Betekenis van:
overburden

overburden
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • overbelasting
  • an excessive burden

Synoniemen

Hyperoniemen

overburden
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits

    Hyperoniemen

    to overburden
    Werkwoord
      • load with excessive weight

      Hyperoniemen

      to overburden
      Werkwoord
        • burden with too much work or responsibility

        Hyperoniemen


        Voorbeeldzinnen

        1. overburden removal and other development and preparation of mineral properties and sites.
        2. Exports of very small quantities of products are of no economic significance and are liable to overburden the competent authorities unnecessarily.
        3. description of expected physical and chemical characteristics of the waste to be deposited in the short and the long term, with particular reference to its stability under surface atmospheric/meteorological conditions, taking account of the type of mineral or minerals to be extracted and the nature of any overburden and/or gangue minerals that will be displaced in the course of the extractive operations;