Overburden

<h2 id="analogous-uses">Analogous uses</h2>
<p>Overburden is also used for all soil and ancillary material above the <a href="/facts/Bedrock_horizon/GcXhdams">bedrock horizon</a> in a given area.
</p><p>By analogy, overburden is also used to describe the soil and other material that lies above a specific <a href="/facts/Geologic_feature/WGvVRIYF">geologic feature</a>, such as a buried <a href="/facts/Astrobleme/wdJg5NIN">astrobleme</a>, or above an <a href="/facts/Excavation_(archaeology)/D11k38ob">unexcavated</a> site of <a href="/facts/Archeological/K3Q5P38R">archeological</a> interest.
</p><p>In <a href="/facts/Particle_physics/YgIuyj2t">particle physics</a>, the overburden of an underground laboratory may be important to shield the facility from <a href="/facts/Cosmic_radiation/uxCVdTKd">cosmic radiation</a> that can interfere with experiments.
</p><p>In <a href="/facts/Arboriculture/khcsYvdE">arboriculture</a>, the word is also used for the soil over the top of the <a href="/facts/Root/x2U60Gdm">roots</a> of a tree collected from the wild.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Gangue/SSCPAnH4">Gangue</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Spoil_tip/awmSdQBU">Spoil tip</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tailings/g7TtDIJR">Tailings</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>

<ul><li>Bates, R.L., and Jackson, J.A., (1987) <i>Glossary of geology</i> American Geological Institute, Alexandria, Virginia.</li>
<li>Haering, K. C.; Daniels W. L. and Roberts J. A. (1993) "Changes in mine soil properties resulting from overburden weathering" <i>Journal of environmental quality</i> 22(1): pp. 194–200.</li>
<li>McFee, W.W.; Byrnes, W.R. and Stockton, J.G. (1981) "Characteristics of coal mine overburden important to plant growth" <i>Journal of environmental quality</i> 10(3): pp. 300–308.</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<p> The dictionary definition of overburden at Wiktionary
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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Kogel, Jessica Elzea (editor) (2006) Industrial minerals & rocks: commodities, markets, and uses (7th edition) Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.), Littleton, Colorado, page 379, ISBN 0-87335-233-5 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zNicdkuulE4C&pg=PA379" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=zNicdkuulE4C&pg=PA379</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>United States Bureau of Mines (1980) Selective Interburden Handling Techniques National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia, OCLC 42983831 <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Peng, Syd S. (1986) Coal Mine Ground Control (2nd edition), Wiley, New York, page 303, ISBN 0-471-82171-3 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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