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06:27 Mar 20, 2015 |
Italian to English translations [PRO] Geology / Tipo di terreno | |||||||
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4 +1 | fissile |
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4 | fissure [fissure veins] fillings |
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fissile Explanation: "Capable of or prone to being split or divided in the direction of the grain or along natural planes of cleavage <fissile wood> <fissile crystals>" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2015-03-20 07:51:52 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://i.word.com/idictionary/fissile |
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fissure [fissure veins] fillings Explanation: 'calcareous sChists' https://www.google.it/search?tbm=bks&hl=it&q=fissure veins&=... fissurale = 'fissure' see 1 link (this glossar can be very helpful!) shears = fessurazioni (tagli) "Metamorphic rocks are deformed under various stresses. White curved lines in pelitic schist in Photo 8 are en echelon quartz veins, the array of which is called right-handed en echelon. The veins are fissures of the schist filled with quartz, which are caused by shear**. The formation of the en echelon indicates that the schist was subjected to left-lateral stress (Photo 9)." http://www.glgarcs.net/topics/nagatoro/nagatoro_1.html 'fillable' may transfer the mining of Sx '-abile' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2015-03-20 08:47:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- here you can find many explanations https://books.google.it/books?id=UKTmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2015-03-21 11:23:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The Ita -abile- can be very well expressed through the En Gerund! 'fissuring' Reference: http://www.itrigotti.it/caeli-enarrant-gloriam-dei/122-dizio... https://books.google.it/books?id=UKTmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=fissuring+calcareous+schist&source=bl&ots=EsD6-r3kcH&sig=9xGFD4foL_PNw_ziq |
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