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11:43 Jul 6, 2011 |
Polish to English translations [PRO] Geology | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Igor Romanovich Kravchenko-Berezhnoy Russian Federation Local time: 09:18 | ||||||
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5 | sand with clay intercalations/interbeds |
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4 | sands with clay interbeddings |
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4 | sands interstratified with clays |
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sands with clay interbeddings Explanation: sands with clay interbeddings |
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sand with clay intercalations/interbeds Explanation: Zazwyczaj mowi sie (i pisze) "sand with clay intercalations/interbeds". W literaturze anglosaksonskiej (na odmiane od jezykow slowianskich) liczba mnoga bardzo rzadko uzywana jest wobec nazwy skaly czy osadu (sand, raczej niz sands). |
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sands interstratified with clays Explanation: lub sand deposits interstratified with clay ones (clays) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 godz. (2011-07-06 14:06:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "Layers of light brown, and sometimes black lignite, are interstratified with the clays and sands, and often irregularly diffused ..." to cytat z literatury anglosaskiej :) www.lexic.us/definition-of/interstratified - oil sands At the construction sites, the piles penetrated loose fine and medium-fine sands interstratified with localized sandy and clayey soils of shallow depth ... www.springerlink.com/index/x758316804366078.pdf Crossbed to prawie to samo, ale nie do końca: Interstratified: Stratified among or between other bodies; as, interstratified rocks. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Interstratified Crossbedded: having layers of rock oblique or transverse to the main beds of stratified rock http://www.yourdictionary.com/crossbedded Przykład użycia obu wyrażeń w jednym zdaniu: Gray or pale-reddish-brown, very gravelly sand interstratified with crossbedded sand and clay-silt beds... Intercalation opisuje jeszcze inne zjawisko geologiczne. |
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