By analogy, overburden is also used to describe the soil and other material that lies above a specific geologic feature, such as a buried astrobleme, or above an unexcavated site of archeological interest.
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King said two holes 500 feet ( 150 meters ) deep will be drilled into the " astrobleme " by a Birmingham geological company as a gift to Auburn University in the first quarter of 1998.
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A significant meteorite crater ( astrobleme ) known locally as Goat Paddock Pocket is located in the northern part of the station near the junction of the O'Donnell and Margaret River in an area known as " Bluebush ."
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The hills just east of downtown showcase the eroded remains of a impact crater that was blasted into the bedrock, with the area labeled the Wetumpka crater or astrobleme ( " star-wound " ) for the concentric rings of fractures and zones of shattered rock that can be found beneath the surface.
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The hills just east of downtown Wetumpka showcase the eroded remains of the impact crater that was blasted into the bedrock, with the area labeled the Wetumpka crater or astrobleme ( " star-wound " ) because of the concentric rings of fractures and zones of shattered rock that can be found beneath the surface.
