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Record 1 2006-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
  • Road Construction Materials
CONT

There are still many natural sources of asphalt, such as rock asphalt which is obtained by mining, and lake asphalt, gained from surface deposits such as that in Trinidad.

CONT

Lake asphalt. The two most prominent pools of asphalt sufficiently large to be called lakes are located in South America. (To remove the asphalt a dam is built of slag and waste and the water is pumped out.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bitumes
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
DEF

Mélange naturel de bitume asphaltique et de fine matière minérale que l'on trouve à Trinidad, aux Bermudes, etc.

Spanish

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