calcaire franc fossilifère

English translation: pure fossiliferous limestone

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French term or phrase:calcaire franc fossilifère
English translation:pure fossiliferous limestone
Entered by: Laura Molinari

14:33 May 29, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology
French term or phrase: calcaire franc fossilifère
Just a list of soil/land types in an environmental study. Also includes

- marno-calcaires blancs ;
- argiles ;
- calcaire de Champigny ;
- marnes d'Argenteuil

I got 'fossiliferous limestone' but don't know what 'franc' is in this context
Laura Molinari
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pure fossiliferous limestone
Explanation:
this gives a few hits on google
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Marco Solinas
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5 +1pure fossiliferous limestone
Constantinos Faridis (X)
4pure fossiliferous limestone
Mark Bossanyi
4compact fossiliferous limestone
Guy Bray
2 +1pure fossiliferous limestone
Marco Solinas
2clean fossiliferous limestone
Marco Solinas
1fossiliferous-free limestone
liz askew


  

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clean fossiliferous limestone


Explanation:
often used to mean free of clay

Marco Solinas
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pure fossiliferous limestone


Explanation:
this gives a few hits on google

Marco Solinas
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agree  Constantinos Faridis (X): thank you Catherine
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fossiliferous-free limestone


Explanation:
Dictionnaire du pétrole et autres sources d'énergie: Edition ... - Google Books Result
by Magdeleine Moureau, Gerald Brace - 2008 - Business & Economics - 1175 pages
... couche fossilifère, fossiliferous limestone: calcaire fossilifère, ... FPA - FAP, abrév. de free of particular average : franc d'avaries particulières. ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=2710809117...

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amend that please to:

non-fossiliferous limestone

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GY 111 Lecture Note Series Lab 3: Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks
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limestone. Both of these rocks (fossiliferous and non-fossiliferous limestones) are rather variable in colour. Old limestones (more than 100 million years ...
www.usouthal.edu/geology/haywick/GY111/111lab-3.pdf - Similar pages

level 4 confidence now:-)

liz askew
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pure fossiliferous limestone


Explanation:
BM : Ballyadams Formation – Pale-grey thick-bedded pure fossiliferous limestone. MI – Milford Formation - Varied limestone succession (partly dolomitised), ...
www.gsi.ie/NR/rdonlyres/AD95EA6F-8C2F-4852-97C7-E92B2567AFB... - [PDF] Kilkenny GWB: Summary of Initial Characterisation. Hydrometric ... - [ PDF/Adobe Acrobat -
BM: Ballyadams Formation - Pale-grey thick-bedded pure fossiliferous limestone. CL: Clogrenan Formation - Thinly bedded bluish-grey pure limestones, ...
www.gsi.ie/NR/rdonlyres/386E09EE-7B4D-4C89-B862-A40A7D9C08A... - www.gsi.ie »

Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
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agree  cjohnstone
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pure fossiliferous limestone


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://www.gsi.ie/NR/rdonlyres/AD95EA6F-8C2F-4852-97C7-E92B2...
Mark Bossanyi
Bulgaria
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compact fossiliferous limestone


Explanation:
see Grand Dictionnaire:

Domaine(s) : - industrie minière
français
franc adj.
Définition :
Désigne, au masculin, particulièrement dans la région parisienne, un banc de pierre tendre à grain fin plein et compact situé au dessus du banc royal : « le banc franc de Méry ».

Note(s) :
((Cet adjectif)) se disait, ((autrefois), au féminin, lorsque les pierres étaient simplement classées en pierres tendres et en pierres dures, d'une pierre qui n'était ni trop tendre, ni trop dure et qui se taillait facilement, franchement : c'était une pierre sans surprise.
Cet adjectif est adopté maintenant au féminin, par certains Maîtres Carriers comme terme de comparaison, dans une carrière déterminée, pour désigner commercialement une pierre plus dure que la roche de cette carrière et ce, pour ne plus accompagner le nom commercial de l'adjectif « dur » ou « dure ». Dans une même carrière on pourrait donc avoir, en décroissant, roche franche, roche, demi-roche, roche douce, roche demi-douce.





    Reference: http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index102...
Guy Bray
United States
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