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Beckenfüllung

English translation: basin fill

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German term or phrase:Beckenfüllung
English translation:basin fill
Entered by: claudiocambon

16:39 Nov 23, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology
German term or phrase: Beckenfüllung
Another term that is tantalizingly close to coming to mind, but which remains out of reach...

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Ausser den pleistozänen Ostracoden der Kabul-Formation sind bisher noch keine Fossilien der kontinentale Beckenfüllung biostratigaphisch bearbeitet worden.

As always, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
claudiocambon
United States
Local time: 19:09
basin fill
Explanation:
I think it would be perfectly legitimate to use basin fill here, see link, but I would also be tempted to use something like basin facies.
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Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 04:09
Grading comment
I wish I could split the points, given the amount of references Marga provided. Thank you so much!
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4 +3basin fill
Alan Johnson
3 +1basin fill
Marga Shaw


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
basin fill


Explanation:
I think it would be perfectly legitimate to use basin fill here, see link, but I would also be tempted to use something like basin facies.


    Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=20&q=basin...
Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 04:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 236
Grading comment
I wish I could split the points, given the amount of references Marga provided. Thank you so much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marga Shaw: You were faster.
18 mins
agree  Rolf Keiser
1 hr
agree  David Hollywood
1 hr
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
basin fill


Explanation:

BASIN FILL
Unconsolidated material such as sand, gravel, and silt eroded from surrounding mountains and deposited in a valley.

GE:
Die Beckenfüllung umfasst kambrische bis karbonische Abfolgen, die während der Variszischen Orogenese in einzelne Überschiebungseinheiten zerstückelt und entlang von Überschiebungshorizonten verlagert wurden.

EN:
The basin fill comprises Cambrian to Carboniferous deposits that were deformed and displaced along thrust planes by thin-skinned tectonics within the Variscan fold-and-thrust belt.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:jB6r3wSeM4gJ:www.lingue...

e.g.:
Basin fill in the Oobagooma Sub-basin consists of approximately 5.5 km of Palaeozoic section and 4.5 km of Mesozoic and Cainozoic section (Smith et al, 1999). Little is known about the nature of Palaeozoic sedimentation offshore, as few wells have penetrated this succession.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:C_VCgEZ7XukJ:www.ret.go...

Sedimentary basins are formed in a variety of geologic settings. Basins formed in a particular tectonic context (compressive, extensional or strike-slip) share certain characteristics. Knowing the regional tectonics, we can make useful predictions about the sedimentary fill of a basin. Conversely, for ancient basins, if we understand the basin fill, we can make useful statements about the ancient tectonic setting.
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:mUACUFDIaD0J:www.u...

The Upper Proterozoic rocks of the Qala Series are interpreted as
being deposited in a slowly subsiding marine basin. The initial
basin fill was a variable sequence of sandstones and minor
volcaniclastic sediments.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:eLXxrrw9JdIJ:www.bgs.ac...

Marga Shaw
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:09
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Marga, for your detailed research. This was amazingly helpful. Frohes Schaffen!


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agree  David Hollywood
1 hr
  -> Many thanks David!
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