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liste di selce

English translation: bands of flint

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Italian term or phrase:	liste di selce
English translation:	bands of flint
Entered by:	Federica Meacci

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11:28 Nov 4, 2010

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

Italian term or phrase: liste di selce

metacalcari con liste e noduli di selce

Posso tradurre liste con layers? O esiste un termine più specifico?

grazie

Federica Meacci KudoZ activity Questions: 52 (3 open) (1 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 45
Local time: 11:10

bands of flint

Explanation:
There are many geology websites mentioning "bands of flint" as well as nodules of flint. Here are some samples:

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/geodiv...
A major phase of land subsidence marked the beginning of the Upper Cretaceous, leading to deposition of the Chalk. The chalk is a white pure limestone. It contains thin beds of marl and nodules of flint, either scattered or in bands.

Sedimentary basins and petroleum geology of the Middle East - Google Books Result
A. S. Alsharhan, A. E. M. Nairn - 1997 - Nature - 942 pages
Surface Formations The differences between the outcrop geology of the ... 10 m (33 ft) of chalky limestone with nodules and bands of black flint Unit 4: 108 ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0444824650...

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/gemstones/2
Chert, flint and jasper are opaque forms of silica that are usually formed as bands or nodules in sedimentary rocks

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Or, simply "flint bands" as in the below:

The geology of England and Wales - Google Books Result
P. J. Brenchley, Peter Franklin Rawson - 2006 - Science - 559 pages
Some of these horizons extend for considerable distances and hence, like the marl layers, flint bands are of considerable value in correlation. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1862392005...

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I'd forgotten to mention that I originally arrived at "bands" through the definitions of "liste" as: band, stripe, streak, line [Source: Cassell's Italian Dictionary]