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French to English Geology Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
cristallophilien		crystallophyllian
décrochant		Strike-slip Fault
de dessus vers dessous		from top to bottom
diagnostic de sol		soil diagnostic
distension		extension	Sheila Hardie
Entered by: Sheila Hardie
dorsale volcanique		volcanic ridge
eau chloro-bicarbonatée calcique et magnésienne		water containing chlorine, bicarbonate, calcium and magnesium
empreintes		(excavator/digger/teeth/track-) marks
encaillassement		pebble bed/deposit
encaissant		(surrounding) rock
enfouissement		level of deposit
entaille calcaire		crack
essai de plaques		plate (bearing) test	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
fausse-passe		coral inlet
ferruginisations		ferruginisation
filon		vein
fond de coupe		bottom of section/cut	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
frottement de peau		grain shear stress or grain resistance
Galets et graviers lavés		Washed gravels and stones
Géothermie de Minime Importance (GMI)		minimal-impact geothermal systems/energy	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
gour		gour/rimstone dam	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
grès à roseaux		reed sandstone
grès houiller		coal sandstone, millstone grit
gypse antéludien		pre-Ludian gypsum (recomposition)
herbu		salt meadows	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
impacté(e)		impacted
inaltérée		fresh, high-grade, or untouched
ingénieur d'affaires		project engineer
iodure de méthylène		methylene iodide	keelin feeney
Entered by: keelin feeney
l'amorce de tubage		preliminary casing
l'ensemble amont du bassin		All the upstream part of the basin
l'exploitation artisanale		Yes...
le debourbage		scrubing or cleaning of ore.
le sable dragué		dredged sand
Leonnage		trail blazing
les bancs producteurs homogènes massifs		the solid uniform stone-producing beds
les terrils		the slag heaps
magnétotolluriques		magnetotelluric
marne à sel gemme		halite-marl
marne bariolée		variegated marl

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