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Fundschicht

English translation: find layer


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German term or phrase:Fundschicht
English translation:find layer
Entered by: claudiocambon
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19:41 Nov 22, 2009
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Science - Geology
German term or phrase: Fundschicht
Here is the context:

"In den Gebieten von... konnte Surkina folgende Pollen-Sporen Komplexe in der Rustak Formation nachweisen. Nach der Zusammensetzung der Pollen können die Fundschichten des Profils Farkhar-Gasistan in das Pliozän eingestuft werden."

I am guessing it is something along the lines of a layer yielding a find or discovery, but I am missing a more compact way to say this in English. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
claudiocambon
United States
find layer
Explanation:
Das ist der Begriff, den Archäologen verwenden - vielleicht ja auch Geologen?
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BrigitteHilgner
Austria
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3 +3find layerBrigitteHilgner
4fossiliferous horizon
David Mayhew
1geological discovery strata
andres-larsen


  

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find layer


Explanation:
Das ist der Begriff, den Archäologen verwenden - vielleicht ja auch Geologen?

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 01:52
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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Thank you Brigitte and Andres, along with everyone who commented. It is much appreciated!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SusanneM: Ja, zum Beispiel hier: http://www.yaxley.ukfossils.co.uk/
2 hrs
  -> Danke schön, Susanne. Frohes Schaffen!

agree  Tom Feise: ja, wer arbeitet eigentloch noch alles an dem Afghanistan Buch? ;-)
11 hrs
  -> Danke schön, Tom. Wenn es schnell gehen soll, neigen Verlage zu Koproduktionen ... Frohes Schaffen!

agree  Goldcoaster
12 hrs
  -> Danke schön, Goldcoaster. Frohes Schaffen!
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geological discovery strata


Explanation:
In the areas of ... Surkina was able to prove the following spore-pollen complexes in the Rustak formation. According to the composition of the pollen, the ***geological discovery strata*** pertaining to the Farkhar-Gasistan Profile can be classified as Pliocene (spelled Pleiocene in older texts)

sources:

Discovery of Paleogene marine stratum along the southern side of ...Discovery of Plaeogene marine stratum in southern Tibet. 649 prevenient realization about the latest marine deposi- tion in this area was limited by the ...
www.springerlink.com/index/0520303284574U2L.pdf

Snowball Earth: The Discovery of Evidence That the Earth Was Once ...For example, the discovery of a geologic formation associated with freeze-thaw in the rock strata associated with the global glaciation did not disprove the ...
www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/snowball.htm -

History of discovery and distribution of the remains of Aegean ...18 Sep 2009 ... When this discovery was followed up in 1870, on the neighbouring ... But by laying bare in 1884 the upper stratum of remains on the rock of ...
en.wikipedia.org/.../History_of_discovery_and_distribution_of_the_remains_of_Aegean_civilization -

Discovery of g... | Achivement and... | -TOHOKU UNIVERSITY-20 Feb 2009 ... Discovery of geological strata marking a largest mass extinction (the end-Permian extinction) in Iwate Prefecture ...
www.tohoku.ac.jp/.../discovery-of-geological-strata-marking... -

Correlation (Geology): World of Earth ScienceThe remarkable feature of Smith's discovery is that it appears to be valid over very great distances. That is, suppose that a geologist discovers a stratum ...
www.enotes.com › World of Earth Science -

Discovery of eclogite and its geological significance in Qiangtang ...14 Li C, Cheng L R, Zhang Y Ch. Discovery of Ordovician-Devonian strata in the south of the Qiangtang area, Tibet. Geological Bulletin ...
www.springerlink.com/index/J635571L64022467.pdf -

andres-larsen
Venezuela
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fossiliferous horizon


Explanation:
Fund in this case (Pliocene period) would most probably refer to fossil material (and not archaeological material).
The term level or horizon or stratum is used for Schicht.


(= my research area)

Example sentence(s):
  • The fossiliferous horizons of the section are referred on the basis of pollen analysis to the Pliocene
David Mayhew
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