Creosote is a category of carbonaceous chemicals formed by the distillation of various tars and pyrolysis of plant-derived material, such as wood, or fossil...
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Look up creosote in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Creosote is a category of carbonaceous chemicals formed by the distillation of tars and by the pyrolysis...
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Larrea tridentata (redirect from Creosote bush)
Larrea tridentata, called creosote bush and greasewood as a plant, chaparral as a medicinal herb, and gobernadora (Spanish for "governess") in Mexico,...
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Kenny Anderson (born January 1967), known primarily by his stage name King Creosote, is an independent singer-songwriter from Fife, Scotland. To date, Anderson...
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Mr. Creosote is a fictional character who appears in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. He is a monstrously obese and vulgar restaurant patron who is...
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King Clone (redirect from King Clone creosote bush)
704764°W / 34.420445; -116.704764 King Clone is thought to be the oldest creosote bush ring in the Mojave Desert. The ring is estimated to be 11,700 years...
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Mojave Desert (redirect from Creosote Bush-Dominated Basins)
Predominant plants of the Mojave Desert include all-scale (Atriplex polycarpa), creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), brittlebush (Encelia farinosa), desert holly...
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neighborhoods has exposed residents to cancer-causing soil contamination. Creosote and its extenders were used in wood preservation processes at a nearby...
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antidiarrhoeal), whose main active ingredient is "wood creosote" (also wood-tar creosote, or beechwood creosote). The name is nominally a registered trademark...
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The Federal Creosote Superfund site is a 50-acre (20 ha) property located in Manville, New Jersey. It was used as a wood treatment facility. Starting in...
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Creosote bush scrub is a North American desert vegetation type (or biome) of sparsely but evenly spaced desert plants dominated by creosote bush (Larrea...
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Creosote gall midges are a species of gall-inducing flies in the Asphondylia auripila group (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). This group consists of 15 closely...
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Mine is a collaborative studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter King Creosote and English electronica musician Jon Hopkins, released on 28 March 2011...
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The American Creosote Works Superfund site is an inactive wood-treating facility in Pensacola, Florida. The 18-acre site is located about 600 yards north...
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Pacific Creosoting Company was a company founded on Bainbridge Island that treated logs with creosote as a preservative. It began operations as The Perfection...
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a Milk Sea with Brian Eno and Leo Abrahams and Diamond Mine with King Creosote both reached no. 82 on the UK Albums Chart. Both of his albums Diamond...
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other species have become dominated by woody native plants, including creosote bush and mesquite, due to overgrazing and other urbanization. The Mexican...
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I Des (category King Creosote albums)
musician King Creosote, released on 3 November 2023 through Domino Recording Company. It is Kenny Anderson's first release as King Creosote in seven years...
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There are at least 8 members of the Creosote Bush, Maple and Sumac order: Sapindales found in Montana. Some of these species are exotics (not native to...
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Insara covilleae (redirect from Creosote bush katydid)
Insara covilleae, the creosote bush katydid, is a species of phaneropterine katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America. "Insara...
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A chimney sweep is a person who inspects then clears soot and creosote from chimneys. The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of...
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fire if the flue is coated in creosote. Modern stoves which are operated properly do not cause this high level of creosote accumulation. While different...
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King Creosote) 2011 Diamond Mine "John Taylor's Month Away" / "Missionary" (with King Creosote) 2012 Diamond Mine "Third Swan" (with King Creosote) The...
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could not proceed until existing environmental problems, stemming from Creosote contamination that has affected the area around Englewood, were resolved...
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Digrammia colorata (redirect from Creosote moth)
Digrammia colorata, the creosote moth, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. The MONA or Hodges number for Digrammia colorata is 6381...
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the creosote bush (L. tridentata) of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The King Clone ring in the Mojave Desert is a creosote bush...
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Tea-tree Tucuma Ucuuba Vateria indica Resins Benzoin Birch tar Camphor Creosote Frankincense Gamboge Kauri Lacquer Mastic Myrrh Pine tar Pitch Rosin Turpentine...
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components of creosote. Compared with phenol, creosol is a less toxic disinfectant. Sources of creosol include: Coal tar creosote Wood creosote Reduction...
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to age Pando have estimated it may be much younger; the 11,700-year-old creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) colony, named "King Clone", in the Mojave Desert...
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syrupy mass called creosote, which is composed mainly of phenolic acid and cresylic acid. The original composition of creolin is a creosote tar oil, caustic...
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