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shale-out

10:30 Mar 16, 2009
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English to French translations [PRO]
Science - Geology
English term or phrase: shale-out
Pinchouts, or shale-outs, of sand reservoirs on the flank of the hinge line could form large stratigaphic traps.

Context: description of a marine area in the frame of an exploration program.
celoudin
Australia
Local time: 11:38


Summary of answers provided
3schistes
Guy Raedersdorf


  

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schistes


Explanation:
Les schistes peuvent être bitumeux d'où l'idée de pétrole sous-entendue je pense...

Je suppose que le texte original dit stratigraphic
avec un r entre le g et le a...

P.S. voir le second http...


    Reference: http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/environmentandenergy/archive/...
    Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=BS_SbczUGYIC&pg=PA122&lpg=P...
Guy Raedersdorf
Netherlands
Local time: 03:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci de votre réponse rapide. Je pense qu'il y a une différence dans le texte entre shale (schiste) et shale-out. Ce que je comprends de shale-outs, qui comme les pinchouts sont des pièges à hydrocarbures comme l'indique votre référence, c'est qu'il s'agit d'une structure en schiste qui sert de piège. Pinchout = biseau stratigraphique, donc shale-out = structure stratigraphique de schiste ? Je pense que cela décrit ce que je recherche, mais ce n'est pas le terme exact employé dans le jargon P.S. Et oui, il y a quelques petites fautes dans le texte original...

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