Jan 2, 2011 15:19
13 yrs ago
French term

marnes en plaquettes

French to English Other Environment & Ecology
Les éléments grossiers sont rares mais les marnes en plaquettes apparaissent parfois peu profondément.
Le drainage est en général suffisant sauf dans le cas ou l’argile et les limons fins dépassent 80%.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 platy marl
4 marl platelets

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platy marl

Gray, thin- to medium-bedded, chalky and argillaceous limestone flags interbedded with gray or yellowish-gray PLATY MARL or soft gray marl; some limestone ...
ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/NewRefsmry/sumry_10463.html

Yellow- and lavender-weathering, thin-bedded, PLATY MARL and calcareous siitstone; upper part contains a few thin beds of harder silty limestone ...
doi.aapg.org/data/bulletns/1957-60/images/pg/00410010/.../22430.pdf

It is gray, thin-to medium-bedded, chalky and argillaceous limestone flags interbedded with gray or yellowish-gray PLATY MARL, or soft gray marl. ...
search.datapages.com/data/.../A1ADF480-0DFE-11D7-8641000102C1865D
Michel & Faribridge's Dictionary of Earth Science gives calcaire en plaquettes as "platy limestone".
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agree kashew
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agree Guy Bray
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marl platelets

Geochemical characteristics of flysch deposits. Results of macro- and microelement analysis of sandstones, marls and calcitic platelet samples are listed in ...
www.geologia-croatica.hr/ojs/index.php/GC/article/view/GC.....
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