slab signal

22:48 May 17, 2015
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English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Geology / Geology
English term or phrase: slab signal
It´s an article about volcanoes:
" These geochemical spatial variations arise from changes in the mantle and the crust, changes in the strength of the slab signal and changes in the type of slab signal, primarily the extent of the hemipelagic sediment component"
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4 +1señales de las capas
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
4cambio en la composición elemental
DLyons


  

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señales de las capas


Explanation:
En este caso se refiere a las capas. planchas, lajas, bloques.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
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Native speaker of: Spanish
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agree  slothm: Tratándose de geología, las omdas se reflejan en las capas. Correcto.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cambio en la composición elemental


Explanation:
A slab signal is a trace element or isotopic ratio that is enriched (e.g. Ba/La) or depleted (e.g. Nb/La) in arc magma, relative to the mantle. Es decir, un enriquecimiento/agotamiento en los elementos de traza / relaciones isotópicas.

"el enriquecimiento en elementos liberados junto con los fluidos desde la subplaca subductada hacia la cuña astenosférica que es la zona fuente original del magmatismo"

DLyons
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