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afloramientos

English translation: Outcrops

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Spanish term or phrase:afloramientos
English translation:Outcrops
Entered by: Maria Luisa Duarte

21:13 Mar 9, 2003
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology / geology
Spanish term or phrase: afloramientos
Para estos trabajo, llamado tarea de campo, se adquirió el radiómetro GER 3700 que se utiliza para medir la reflectancia de muestras y afloramientos con el objeto de construir una librería espectral propia de cada región. Además se cuenta con equipos GPS con el fin de localizar con precisión las muestras, los puntos de control de campo, también generar una base de datos GPS propia.
analia
Argentina
Local time: 10:42
Outcrops
Explanation:
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Note added at 2003-03-09 21:23:53 (GMT)
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The Injected Sands Group is currently studying two sets of outcrops showing characteristic soft-sediment deformations and injections:

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/geology/profiles/turbidites/injected/o...

http://www.eni.it/english/studenti/pianeta/affioramenti.html


http://www.impact-structures.com/outcrops.htm
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Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Local time: 15:42
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4Outcrops
Maria Luisa Duarte
5outcropping rocks
Raquel Iglesias
5Outburst / rock outburst
rhandler
3outcroppings
Richard Boulter


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Outcrops


Explanation:
+

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Note added at 2003-03-09 21:23:53 (GMT)
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The Injected Sands Group is currently studying two sets of outcrops showing characteristic soft-sediment deformations and injections:

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/geology/profiles/turbidites/injected/o...

http://www.eni.it/english/studenti/pianeta/affioramenti.html


http://www.impact-structures.com/outcrops.htm

Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Local time: 15:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Bagney
1 hr
agree  Lisbeth Benavides: or outcroppings is ok too
1 hr
agree  EDLING (X)
15 hrs
agree  Ana Carneiro
1 day 19 hrs
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
outcropping rocks


Explanation:
Outcrops tambien suena bien. Dependerá lo específico que quieras ser.


    Reference: http://www.kgs.ukans.edu/General/Geology/Miami/05_outc.html
Raquel Iglesias
Spain
Local time: 15:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Outburst / rock outburst


Explanation:
Almost 50 thousand hits in Google. Here are some examples and references:

Scientific Publications
... Control of rock-burst and rock outburst dangerous coal ... of electromagnetic radiation
near geological faults. ... radiation from edge parts of rock-burst dangerous ...
www.bgu.ac.il/geol/frid/publication.htm

Boston Rock Storybook - Inside Outburst
INSIDE OUTBURST by Joe Harvard
This page is still under Construction!
If you'd like to submit an article or have any interesting ...
www.rockinboston.com/insideout.html

FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA
... Key words: rock outburst, outburst simulation ... dating was carried out on whole rock, groundmass and ... In spite of the obvious geological relationships between the ...
www.pan.pl/bulletin/EARTH/G2_3-99.htm



    Reference: http://www.bgu.ac.il/geol/frid/publication.htm
    Reference: http://www.pan.pl/bulletin/EARTH/G2_3-99.htm
rhandler
Local time: 10:42
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
outcroppings


Explanation:
If the reference is actually the exposed stone, "outcroppings" without any overt reference to rock or stone is the common expression.

Richard Boulter
United States
Local time: 07:42
Native speaker of: English
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