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English translation: anticlinal uplift, anticline uplift, arch uplift

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German term or phrase:	Aufsattelung
English translation:	anticlinal uplift, anticline uplift, arch uplift
Entered by:	claudiocambon

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05:08 Nov 23, 2009

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Science - Geology

German term or phrase: Aufsattelung

Here are two sample sentences:

Die Dashte Margo (Wüste) deckt sich mit einer grossen Einmuldung die durch Längschwellen oder -aufsattelungen gegliedert ist...

Auf der linken Seite wird der Helmand-Fluss von einer Aufsattelung begleitet...."

Is it merely a saddle, a concave dip between two higher points? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

claudiocambon
United States

anticlinal uplift, anticline uplift, arch uplift

Explanation:
anticlinal uplift, anticline uplift, arch uplift Aufsattelung f, ... for an ephemeral or transient sand wave formed on a stream or river bed (but not ...
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David Hollywood
Local time: 16:15

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anticlinal uplift, anticline uplift, arch uplift

David Hollywood

saddle, saddle ridge

Tom Feise

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anticlinal uplift, anticline uplift, arch uplift

David Hollywood
Local time: 16:15
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Thanks David and everyone else who contributed and commented!

3 hrs confidence:

saddle, saddle ridge

Explanation:
am Helmand sind diese Aufsattelungen (blödes Wort) einfache saddle ridges, jedenfalls sahen sie so aus, als ich dort das letzte Mal rumgewandert bin

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somewhere I also saw saddled ridges, which are ridges with saddle indentations, micht be what they mean here

Tom Feise
Switzerland
Local time: 20:15
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German

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