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English translation: thin tabular layers
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| 15:11 Jul 27, 2005 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Science - Geology | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Nikki Graham United Kingdom Local time: 04:56 | ||||
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| 5 +1 | thin tabular beds |
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| 4 | thin, tabular strata |
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| 4 | thin tabular layers |
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thin, tabular strata Explanation: strata is the plural for stratum (Latin). |
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peer agreement (net): +1thin tabular beds Explanation: in a detailled description it is better to use bed ienstaead of stratum |
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thin tabular layers Explanation: That they are thin and tabular seems to be obvious, but a capa is a layer. I don't see why we need to complicate our lives by calling it anything else... PDF] blank memo File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML forms: irregular masses, such as isolated nodules strewn through the rock; or as thin tabular layers filling cracks,. be it vertical, horizontal or oblique. ... www.slough.gov.uk/LocalEnvironment/ contaminated-land.pdf [PDF] Joint spacing and distribution in deformation band shear zones File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat be described as thin, tabular layers of strong material. bounded by relatively weaker sandstone layers, and in. this sense they present a layered mechanical ... journals.cambridge.org/article_S0016756802007082 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 hrs 24 mins (2005-07-28 08:35:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In defence of my literal translation, I would just like to point out that it does not say bancos tabulares (i.e. beds) (which, I agree, is more common than layers) and also that the terms bed and stratum are not synonymous. HTH (it\'s all fascinating stuff!) |
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