loosened rock

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• Loosened — Loosen Loos en (l[=oo]s n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loosened} (l[=oo]s nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loosening}.] [See {Loose}, v. t.] 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fort Rock — Infobox Mountain Name= Fort Rock Photo=Fortrock.jpg Caption= Aerial view of Fort Rock from the northeast. Elevation= Convert|4695|ft|m|0|abbr=on Location=Oregon, USA Range=Basin and Range Prominence = Convert|345|ft|m|0|abbr=on Coordinates =… …   Wikipedia

• cavernous rock —    Any rock that has many cavities, cells, or large interstices (e.g., a cliff face pitted with shallow holes resulting from cavernous weathering). cavernous weathering. Chemical and mechanical weathering on a cliff face, in which grains and… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• tunnels and underground excavations — ▪ engineering Introduction        Great tunnels of the world Great tunnels of the worldhorizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A vertical opening …   Universalium

• Plucking (glaciation) — Plucking, in the sense relating to glaciers, is when a glacier erodes away chunks of bedrock to be later deposited as glacial erratics. Glacial plucking exploits pre existing fractures in the bedrock. When the ice comes into contact with a joint …   Wikipedia

• Bedrule —    BEDRULE, a parish, in the district of Jedburgh, county of Roxburgh, 3 miles (S. W.) from Jedburgh; containing, with the villages of Newtown and Rewcastle, 256 inhabitants, of whom 111 are in the village of Bedrule. This place derives its name… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• cuttings —    Rock chips loosened from the bottom of a borehole by drilling [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Glacier — This article is about the geological formation. For other uses, see Glacier (disambiguation). The Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram, Kashmir, Northern Pakistan. At 62 kilometres (39 mi) in length, it is one of the longest alpine glaciers on… …   Wikipedia

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• Delphi — For other uses, see Delphi (disambiguation). Archaeological Site of Delphi * UNESCO World Heritage Site The theatr …   Wikipedia

• Dartmoor tin-mining — The wheelpit at Huntingdon mine The Dartmoor tin mining industry is thought to have originated in pre Roman times,[1] and continued right through to the 20th century. From the 12th century onwards tin mining was regulated by a Stannary Parliament …   Wikipedia