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tonreich

English translation: clay rich

16:28 Jul 21, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Archaeology / archaeology and history
German term or phrase: tonreich
Ende war offensichtlich der gesamte Oberboden abgetragen. Es folgte eine Phase ohne Bodenerosion, die genau mit der Zeit der Völkerwanderung zusammenfällt. Offenbar erholte sich nun die Natur von der Landwirtschaft, denn erst im frühen Mittelalter setzte erneut starke Erosion ein. Dies war die Zeit der fränkischen Landnahme und des Landesausbaus. Der gesamte tonreiche Unterboden wurde bis zur Mitte des 14. Jahrhunderts, das auch historische Quellen als ökologisches Katastrophenjahrhundert schildern, aufgebraucht.
Marcus Malabad
Canada
English translation:clay rich
Explanation:
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NGK
United States
Local time: 01:30
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3rich in clay
Elvira Stoianov
4 +4clay rich
NGK
4 +1clay rich subsoil
Kim Metzger
5rich in clay
Tanja Wohlgemuth
5argilliferous
Edward L. Crosby III
4rich in clay
Elisabeth Ghysels
4The entire sub-soil, which was rich of clay...
pschmitt


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
rich in clay


Explanation:
maybe it hepls-

Elvira Stoianov
Luxembourg
Local time: 08:30
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in HungarianHungarian

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agree  jerrie
28 mins
agree  gangels (X)
3 hrs
agree  Steffen Walter
18 hrs
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rich in clay


Explanation:
Greetings,

Nikolaus


    Reference: http://www.arrakis.es/~mruizh/a11.htm
Elisabeth Ghysels
Local time: 08:30

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neutral  Elvira Stoianov: I was quicker, this time :-)
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
clay rich


Explanation:
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http://dominoweb.fossil.energy.gov/domino/apps/fred/fred.nsf...


    Reference: http://dominoweb.fossil.energy.gov/domino/apps/fred/fred.nsf...
    Reference: http://www.geol.lsu.edu/rkd_dir/clay_sed.html
NGK
United States
Local time: 01:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Rowson (X): For me (BE) it needs a hyphen, but otherwise this is definitely how I would write this.
1 hr
agree  Gillian Scheibelein: with Chris
1 hr
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: prefer hyphen too: alternative "high-clay" (Langenscheidt)
16 hrs
agree  Steffen Walter
18 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The entire sub-soil, which was rich of clay...


Explanation:
Hope this helps

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Note added at 2002-07-21 16:34:00 (GMT)
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rich IN clay, of course

pschmitt
Local time: 07:30
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
clay rich subsoil


Explanation:
Some of these paleosols have strongly developed layers, or horizons. In the dryer, western portion of the Palouse, calcium carbonate (lime) and silica-cemented hardpan horizons developed. Soil formation progressed further in the eastern Palouse under higher precipitation, with clay-rich subsoil horizons being formed. Remnants of these paleosol horizons now play an important role in the decline of productivity as they are exposed by continued erosion.



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http://pnwsteep.wsu.edu/tillagehandbook/chapter1/010185.htm

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 00:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 42

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: yep, to avoid writing the longer "subsoil rich in clay"
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
rich in clay


Explanation:
"tonreich" means "mit viel Ton", so in the context it means that the soil is rich in clay.
Hope that helps!

Tanja Wohlgemuth
Germany
Local time: 08:30
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
argilliferous


Explanation:
If you want to strike a more scientific "Ton".

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Note added at 2002-07-21 17:25:03 (GMT)
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...and make readers run for their dictionaries!

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Both Webster\'s Third New International Dictionary and McGraw-Hill\'s Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms (5th Ed.) support \"argilliferous\", although they reverse the definition:

Webster: \"producing or abounding in clay\"
McGraw-Hill: \"abounding in or producing clay\"

Edward L. Crosby III
Local time: 23:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mike McDonald (X): Oxford and Chambers only give argillaceous and 'translate' it as 'clayey'.
13 hrs
  -> I think that's correct. This term means "with an abundance of clay". "Clayey" is almost as hard to say as "sixth sense" :)
disagree  Cilian O'Tuama: acc. to Merriam-Webster and Langenscheidt, argillaceous and argilliferous both only means "containing clay", and not "with high clay content"
15 hrs
  -> Webster's Third New International: "producing or abounding in clay" WTNI agrees with your definition of argillaceous.
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