limoarcilloso

English translation: silty clay loam

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Spanish term or phrase:limoarcilloso
English translation:silty clay loam
Entered by: Lisa McCarthy

11:14 Oct 26, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: limoarcilloso
SPAIN: "A la altura de la presa de retención de mareas aparecen en ambas orillas levées (3 m asl) limoarcillosos que podemos identificar como el extremo del alluvial ridge que se desarrolla ampliamente aguas arriba."
I dont suppose "limey-clay" exists?
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 00:50
silty clay loam
Explanation:
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Note added at 24 minutos (2008-10-26 11:38:35 GMT)
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or maybe just "CLAY LOAM" (seems to be generally silty but not specified here)

http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/horticulture/vegetable...
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Lisa McCarthy
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Local time: 00:50
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Useful link, cheers. Thanks to everyone for the input :-)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1silty clay loam
Lisa McCarthy
4lime clay
Dr.Dina
3Lime-clayish
Gad Kohenov
2clay with lime
S Ben Price
Summary of reference entries provided
liz askew

  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Lime-clayish


Explanation:
PROGRAMME FOR THE INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF THE MAR MENOR COASTLINE ...
malms, extraordinarily limy, and those formed on volcanic outcrops having a limy
- clayish - sandy. - 40 -. Page 61. CAMP Mar Menor. Feasibility Study ...
www.pap-thecoastcentre.org/camp-definitivo_ing.pdf - Similar pages

Gad Kohenov
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
silty clay loam


Explanation:
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Note added at 24 minutos (2008-10-26 11:38:35 GMT)
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or maybe just "CLAY LOAM" (seems to be generally silty but not specified here)

http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/horticulture/vegetable...

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 00:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Grading comment
Useful link, cheers. Thanks to everyone for the input :-)

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agree  liz askew
11 hrs
  -> Thanks Liz!
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
clay with lime


Explanation:
lime clay, limy clay, clay with lime are all on the net, but none with very many hits. There si proabably a better term. In any case, clay with lime describes what it is leaving no doubt.

S Ben Price
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lime clay


Explanation:
limoarcilloso: limos y arcillas combinados
lime combined with clay= lime clay
www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1929....


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it is also called "marl"
see the link below:
http://www.answers.com/topic/marl

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Note added at 40 mins (2008-10-26 11:55:01 GMT)
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http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/cabarrus/staff/dgoforth/limefaq.html

Dr.Dina
Colombia
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Reference

Reference information:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ymGOeyga09AC&pg=PA97&lpg=...
= loam

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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-10-26 23:31:02 GMT)
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= clay loam (sorry)

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Note added at 12 hrs (2008-10-26 23:31:51 GMT)
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Habitat use and breeding distribution of Magellanic Penguins in ...
0.99 m^sup 2^) as was the percentage of silt-clay substrate (47.31 vs. ... 0.99 ml), al igual que el porcentaje del substrato limo-arcilloso (47.31 vs. ...
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3793/is_/ai_n9045905 - 47k - Cached - Similar pages
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BIOONE Online Journals - HABITAT USE AND BREEDING DISTRIBUTION OF ...
0.99 m2) as was the percentage of silt–clay substrate (47.31 vs. 1.98%). ... 0.99 m2), al igual que el porcentaje del substrato limo-arcilloso (47.31 vs. ...
www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-document&issn=0004-8038&... - Similar pages
by PG Borboroglu - 2002 - Cited by 8 - Related articles - All 5 versions

liz askew
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