marga fosilífera
English translation: fossiliferous loam
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| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Geology / Marga fosilífera | |||||||
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fossil-bearing loam deposits Explanation: One possible translation |
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peer agreement (net): -1fossilized limestone Explanation: From the RAE: marga1. 1. f. Roca más o menos dura, de color gris, compuesta principalmente de carbonato de cal y arcilla en proporciones casi iguales. Se emplea como abono de los terrenos en que escasea la cal o la arcilla. I think this is limestone. See wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limestone#Description "The limestone seam we’re quarrying here was formed by the fossilized limestone deposits left behind when the plates shifted and the water subsided." http://www.reliableplant.com/Read/18696/equipment-care-in-li... |
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peer agreement (net): +1fossiliferous loam Explanation: Geoffrey Richard Clark, Atholl Anderson - 2009 - History In the terminal chamber, the fossiliferous loam is deeper, extending to 46 cm, but below this, as shown in a test pit excavated to 1.5 m depth (Figure 11), ... books.google.com/books?isbn=1921666072... |
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fossil-susceptible marl Explanation: Or fossil-producing/bearing. |
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peer agreement (net): +1fossiliferous marl Explanation: The Naheola Formation is restricted to western AL and pinches out in western Butler County. Descriptions of the members of the formation follow in descending order. Coal Bluff Marl Member - glauconitic sand, thin-bedded silty clay, and sandy ***fossiliferous marl***; http://tin.er.usgs.gov/geology/state/sgmc-lith.php?text=clay... Mile 310.6 - Several cycles of oyster hardground overlain by fossiliferous marl. http://www.lgsweb.org/field03w.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 mins (2010-08-04 13:52:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- fossiliferous : fosilífero marl : marga geology glossary: http://ceramica.wikia.com/wiki/Glosario_de_Geología_Inglés_–... |
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