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English translation: thick, Flysch-type sedimentary rock formations


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Spanish term or phrase:espesas formaciones
English translation:thick, Flysch-type sedimentary rock formations
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19:16 Dec 5, 2011
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Science - Surveying / Mapa Metalogenetico
Spanish term or phrase: espesas formaciones
El Grupo NN esta formado por unidades de caracter geosinclinal, acumulado en cuencas intracratonicas de distension e integradas por espesas formaciones de rocas sedimentarias tipo flysch (Formacion Agua Fria), a veces de caracter mas confinado (Formacion El Plan) o volcano-sedimentario (Formacion Minitas).
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thick, Flysch-type sedimentary rock formations
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thick, Flysch-type sedimentary rock formations
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5 +1thick, Flysch-type sedimentary rock formations
Barbara L Pavlik
3thick formations (of flysch-type sedimentary rock)
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thick, Flysch-type sedimentary rock formations


Explanation:
thick, Flysch-type sedimentary rock formations


    Reference: http://www.geologie.ac.at/filestore/download/JS0019_026_A.pd...
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flysch
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thick formations (of flysch-type sedimentary rock)


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"thick formations of flysch-type sedimentary rock"

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... coastal, and continental fine-grained sedimentary rocks (flysch type). ... Frequently, there are thick accumulations of pyroclastic materials as in the Mexico and ... The volcanic formations frequently have relatively high surface ...

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