entaille calcaire
English translation: crack
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| 4 +1 | limestone notch |
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| 4 +1 | crack |
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| 4 | limestone fault or gash |
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limestone fault or gash Explanation: Continue down to beach level where bedded limestone can be examined on the sides of the deep fault guided inlet. Climb up to the National Trust car park on ... www.jdgeology.co.uk/Dinantian/Dinantian.htm - 21k - In this area there are many geological fault lines, since it forms the ... The most common form in this zone is climbing on limestone , although there are ... www.visitnavarra.es/eng/propuestas/naturalmente-deporte/dep... - 33k - As the map indicates the top of the hill is crowned by a limestone ... We located the top of the gash in the hill and took a bearing from there until we ... www.keswick.u-net.com/maryl34.htm - 6k |
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17 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1limestone notch Explanation: I'm a geologist, and I would say that it's not a geological term at all, simply a topographic description: there's a notch (gash, gap, gully, ...) in the limestone scarp, which presents a challenge on the climb. No suggestion that it's a fault, although that could well be the cause of the notch, but it might simply be an eroded joint. Guy |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1crack Explanation: The climbing term is 'crack'. Google it. |
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| Reference Reference information: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_q=entaille notch&as_... |
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