Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
reptación del terreno
English translation:
downhill creep
Added to glossary by
James A. Walsh
Jan 29, 2010 00:00
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Spanish term
reptación del terreno
Spanish to English
Science
Geography
"A lo largo de esta zona se encuentran evidencias de asentamientos, agrietamientos y reptación del terreno, fenómenos de erosión laminar y remoción en masa de material arcilloso."
Thanks for any help.
Thanks for any help.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | downhill creep |
James A. Walsh
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| 5 +1 | soil creep |
David Russi
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| 4 | landslide |
margaret caulfield
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Change log
Feb 1, 2010 18:20: James A. Walsh changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1033670">Christopher Fitzsimons's</a> old entry - "reptación del terreno"" to ""downhill creep""
Proposed translations
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James A. Walsh
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Spanish term (edited):
reptación del terreno
Selected
downhill creep
See Wiki article, and click for Spanish version.
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Note from asker:
| Thanks! I think wikipedia was the one resource I didn't actually check on this occasion but obviously should have :) |
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margaret caulfield
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landslide
Literally, "slipping of the land, so I have to assume this means a "landslide".
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David Russi
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United States
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soil creep
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English-Spanish and Spanish-English glossary of geoscience terms - Google Books Result
by Gary L. Prost - 1998 - Science - 376 pages
... [Bol., Ch.] estero II power law creep f. ley de potencia de reptación II soil creep f. reptación del suelo creeping a. reptante crenulated a. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=9056995626... -
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R-1 R rabdomancia nf rhabdomancy, dowsing rabión nm rapids ...
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reptación nf creep | r. del suelo soil creep reptante adj creeping requiebro nm crushing of ores after exploitation. | [Almadén, Sp] medium grade mercury ...
studentsacrossborders.arizona.edu/glossary/R.pdf -
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Note added at 11 hrs (2010-01-29 11:07:35 GMT)
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Definitions of "soil creep" on the Web:
* In geology, solifluction, also known as soil fluction, is a type of mass wasting where waterlogged sediment slowly moves downslope over ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_creep
* Slow downhill movement, usually over relatively short distances, of near-surface masses of soil and loose rock material on hillslopes under the influence of gravity, soil dynamics (shrink– swell or freeze–thaw action), and soil-water movements. Same as surficial creep.
amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse
* the slowest of downhill movements, occurring on very gentle and well-vegetated slopes. Although material may move by less than 1 cm a year, its ...
geographyfieldwork.com/GeographyVocabularyGCSECoasts.htm
English-Spanish and Spanish-English glossary of geoscience terms - Google Books Result
by Gary L. Prost - 1998 - Science - 376 pages
... [Bol., Ch.] estero II power law creep f. ley de potencia de reptación II soil creep f. reptación del suelo creeping a. reptante crenulated a. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=9056995626... -
# [PDF]
R-1 R rabdomancia nf rhabdomancy, dowsing rabión nm rapids ...
- [ Translate this page ]
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
reptación nf creep | r. del suelo soil creep reptante adj creeping requiebro nm crushing of ores after exploitation. | [Almadén, Sp] medium grade mercury ...
studentsacrossborders.arizona.edu/glossary/R.pdf -
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Note added at 11 hrs (2010-01-29 11:07:35 GMT)
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Definitions of "soil creep" on the Web:
* In geology, solifluction, also known as soil fluction, is a type of mass wasting where waterlogged sediment slowly moves downslope over ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_creep
* Slow downhill movement, usually over relatively short distances, of near-surface masses of soil and loose rock material on hillslopes under the influence of gravity, soil dynamics (shrink– swell or freeze–thaw action), and soil-water movements. Same as surficial creep.
amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse
* the slowest of downhill movements, occurring on very gentle and well-vegetated slopes. Although material may move by less than 1 cm a year, its ...
geographyfieldwork.com/GeographyVocabularyGCSECoasts.htm
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Kevin G
: agree - "Soil creep is caused by the disturbance...in the regolith cover of a slope" - source: Environmental Systems - White, Mottershead & Harrison
8 hrs
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