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TRINIDAD ASPHALT [5 records]

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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Record 2 2006-09-29

English

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

Asphalt from Pitch Lake, Trinidad.

OBS

It is richer than the land pitch in bituminous matter and is soluble in petroleum spirit.

OBS

Pitch Lake ... SW Trinidad island ... is believed to be formed and supplied by the seepage of natural pitch, a form of petroleum from the surrounding oil-rich region. The pitch, hard around the edges of the pool, becomes more viscous toward the center.

French

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

On estime à 420 années les réserves d'asphalte du lac Pitch (La Brea, sur la côte sud-ouest de la Trinité [...]

OBS

Le lac Pitch [... est le plus grand réservoir d'asphalte dans le monde.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bitumen and Bituminous Shales
  • Petroleum Asphalts
  • Road Construction Materials
DEF

Liquid or semiliquid asphalt in exsudations or seepages including surface flows and lakes.

CONT

Natural asphalt ..., which is believed to be formed during an early stage in the breakdown of organic marine deposits into petroleum, commonly contains minerals, while residual petroleum asphalt does not.

CONT

Some of the best known deposits of natural asphalt are found in Trinidad, in an asphalt lake, and in Kentucky, Utah, Colorado, and California, where they include various forms.

CONT

The discovery and refining of asphaltic crude petroleum ended the feverish hunt for natural asphalt.

OBS

natural bitumen; natural asphalt: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation des schistes bitumineux
  • Bitumes
  • Matériaux de constr. (Voies de circulation)
DEF

Bitume assez dur qui est pratiquement solide à 25 °C, que l'on trouve dans les dépôts naturels, souvent mélangé à de la matière minérale fine ou très fine. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

DEF

Mélange naturel composé de bitume et de matières minérales inertes. [Définition uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.]

CONT

Les bitumes se divisent en bitumes naturels (imprégnant des roches, des sables, des charbons ou présents à la surface terrestre sous forme d'affleurements, de veines ou de couches de dimensions variables), et en bitumes de pétrole [...]

OBS

asphalte naturel : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

OBS

bitume naturel : Cette expression ne doit pas être appliquée aux résidus de la distillation des huiles asphaltiques.

OBS

bitume naturel : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petroleum Deposits
  • Petroleum Asphalts
CONT

Many such asphalt deposits have been found. The famous asphalt lake at Trinidad and the gum beds on Black Creek... are examples.

CONT

Pitch lake : The asphalt lake on the island of Trinidad.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gisements pétrolifères
  • Bitumes
CONT

On les connaît dans trois types de gisements [d'asphalte]. Il y a des lacs d'asphalte comme le lac La Brea, dans l'Île de la Trinité.

OBS

Plusieurs lacs sont remplis d'asphalte ou d'un bitume qui lui ressemble [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
  • Petroleum Asphalts
DEF

Asphalt from the Pitch lake, Trinidad.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
  • Bitumes
DEF

Variété d'asphalte de la Trinité.

Spanish

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