Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geography / coastal erosion | | English term or phrase: erosion scarp | | While the barrier beach along the sand spit was generally in good condition (wide and with plentiful sand), there was some minor evidence of erosion in places along the barrier beach in the form of a low erosion scarp |
| | | Selected response from:
mimi 254
Local time: 08:12
| Grading comment | 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
| |
| Discussion entries: 0 |
|---|
Automatic update in 00:
|
9 hrs confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 talus (ou escarpement) d'érosion
Explanation:
Le Dictionnaire des Sciences de la Terre donne ces 2 définitions pour 'erosion scarp' mais 'escarpement' semble beaucoup plus utilisé (700 resultats sur Google au lieu de 5)
Example sentence(s):- il peut avoir pour origine le rejet vertical d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'une faille (escarpement de faille) ou l\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'action de l\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'érosion différentielle (escarpement d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
- Ainsi, un escarpement d\'érosion fluviale se distinguera d\'un escarpement d\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' érosion glaciaire par un dessin différent du trait représentatif
Reference: http://www.books.google.co.uk/books?id=ASWsEs_4zMEC&pg=PA461...
Reference: http://www.persee.fr
| | |
| | Login to enter a peer comment (or grade) |
11 hrs confidence:
Return to KudoZ list
| Changes made by editors |
|---|
| Nov 22, 2010 - Changes made by mimi 254: | | Created KOG entry | KudoZ term => KOG term |
|
|
| | | | X Sign in to your ProZ.com account... | | | | |
| KudoZ™ translation helpThe KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases. See also: Search millions of term translations  |
The translation workplace 
