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reptación del terreno

English translation: downhill creep

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Spanish term or phrase:reptación del terreno
English translation:downhill creep
Entered by: James A. Walsh

00:00 Jan 29, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geography
Spanish term or phrase: reptación del terreno
"A lo largo de esta zona se encuentran evidencias de asentamientos, agrietamientos y reptación del terreno, fenómenos de erosión laminar y remoción en masa de material arcilloso."

Thanks for any help.
Christopher Fitzsimons
Switzerland
Local time: 06:45
downhill creep
Explanation:
See Wiki article, and click for Spanish version.
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James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 06:45
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4downhill creep
James A. Walsh
5 +1soil creep
David Russi
4landslide
margaret caulfield


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
reptación del terreno
downhill creep


Explanation:
See Wiki article, and click for Spanish version.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downhill_creep
James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 06:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks! I think wikipedia was the one resource I didn't actually check on this occasion but obviously should have :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jennifer Levey
29 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  twiginbeak
40 mins
  -> Thanks.
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Muriel.
agree  imcven
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thank you Ivan.
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
landslide


Explanation:
Literally, "slipping of the land, so I have to assume this means a "landslide".

margaret caulfield
Local time: 06:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
soil creep


Explanation:
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English-Spanish and Spanish-English glossary of geoscience terms - Google Books Result
by Gary L. Prost - 1998 - Science - 376 pages
... [Bol., Ch.] estero II power law creep f. ley de potencia de reptación II soil creep f. reptación del suelo creeping a. reptante crenulated a. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=9056995626... -
# [PDF]
R-1 R rabdomancia nf rhabdomancy, dowsing rabión nm rapids ...
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reptación nf creep | r. del suelo soil creep reptante adj creeping requiebro nm crushing of ores after exploitation. | [Almadén, Sp] medium grade mercury ...
studentsacrossborders.arizona.edu/glossary/R.pdf -

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Definitions of "soil creep" on the Web:

* In geology, solifluction, also known as soil fluction, is a type of mass wasting where waterlogged sediment slowly moves downslope over ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_creep

* Slow downhill movement, usually over relatively short distances, of near-surface masses of soil and loose rock material on hillslopes under the influence of gravity, soil dynamics (shrink– swell or freeze–thaw action), and soil-water movements. Same as surficial creep.
amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse

* the slowest of downhill movements, occurring on very gentle and well-vegetated slopes. Although material may move by less than 1 cm a year, its ...
geographyfieldwork.com/GeographyVocabularyGCSECoasts.htm

David Russi
United States
Local time: 22:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kevin G: agree - "Soil creep is caused by the disturbance...in the regolith cover of a slope" - source: Environmental Systems - White, Mottershead & Harrison
8 hrs
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