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overlay clay-marl stone

08:32 Oct 10, 2012
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English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Science - Geology
English term or phrase: overlay clay-marl stone
Förekommer i EU-text om skyddad ursprungsbeteckning för ett visst slags tyska plommon. Odlingsområdet beskrivs:

"The production area is particularly well suited to plum growing. Broadly speaking it is part of the North German Plain. It is located in the Münsterland Lowlands (or ‘Westphalian Lowlands’), a lowland range with individual higher areas located between the Teutoburg Forest and the northern fringe of the Rhenisch Slate Range. The Beckum Hills are in this lowland area. The growing area for the [plommonets beteckning] is located in the eastern part of one of these higher-lying areas at an altitude of 90 to 151 m above sea level.

The soil layers in the Beckum Hills and in the production area go down to a depth of 1.50 to 2.00 m and predominantly overlay clay-marl stone. At some locations beneath this, we find massive rock in the form of Jura shale permeated by powerful aquifers with water which is under pressure in some places and emerges at ground level at spots with a particular soil formation."
Marja Netzell
Local time: 22:28


Summary of answers provided
3lermärgel
Andreas Majetic
2lertäckt märgelsten
Sven Petersson


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lertäckt märgelsten


Explanation:
Jag är säker på "märgelsten", men "lertäckt" är en rågissning.

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 22:28
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lermärgel


Explanation:
Marl stone är ju samma sak som marl, så clay marl stone är samma sak som clay marl:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clay marl

"a marl in which clay largely predominates"

Märgel består av olika mängder kalciumkarbonat och lera. Om kalciumkarbonat dominerar kallas det för kalkmärgel enligt Wiki nedan, således borde det kallas lermärgel om lera är dominant.

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Märgel

Andreas Majetic
Sweden
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 4
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