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English translation: body of water/water body/water-bearing formation


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Spanish term or phrase:masa acuífera
English translation:body of water/water body/water-bearing formation
Entered by: liz askew
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13:14 Nov 23, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Geology / water
Spanish term or phrase: masa acuífera
Enormes masificaciones de sal, en los aledaños de la masa acuífera, se disolvían provocando socavones...
Justin Peterson
Local time: 21:30
body of water/water body
Explanation:
Viaje a ninguna parte: Consejo para una vida más feliz
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Si la tubería se rompe y deja que fluya libremente su contenido, la masa acuífera saldrá disparada en todas direcciones, cubriendo las paredes adyacentes de ...
massobrealmuric.blogspot.com/.../consejo-para-una-vida-ms-feliz.html – Cached

Readings in Latin-American Civilization: 1492 to the Present
In order to work the mines at such great depths, tunnels (socavones) were devised; these are caves, made at the foot of the mountain, that cross it until ...
www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=7847206
by II Chapter

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Bodies of water
A selection of articles related to Bodies of water. ... It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur as in brackish fossil aquifers. Technically, brackish water contains between 0.5 and 30 grams of salt per .... Bridges and tunnels in New York City - Bridges by water body ...
www.experiencefestival.com/bodies_of_water - Cached - Similar
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Deviated drilling method for water production invention
... into basal aquifers directly underlain by salt water, compartmented aquifers, ... When produced salt concentrations exceed drinking water or irrigation water ... wells have inadvertently pierced aquicludes below perched water bodies, ... tunnels to intersect one or more dikes at levels below the water table, ...
www.freshpatents.com/Deviated-drilling-method-for-water-pro... - Cached - Similar


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water-bearing formation


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GLOSSARY-1 GLOSSARY AQUIFER - A subterranean geological formation ...
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HYDRAULIC CONTINUITY - In direct contact with a water-bearing formation. (aquifer) or body of water (pond or stream) with no flow interruptions. ...
140.194.76.129/publications/armytm/TM5-634/glossary.pdf
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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:30
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2water volume / acquiferous volume
rafaelB
3 +1body of water/water bodyliz askew
3aquifer mass
LisaMac


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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
water volume / acquiferous volume


Explanation:
Luck.

rafaelB
Uruguay
Local time: 18:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charlesp
28 mins
  -> Thanks Charlesp.

agree  Emma Ratcliffe
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  -> Thanks Emma. Best wishes from Uruguay.
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
aquifer mass


Explanation:
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or, depending on your context: "AQUIFER ROCK"

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IngentaConnect The transport of U- and Th-series nuclides in a ...
As found elsewhere, the 222Rn in the water is a large fraction (~5%) of the Rn produced in the **aquifer rock**. This cannot be due to Ra precipitation onto ...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/00167037/2001/.../art006... - Similar
by A Tricca - 2001 - Cited by 34 - Related articles - All 5 versions

Injection rate of carbon dioxide injection into aquifers
Conversely, in a carbonate aquifer the injected CO2 will dissolve the **aquifer rock** in the near-wellbore region and increase the porosity and permeability. ...
www3.imperial.ac.uk/.../76879A0737DB3316E0440003BACD17D6 - Cached

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/aquiferous

aq•ui•fer (āk'wə-fər, ä'kwə-)
n. An underground bed or layer of permeable rock, sediment, or soil that yields water.

a•quif'er•ous (ə-kwĭf'ər-əs) adj.


Method and apparatus for restoring and maintaining underground ...
Storativity is that fractional portion of the saturated **aquifer mass** that will readily drain water. The two day volume-radius for net daily pumpage of the ...
www.patentstorm.us/patents/4254831/description.html

In situ arsenic removal in an alkaline clastic aquifer - Elsevier
This small amount of mass compared with the **aquifer mass** in the vicinity of a production well, and reported case histories of Fe in situ removal that have ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0883292708000887 - Similar

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Estimation of groundwater-contaminant fluxes to urban rivers
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flux in the context of an **aquifer mass** balance, Ford (1990) estimates the loading from atmospheric fallout of SO4 to be. 275 106 kg yr 1, i.e. the baseflow ...
www.hydrology.org.uk/Publications/imperial/5_06.pdf
by PA Ellis - 2004 - Cited by 1 - Related articles


LisaMac
Spain
Local time: 21:30
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
body of water/water body


Explanation:
Viaje a ninguna parte: Consejo para una vida más feliz
- [ Translate this page ]
Si la tubería se rompe y deja que fluya libremente su contenido, la masa acuífera saldrá disparada en todas direcciones, cubriendo las paredes adyacentes de ...
massobrealmuric.blogspot.com/.../consejo-para-una-vida-ms-feliz.html – Cached

Readings in Latin-American Civilization: 1492 to the Present
In order to work the mines at such great depths, tunnels (socavones) were devised; these are caves, made at the foot of the mountain, that cross it until ...
www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=7847206
by II Chapter

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Bodies of water
A selection of articles related to Bodies of water. ... It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur as in brackish fossil aquifers. Technically, brackish water contains between 0.5 and 30 grams of salt per .... Bridges and tunnels in New York City - Bridges by water body ...
www.experiencefestival.com/bodies_of_water - Cached - Similar
#
Deviated drilling method for water production invention
... into basal aquifers directly underlain by salt water, compartmented aquifers, ... When produced salt concentrations exceed drinking water or irrigation water ... wells have inadvertently pierced aquicludes below perched water bodies, ... tunnels to intersect one or more dikes at levels below the water table, ...
www.freshpatents.com/Deviated-drilling-method-for-water-pro... - Cached - Similar


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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-23 14:16:56 GMT)
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OR

water-bearing formation


PDF]
GLOSSARY-1 GLOSSARY AQUIFER - A subterranean geological formation ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
HYDRAULIC CONTINUITY - In direct contact with a water-bearing formation. (aquifer) or body of water (pond or stream) with no flow interruptions. ...
140.194.76.129/publications/armytm/TM5-634/glossary.pdf

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 265
Grading comment
Thanks

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agree  Satto (Roberto): sounds "more" normal to me
34 mins
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Changes made by editors
Nov 29, 2009 - Changes made by liz askew:
Edited KOG entryliz askew's old entry - "masa acuífera" => "body of water/water body"
Nov 29, 2009 - Changes made by liz askew:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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