enfouissement - level of deposit ( translation glossary) Geology,Tech/Engineering

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French term or phrase:	enfouissement
English translation:	level of deposit
Entered by:	xxxClaireMes

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12:27pm Mar 14, 2004

French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology

French term or phrase: enfouissement

it relates to geology ; about exploration of reservoirs.Says for that particular type of reservoir, the enfouissement est faible.
Can it be translated by "depth"? Thanks for the help

xxxClaireMes

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Questions: 15 (2 open)
Answers: 11

level of deposit

Explanation:
enfouissement refers to the level of sedima=entary deposit at the bottom, not at the depression

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Note added at 33 mins (2004-03-14 13:00:21 GMT)
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should read: .. of sedimentary ..

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Hacene
United Kingdom

Note from asker to answerer

this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

level of deposit

Hacene

depth of burial

mannix

depression

R. A. Stegemann

3 +1

burial

Douglas Hayes

overburden

Bourth

burial

Ségolène Neilson

Answers

11 mins confidence:

depression

Explanation:
Sunken earth is often called a depression.

R. A. Stegemann
United States
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

burial

Explanation:
Here's the definition the Grand dictionnaire terminologique gives:

Dans un aquifère à écoulement polyphasique de fluides de densités différentes : déplacement descendant, à composante verticale non négligeable, d'un fluide de densité supérieure à celle du fluide remplacé sous l'effet de la gravité, et accumulation du fluide lourd dans la partie inférieure du réservoir.

If this looks like it might be what the source text is talking about, then go with 'burial'.

Douglas Hayes
United States
Native speaker of:

English

13 mins confidence:

burial

Explanation:
that what Ernst gives in the nuclear field

Ségolène Neilson
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

French

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

level of deposit

Explanation:
enfouissement refers to the level of sedima=entary deposit at the bottom, not at the depression

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Note added at 33 mins (2004-03-14 13:00:21 GMT)
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should read: .. of sedimentary ..

Hacene
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

Note from asker to answerer

this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks

35 mins confidence:

depth of burial

Explanation:
"the depth of burial is shallow" - US and UK references below

www.og.dti.gov.uk/UKpromote/prospects/ prospect_213_24.pdf
Reference: http://emarc.colorado.edu/programs/perdido.html

mannix
France
Native speaker of:

English

10 hrs confidence:

overburden

Explanation:
I presume the reservoirs you're talking about are underground deposits or manmade caverns (in salt deposits for ex.) containing hydrocarbons, rather than tanks on or near the surface which have been artificially covered over.

<<overburden (1) Useless material which overlies a bed of useful material, e.g. shale overlying a coal seam>>
[Penguin Dict. of Geology]

<<overburden [min.] (capping USA) The worthless rock or spoil over the valuable material in an open cut or mine>>
[Scott/Penguin Dict. of Sic. Eng.]

"Overburden" is also used for the depth of rock between the top of a tunnel and the surface.

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Note added at 10 hrs 9 mins (2004-03-14 22:36:12 GMT)
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The above based on the keywords \"geology\" and \"exploration of reservoirs\" in your question. However, \"type of reservoir\" and the word \"enfouissement\" itself make me think more of storage tanks.

I haven\'t come across any web hits for \"enfouissement\" in relation to natural reservoirs, and indeed, the word applies (usually at any rate) to burying, covering over, to an artificial action. Note that \"capping\" applies also in the case of the earth cover put over landfill sites and certain kinds of nuclear waste storage facility.

More info would help.

Bourth
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 110

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French: enfouissement

English translation: level of deposit