砂丘未熟土

English translation: sand-dune regosol

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Japanese term or phrase:砂丘未熟土
English translation:sand-dune regosol
Entered by: Philip Ronan

13:43 Mar 14, 2003
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology / Environment
Japanese term or phrase: 砂丘未熟土
A type of soil. This is from a paper about the environmental impact of lead-free solder.
Philip Ronan
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:48
sand-dune Regosol
Explanation:
"未熟土" is "Regosol", and "砂丘未熟土" seems to be "sand-dune Regosol". There are 11 sites that use "sand-dune regosol" including the one below:

http://ppsj.ac.affrc.go.jp/Journal/JGPP_abstract/66-2abs.htm...

Since every site in the second link uses the upper-case "Regosol", this would be correct, not lower-case "regosol".
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jsl (X)
Local time: 04:48
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Thanks very much! By the way, I checked out "Regosol" a bit more, and I don't think it needs to be capitalized (see, e.g. http://define.ansme.com/words/r/regosol.html).
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4sand-dune Regosol
jsl (X)
4Sand-dune on immature soils along the sea
Shinya Ono


  

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sand-dune Regosol


Explanation:
"未熟土" is "Regosol", and "砂丘未熟土" seems to be "sand-dune Regosol". There are 11 sites that use "sand-dune regosol" including the one below:

http://ppsj.ac.affrc.go.jp/Journal/JGPP_abstract/66-2abs.htm...

Since every site in the second link uses the upper-case "Regosol", this would be correct, not lower-case "regosol".



    Reference: http://www.lrp.kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp/class/3601/konanGIS.pdf
    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22sand-dune+Regosol%22
jsl (X)
Local time: 04:48
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks very much! By the way, I checked out "Regosol" a bit more, and I don't think it needs to be capitalized (see, e.g. http://define.ansme.com/words/r/regosol.html).
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Sand-dune on immature soils along the sea


Explanation:
"Immature soil (land)" is also a special term, it appears, from hundreds of entries in Google.



    Reference: http://members.lycos.co.uk/WoodyPlantEcology/sanddune/sycamo...
Shinya Ono
United States
Local time: 04:48
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