tobas

French translation: travertins

16:58 Aug 18, 2006
Spanish to French translations [PRO]
Science - Geology / volcan
Spanish term or phrase: tobas
según mi texto, al finalizar la exploración de un pozo en región volcánica, se encontró "una secuencia de lavas andesíticas y tobas"
Ox of wood
Local time: 12:14
French translation:travertins
Explanation:
:-)

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Note added at 19 mins (2006-08-18 17:17:59 GMT)
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Les travertins; accumulations carbonatees associees aux systemes karstiques, sequences sedimentaires et paleoenvironnements quaternaires
F. Magnin, J. L. Guendon

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Note added at 21 mins (2006-08-18 17:19:45 GMT)
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Inst. Geogr., Aix-en-Provence 13621, France



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swisstell
Italy
Local time: 20:14
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oui, maintenant je me souviens mieux de mes cours de géologie en SVT... merci.
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4travertins
swisstell
3tuf
Kim Metzger


  

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travertins


Explanation:
:-)

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Note added at 19 mins (2006-08-18 17:17:59 GMT)
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Les travertins; accumulations carbonatees associees aux systemes karstiques, sequences sedimentaires et paleoenvironnements quaternaires
F. Magnin, J. L. Guendon

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Note added at 21 mins (2006-08-18 17:19:45 GMT)
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Inst. Geogr., Aix-en-Provence 13621, France



This record provided courtesy of AGI/GeoRef.



swisstell
Italy
Local time: 20:14
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
oui, maintenant je me souviens mieux de mes cours de géologie en SVT... merci.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tuf


Explanation:
toba f 1. Miner tuf m.

http://www.wordreference.com/esfr/toba


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tuf (m) toba (f)

tuf (m) de cascade - toba (f) de cascada (f)

http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/fog/FOG_Vol_4/F-dictionnaire.p...


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les tufs
D’autres roches ignées ayant des teintes claires, grises, vertes, rosées ou rouges, telles que les rhyolites, les tufs, les ignimbrites, les andésites et les trachytes sont présentes dans ce secteur. Ce sont des roches magmatiques effusives riche en silice, d’où le terme de roches acides.

http://www.jpb-imagine.com/djibgeol/annexes/intrvolc.html


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 12:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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