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tar sand

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a sandstone in which hydrocarbons have been trapped; the lighter compounds evaporate, leaving a residue of asphalt in the rock pores

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synfuel			Indigenous people in Canada have been badly affected as the tar sand is mined near their settlements and has polluted hunting grounds. Oil firm battlers bring case to Wales by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Producing tar sand oil takes more energy and emits more greenhouse gases than exploiting liquid oil wells. 16 arrested in Canada Greenpeace protest by AFP / AFP American Edition Producing tar sand oil takes more energy and emits more greenhouse gases than exploiting liquid oil wells. Greenpeace activists occupy Canadian Shell site by AFP / AFP Global Edition			Tappet rod tappet wrench Tappice tapping Tappit hen tappit-hen Tappoon taproom taproot taps tapsalteerie tapster tapu Taqua-nut taqueria tar tar baby Tar board tar boy tar camphor Tar Heel Tar Heel State tar paper tar pit Tar River tar sand Tar water tar-and-feather tar-wood Tara tara vine Tarabulus Tarabulus Al-Gharb Tarabulus Ash-Sham Tarabulus el Gharb Tarabulus esh Sham Taracahitian taradiddle Tarahumara tarahumara frog tarakihi Taraktagenos Taraktagenos kurzii Taraktogenos Taraktogenos kurzii taramasalata Taranaki gate Taranaki wind Taranis tarantass tarantella			tar camphor tar camphor tar cement tar concrete tar derivatives tar derivatives tar derivatives tar derivatives tar distillate Tar Heel Tar Heel Aquatic Team Tar Heel Girls State Tar Heel Junior Historian Association Tar Heel State Tar Heel Wire Tar Heels Tar Hollow State Park Tar macadam Tar macadam tar paper tar paper tar pit tar pitch tar pitch tar pitch tar pitch Tar pits Tar River Tar River Writing Project TAR RNA binding protein tar sand Tar sands Tar sands tar seep TAR syndrome Tar water tar with the same brush Tar, Primary tar-and-feather tar-and-gravel roofing Tar-Bonded Dolomite Refractory Tar-Bonded Magnesite Refractory Tar-Covered Macadam tar-wood TAR3 Tara Tara Tara Tara Tara Tara (disambiguation) Tara (disambiguation) Tara Afghan Hound Club Tara Jane Oneil Tara Palmer-Tomkinson Tara Romaneasca Tara Romaneasca tara vine Tara Winds Community Band Tarabarinov, Leonid Tarabarinov, Leonid Semenovich

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