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tipo molassa

English translation: molasse-type rock


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Spanish term or phrase:(rocas de) tipo molasa
English translation:molasse-type rock
Entered by: Taña Dalglish
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22:17 Dec 5, 2011
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Science - Surveying / Mapa Metalogenetico
Spanish term or phrase: tipo molassa
El caracteresencial del periodo Cretacico se presenta por un inmenso deposito de rocas detriticas, tipo molassa, post orogenica que se dstinguen por un color rojo o morado bien marcado.
lbotto
Local time: 11:59
molasse-type (rock)
Explanation:
No such thing as "molassa" (double ss in Spanish!)

molasse (rock) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/387918/molasse
molasse (rock), thick association of continental and marine clastic sedimentary ... Type a word to see synonyms from the Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus. ...
Dictionary - Definition of Molasse
www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/Molasse
A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland.[Websters]. Source: Webster's ... Date "Molasse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1825. (references) ... Spanish, molasa (molasse). Additional ...
Late Jurassic deformation in Honduras. Proposals for a revised ...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/.../art00002 - Translate this page
by JC Viland - 1996 - Cited by 7 - Related articles
1 May 1996 – The lithostratigraphical subdivision of Mesozoic rocks in Honduras poses ... The younger unit known as ''capas rojas'' starts with a molasse type rock ... por rocas detriticas de tipo molasa que no ha sido nombrada todavia. ...
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molasse-type (rock)


Explanation:
No such thing as "molassa" (double ss in Spanish!)

molasse (rock) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/387918/molasse
molasse (rock), thick association of continental and marine clastic sedimentary ... Type a word to see synonyms from the Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus. ...
Dictionary - Definition of Molasse
www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/Molasse
A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland.[Websters]. Source: Webster's ... Date "Molasse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1825. (references) ... Spanish, molasa (molasse). Additional ...
Late Jurassic deformation in Honduras. Proposals for a revised ...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/.../art00002 - Translate this page
by JC Viland - 1996 - Cited by 7 - Related articles
1 May 1996 – The lithostratigraphical subdivision of Mesozoic rocks in Honduras poses ... The younger unit known as ''capas rojas'' starts with a molasse type rock ... por rocas detriticas de tipo molasa que no ha sido nombrada todavia. ...

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 13:59
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Dec 8, 2011 - Changes made by Taña Dalglish:
Edited KOG entrylbotto's old entry - "tipo molassa " => "molasse-type (rock)"


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