Spanish: arcilitasEnglish translation: claystone 
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Tech/Engineering - Geology / geology / petroleum | | Spanish term or phrase: arcilitas | En una traducción de pozos de petróleo aparece la siguiente frase:
"[...]la Formación Pozo XXX presentó en su sección cuspidal ARCILITAS oscuras con buen potencial oleogenético"
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| | | claystone | Explanation:
According to Robb's diccionario para ingenieros, arcillita = claystone, which, according to the Oxford Earth Sciences dictionary, is: a compacted, non-fissile, fine-grained sedimentary rock composed predominantly of clay-sized particles (less than 4um)
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LUTITA (ss) (Claystone). (Mudstone). 10 %. LIMO 2:1 1:2 ARCILLA. ss = en sentido
estricto (“sensu stricto”). Problema 1. A) Dada la composición mineral de ...
www.nimbar.net/trapicheo/geologia/ petrologia_sed/practicas/1Tecn%201y2.doc
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| clay ironstone
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I think this is the translation, but am not 100% sure.
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Sheila
Glossary definition: Clay-ironstone
Clay-ironstone. a fine grained sedimentary rock composed of clay and siderite (iron carbonate) which sometimes occurs overlying coal measures. ...
www.creswell-crags.org.uk/virtuallytheiceage/Exploring_obje... - 5k -
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CAPIRICUAL, Formación [con Fotos]
... de la formación) son grises o gris marronuscas, micáceas, carbonáceas, con
lamina de nódulos elipsoidales de arcilita siderítica ("clay-ironstone"). ...
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| clay pinnacles
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Our driver pointed out the Clay Cliffs near Omarama, these clay pinnacles are formed by an active fault line that continuously exposes these clay and gravel ...
www.bootsnall.com/travelogues/rado/41.shtml - 49k -
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This could also refer to "clay peaks" found in the spectrochemical analysis of shale
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| claystone
Explanation:
According to Robb's diccionario para ingenieros, arcillita = claystone, which, according to the Oxford Earth Sciences dictionary, is: a compacted, non-fissile, fine-grained sedimentary rock composed predominantly of clay-sized particles (less than 4um)
HTH
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Note added at 23 hrs 16 mins (2005-09-27 13:46:29 GMT)
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[DOC] PETROGRAFIA MACROSCÓPICA
File Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
LUTITA (ss) (Claystone). (Mudstone). 10 %. LIMO 2:1 1:2 ARCILLA. ss = en sentido
estricto (“sensu stricto”). Problema 1. A) Dada la composición mineral de ...
www.nimbar.net/trapicheo/geologia/ petrologia_sed/practicas/1Tecn%201y2.doc
(best if you open above ref)
| Nikki Graham
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