys and geophysical investigations showed the site’s great potential for excavations. Presumably, an almost continuous stratigraphy from Early Bronze Age to… …   Wikipedia

• Road — This article is about a route, thoroughfare or way that supports travel by a means of conveyance. For a place outside a harbor where a ship can lie at anchor, see Roadstead. For public roads, see Highway. For other routes, see thoroughfare. For… …   Wikipedia