ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BERM
From French berme, from Dutch berm, probably from Old Norse barmrbrim.
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Enclosed by a sand berm four miles around and 160 feet high, the Baghdad Nuclear Research Facility entombs what remains of reactors bombed by Israel in 1981 and the United States in 1991. It has stored industrial and medical wastes, along with spent reactor fuel.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BERM»
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berm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards
Designed Planting Berm Berms have become a useful element in landscape
design to provide diversity to landscape topography and as an intersecting
element to break visual perspective. Several design features must receive
attention by ...
2
Experiments and Numerical Model for
Berm and Dune Erosion
Dune and berm erosion is a critical shoreline process that has economic, environmental and public safety impacts.
Mitchell Arthur Buck, 2007
The Body and the Self brings together recent work by philosophers and psychologistson the nature of self-consciousness, the nature of bodily awareness, and the relation between thetwo.
Jos? Luis Berm?dez, Anthony J. Marcel, Naomi Eilan, 1998
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Geotechnical Engineering - Meeting Society Needs -
5 DEVELOPMENT OF BERM WIDTH DESIGN CHART From the typical results
obtained earlier, the berm width design chart could be developed on the basis
that for any particular embankment dimensions the berm width will decrease with
an ...
Ken K. S. Ho, K. S. Li, 2001
5
Dikes and Revetments: Design, Maintenance and Safety Assessment
As berms are treated separately the berm width should be omitted from the
definition of the average slope. The average slope is then defined as: tana = - B) (
7) Where l^\ope = the horizontal length between the two points on the slope 1 .5
Hs ...
6
Coastal Processes with Engineering Applications
The purpose of the underwater berm placed downdrift of Santa Barbara,
California, in 1935 was to serve as a source of material to the eroded beaches
down- drift of the Santa Barbara Harbor, which had been constructed in the late
1920s ...
Robert A. Dalrymple, 2004
7
Tailings and Mine Waste '08
Following completion of the stabilization berm, construction began on the filtered
tailings start-up structures. Start-up structures for the filtered tailings facility
involved constructing a toe berm, an under-drain, a diversion ditch and
sedimentation ...
The Organizing Committee of the 12th International Conference on Tailings and Mine Waste, 2008
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ...
No Bcrm Berm .... No Berm Berm. . . . No Berm Berm .... No Berm Berm .... No
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Berm .... No Berm Berm .... No Berm Berm. . . . No Berm Berm .... No Berm Berm.
Encyclopaedia, Edward Smedley, 1845
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Encyclopædia Metropolitana; Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
2 Weight. ; lat 24 31 41h 5th : :3 E :1: inches inches lbs. inches 118 441 0 461
510 475 0 0 1192 447 30 No Berm 615 629 657 0 0 120 Sloping at g. . . . . . . . 26 '
20 910 448 30 Berm . . . . 482 463 476 0 0 121 S ' 457 60 N0 1381'!!! 657 637
671 ...
Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, 1845
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Coastlines, Structures and Breakwaters: Proceedings of the ...
ofe = the horizontal length between the two points on the slope 1 .5 Hs above
and below the water line, and B = the berm width. Reduction factor Yb for a berm
A berm is defined as a flat part in a slope profile with a slope not steeper than 1:
15.
N. W. H. Allsop, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), 1998
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BERM»
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berm is used in the context of the following news items.
County moves ahead on McFaddin dune restoration
The current phase awarded to Apollo Environmental — building a clay berm to act as the foundation for the future dunes — is being paid for by ... «The Port Arthur News, Jul 15»
Submerged car: Recovery makes good progress
Monday, July 6, 6:30 p.m. - Making good progress Monday afternoon, workers were able to build a berm and divert a river channel into a city ... «North Platte Bulletin, Jul 15»
Shorewood gas station development receiving tough opposition
Two diesel stations on the south end of the gas station were removed after residents started protesting the project. A five- to six-foot berm would ... «The Herald-News, Jul 15»
Fresno shooting range pipeline explosion caused by front loader …
The front-end loader was being driven by a county employee on a road formed over a berm that sat above the shooting range, near Highway ... «Fresno Bee, Jul 15»
Courts & Police
Martin M. Philip, 51, of Pittsburgh, was found during a patrol on Interstate 79 in Crawford County in a car on the east berm of the southbound ... «Meadville Tribune, Jul 15»
Bonfield drag strip closed
The owners installed a sound-blocking berm behind the pits and along the side. The berm was installed to alleviate residents' concerns about ... «The North Bay Nugget, Jul 15»
DEP visits BCC to assess the possible dangers of proposed turf field
Edward Wetzel, another of the residents mounting the appeal, asked whether a berm system could be added along the edge of the field closest ... «Berkshire Eagle, Jul 15»
Shorebirds prep Perdue Stadium upgrades
The goal in making these adjustments to the berm, group, and standing areas is to give fans who prefer to wander during their visits more ... «Ballpark Digest, Jul 15»
Baseball Across America: Greeneville
The third-base side features a large, oddly shaped berm that could provide overflow seating on a big night. The overall feel of this park is first ... «Ballpark Digest, Jul 15»
Extreme weather is here. Development needs to catch up.
They include the creation of a multipurpose berm and storm-buffering nature preserve in the Meadowlands of New Jersey and a multi-pronged ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
