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marga

English translation: marl/loam rock


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Italian term or phrase:marga/marna
English translation:marl/loam rock
Entered by: Angela Arnone
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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology / geology
Italian term or phrase: marga
formazioni di sabbia e "marga"
Valerie Scaletta
Italy
Local time: 11:25
marl/loam rock
Explanation:
Alternative spelling of "marna"

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Marl - [ Traduci questa pagina ]
Finnish. merkeli (bog line, loam, marly soil). (various references). French.
marne (marly). ... Italian. marna (loam). (various references). Manx ...
www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ definition/english/ma/marl.html
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Angela Arnone
Italy
Local time: 11:25
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5 +1marl/loam rock
Angela Arnone
3marl
Patricia Crotty


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
marl/loam rock


Explanation:
Alternative spelling of "marna"

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-09-08 11:44:31 GMT)
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See Grande Sansoni

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-09-08 11:45:35 GMT)
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Marl - [ Traduci questa pagina ]
Finnish. merkeli (bog line, loam, marly soil). (various references). French.
marne (marly). ... Italian. marna (loam). (various references). Manx ...
www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ definition/english/ma/marl.html

Angela Arnone
Italy
Local time: 11:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patricia Crotty: sorry, didn't see you had already answered!
9 mins
  -> no problem at all P!!! Ciao
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
marl


Explanation:
mcgraw-hill zanichelli tells me that marga is equivalent to marna whicl translates as marl, a crumbly, calcareous clay

Patricia Crotty
Italy
Local time: 11:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 35
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