sideburden

plural sideburdens

1. geographyThe rock and subsoil that lies next to a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.

   Therefore, the effective vertical stress in the sideburden will increase, too.

   2016, Alexandre Lavrov, Lost Circulation: Mechanisms and Solutions, →ISBN, page 27

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   Settari (2002) and Osorio et al. (1999) also suggest that the analysis domain should include overburdens, sideburdens and underburdens for better accommodation of the coupling effects of stress changes and flow.

   2007, Erik Eberhardt, Doug Stead, Tom Morrison, Rock Mechanics: Meeting Society's Challenges and Demands, →ISBN

   Such sideburden speedups have not been seen to date in carbonate and deepwater settings.

   2013, David H. Johnston, Practical Applications of Time-lapse Seismic Data, →ISBN, page 218