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traprock: see Triassic period Triassic period (trīăs`ĭk) ..... Click the link for more information. . trap2, traprock 1. any fine-grained often columnar dark igneous rock, esp basalt 2. any rock in which oil or gas has accumulated How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Plans for a traprock quarry on Lake Superior have been temporarily stonewalled by a group of Wawa cottagers fighting to stop industrial development along what they consider sensitive, pristine and protected shoreline. In the early 1960s, however, Hudson County leased Laurel Hill to a traprock quarry, which proceeded to demolish three-quarters of it within five years, lowering its height by 50 feet in the process. An official with a company proposing the development of a traprock mining operation near Wawa has come out to defend his company's intentions. |
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