Section 4 Crossword
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water below the water table (2 words)
partly saturated zone above the water table (2 words)
overburden left behind by surface mining (2 words)
ores formed by warm fluids in the earth’s crust
any of various liquid hydrocarbon compounds
highly leached variety of pedalfer soil
waxy solid hydrocarbon in oil shale
coarsely crystalline igneous rock
sedimentary rock containing tarlike oils (2 words)
rock in which water flow is slow or retarded
crystalline solid of natural gas and water (2 words)
hydrocarbon fuels of organic origin (2 words)
zone of leaching (2 words)
blend of gasoline with alcohol
porous or permeable rock useful as water source
process by which ground water is replenished
piles of processed waste rock
fuels derived from living or recent organisms
proportion of void space in rock, sediment, or soil
zone of accumulation (2 words)
removal of elements or compounds by dissolution
combining atomic nuclei into larger nuclei
igneous rocks in pipelike intrusive bodies
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top of the zone of saturation (2 words)
coolant loss in nuclear reactor may cause this (2 words)
conversion of coal into gaseous hydrocarbon fuel
not replenished on a human time scale
class of mineral deposited when a sea dries up
moderately leached soil rich in aluminum and iron oxide
minerals
sedimentary rock containing kerogen (2 words)
water high in dissolved Ca, Mg, and/or Fe (2 words)
conversion of coal into liquid hydrocarbon fuel
softest of the coals
gaseous hydrocarbon, especially methane (2 words)
measure of how readily fluid flows through rock, sediment,
or soil
hardest of all naturally occurring coals
circular depression, especially in karst terranes
shut down old nuclear reactor
splitting of atomic nuclei
harder than lignite but softer than anthracite
occurring in the absence of oxygen
soil layer of coarsely broken rock (2 words)
soil rich in calcium carbonate and other soluble compounds
accumulation of loose rock, mineral fragments, and organic
matter formed in place at the earth’s surface
ore concentrated by stream or wave action