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Festgesteinaufbruch

English translation: hard rock breakup


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German term or phrase:Festgesteinaufbruch
English translation:hard rock breakup
Entered by: Coqueiro
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07:49 May 28, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology / ground water supply
German term or phrase: Festgesteinaufbruch
...... anzutreffende Sedimente ist in den praekambrischen Festgesteinaufbruechen am.........sowie in den vulkanischen Formationen ........zu suchen.
Erich Friese
Australia
Local time: 11:05
hard rock breakup
Explanation:
this is a geometrical and descriptive term for the structural position of precambrian basement rocks.

http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/34/12/997.abstract
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AGUFM.T33E..05C

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Gerne!
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Coqueiro
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4hard rock breakupCoqueiro
2cracks in the bedrockSimon Willmott


  

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cracks in the bedrock


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Simon Willmott
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hard rock breakup


Explanation:
this is a geometrical and descriptive term for the structural position of precambrian basement rocks.

http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/34/12/997.abstract
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AGUFM.T33E..05C

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Note added at 3 Tage20 Stunden (2011-06-01 04:29:39 GMT) Post-grading
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Gerne!

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Local time: 03:05
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