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ground pressure

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ground pressure [′grau̇nd ‚presh·ər]
(geophysics)
The pressure to which a rock formation is subjected by the weight of the superimposed rock and rock material or by diastrophic forces created by movements in the rocks forming the earth's crust. Also known as geostatic pressure; lithostatic pressure; rock pressure.


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