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• Asphalt concrete — Asphalt concrete. As shown in this cross section, many older roadways are …   Wikipedia

• Asphalt — Note: The terms bitumen and asphalt are mostly interchangeable, except where asphalt is used as an abbreviation for asphalt concrete For other uses, see Asphalt (disambiguation). Natural bitumen from the Dead sea …   Wikipedia

• asphalt rock — noun : rock (as sandstone or limestone) impregnated naturally with asphalt * * * Geol. a rock formation, usually of limestone or sandstone, containing large amounts of bitumens …   Useful english dictionary

• asphalt rock — Geol. a rock formation, usually of limestone or sandstone, containing large amounts of bitumens. * * * …   Universalium

• Geologische Formation — Geschichtete Formationen und ihre wichtigsten Versteinerungen; gleichzeitige Eruptivformationen; technisch wichtige Mineralien. IV. Känozoische Gruppe. 3) Alluvium. Gegenwärtiger Meeresboden, Schlick, Sand; Korallenkalke, Riffe, Guanoinseln,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• Echelon formation — An echelon formation is a military formation in which members are arranged diagonally. Each member is stationed behind and to the right (a right echelon ), or behind and to the left ( left echelon ), of the member ahead. The name of the formation …   Wikipedia

• Geisberg-Formation — Burgruine Hohengeroldseck im Ortsteil Schönberg der Gemeinde Seelbach (nahe Lahr) im Ortenaukreis in Baden Württemberg. Die Burgruine steht auf dem Brandeck Quarporphyr der Geisberg Formation. Dieser überlagert hier Arkosen und Konglomerate der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Amoco Cadiz — The Amoco Cadiz was a VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier), owned by Amoco, that split in two after running aground on Portsall Rocks, three miles (5 km) off the coast of Brittany (France), on March 16, 1978, resulting at that time in the largest oil… …   Wikipedia

• Cryoturbation — Asphalt damaged by cryoturbation, or freezing of groundwater In gelisols (permafrost soils), cryoturbation (frost churning) refers to the mixing of materials from various horizons of the soil right down to the bedrock due to freezing and thawing …   Wikipedia

• roads and highways — ▪ transportation Introduction       traveled way on which people, animals, or wheeled vehicles move. In modern usage the term road describes a rural, lesser traveled way, while the word street denotes an urban roadway. Highway refers to a major… …   Universalium

• petroleum — petroleous, adj. /peuh troh lee euhm/, n. an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling:… …   Universalium