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arène granitique

English translation: decomposed granite


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05:34 May 25, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology / geological formations
French term or phrase: arène granitique
Les formations géologiques susceptibles d’être rencontrées au
droit du site sont :
- Des arènes granitiques issues de l’altération des terrains sousjacents
Nadège Aubert
Local time: 18:07
English translation:decomposed granite
Explanation:
it's granite sand, basically.

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Note added at 27 mins (2011-05-25 06:02:05 GMT)
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Compare the two wikipedia entries : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arène_granitique
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Sylvain Lourme
Local time: 18:07
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Summary of answers provided
5decomposed granite
Sylvain Lourme
4granitic sandxxxBourth


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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
decomposed granite


Explanation:
it's granite sand, basically.

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Note added at 27 mins (2011-05-25 06:02:05 GMT)
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Compare the two wikipedia entries : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arène_granitique


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decomposed_granite
Sylvain Lourme
Local time: 18:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8

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neutral  xxxBourth: Granit could be decomposed without having reached the sand stage. "Granite sand", yes.
1 hr
  -> I prefer decomposed granite to granite sand, because we have no context here, and "arène" is less specific than sand. It has grains of various sizes.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
granitic sand


Explanation:
Kiwipedia has:

Arène Granitic sand (on dit même "arènes granitiques").

xxxBourth
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