impervious stratum

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• cap rock — noun : cap I 2a(3) * * * Geol. 1. a mass of anhydrite, gypsum, or limestone immediately above the salt of a salt dome. 2. an impervious stratum overlying an oil or gas bearing structure. Also, caprock. [1865 70, Amer.] * * * cap rock noun A… …   Useful english dictionary

• Holywell, Eastbourne — History William Figg’s 1816 map of Eastbourne shows an area called Holly Well Furlong near what was until 1896 the Hollywell fishing hamlet. This settlement was by the low cliff edge, above the place where fresh water emerges from the chalk.… …   Wikipedia

• cap rock — Geol. 1. a mass of anhydrite, gypsum, or limestone immediately above the salt of a salt dome. 2. an impervious stratum overlying an oil or gas bearing structure. Also, caprock. [1865 70, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

• непроницаемый слой — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN impervious stratumimpermeable layer …   Справочник технического переводчика

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• artesian — The water contained or carried in a stratum of rock imprisoned between two impervious strata, the water bearing stratum being inclined, and coming to the surface at some distant and higher point, called the intake, where it receives the water,… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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• France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

• biosphere — biospheric /buy euh sfer ik/, adj. /buy euh sfear /, n. 1. the part of the earth s crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life. 2. the ecosystem comprising the entire earth and the living organisms that inhabit it. [1895 1900; < G Biosphäre; …   Universalium

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