encaillassement
English translation: pebble bed/deposit
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| 07:51 Oct 13, 2012 |
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|  Selected response from: B D Finch France Local time: 22:17 | ||||||
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| 3 +2 | pebble bed/deposit |
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| 3 | rock-filled pit |
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1 hr confidence: 
rock-filled pit Explanation: Something like that |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2pebble bed/deposit Explanation: "These occur on some of the beaches as pebble deposits which are protected by .... be considered an extra piece of geological equipment for research purposes." www.jerseygeologytrail.net/WWWJGT/Superficial Deposits.html "The Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds, about 30m thick, are well-exposed in the cliffs west of the town. They form a red coarse conglomerate, poorly cemented but with a firm matrix of speckled coarse sand. The Pebble Beds are distinctive in being a thick deposit with well-rounded pebbles of quartzite. Sand lenses occur within the pebbles beds. The Pebble Beds are overlain by a red sandstone, the Otter Sandstone." http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~imw/Budleigh-Salterton.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 hrs (2012-10-13 17:16:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Admittedly, I have not found any French refs to "encaillassement" as a geological feature. Hence the low confidence level. Perhaps there is a French geologist out there who could shed more light on this? |
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