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Glossary entry

Deutsch term or phrase:

Loch- und Schalenverwitterungen

Englisch translation:

honeycomb weathering and panholes

Added to glossary by Anna McVeigh
Jan 3, 2012 13:22
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Deutsch term

Loch- und Schalenverwitterungen

Deutsch > Englisch Naturwissenschaften Geologie Elba
Zu den geologischen Spezialitäten, die die Wanderungen am Monte Capanne so abwechslungsreich gestalten, zählen Loch- und Schalenverwitterungen (Tafoni, Opferkessel).
Proposed translations (Englisch)
4 +2 honeycomb weathering and panholes
4 exfoliation

Discussion

Anna McVeigh (asker) Jan 3, 2012:
It is quite a general text rather than a specialized geology text but I suppose anyone might read it so it's good to try and get it right!

Thanks for all help with this, have cracked it now.
oa_xxx (X) Jan 3, 2012:
actually, sorry the opferkessel I think are more features of Lochverwitterung than Schalenverwitterung but guess it doesnt matter too much in this sentence.
oa_xxx (X) Jan 3, 2012:
;) proofreading...
Anna McVeigh (asker) Jan 3, 2012:
Something I could not find anywhere else!
oa_xxx (X) Jan 3, 2012:
Just curious! What did the translator/author actually write for Loch/Schalenverwitterung?
Anna McVeigh (asker) Jan 3, 2012:
Great.
oa_xxx (X) Jan 3, 2012:
Schalenverwitterung would be the overall term for the type of weathering that can result in the formation of opferkessel among other things...
Kim Metzger Jan 3, 2012:
Two separate phenomena, I'd say.
Anna McVeigh (asker) Jan 3, 2012:
Thank you both for your help.

I am proofreading. Opferkessel has been translated as panholes too. Is panholes the correct term for both Opferkessel and Schalenverwitterungen? Thanks again!

Proposed translations

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honeycomb weathering and panholes

Tafoni – honeycomb weathering

http://nwgeology.wordpress.com/the-fieldtrips/the-chuckanut-...

Die horizontalen und dadurch besser befeuchteten Oberfl äche einiger Fe1 sburgen sind zernarbt oder löchrig Dabei handelt es sich um Formen der Narben-/Lochverwitterung (pitting, honeycomb weathering).
http://epic-reports.awi.de/81/1/BerPolarforsch198966.pdf

A panhole is a depressed, erosional feature found on flat or gently sloping rock. Panholes are the result of long-term weathering and are generally seen on bedrock or very large blocks of rock. Similar terms are gnamma (Australia), opferkessel (German, roughly “sacrificial basin”), “armchair hollows”, weathering pans (or pits) and solution pans (or pits). Other German names include kamenitza and kamenica.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhole
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Deutsch term (edited): Schalenverwitterung

exfoliation

Google some of these terms, lots of info:

exfoliation dome
granite dome
'onion skin' weathering http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/weather...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exfoliation_(geology)
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/pid/3563;jsessionid=3F08E65E2D...

Für die Schalenverwitterung oder Exfoliation (wörtlich abblättern von lateinisch folium = Blatt) ist die Bildung von glockenartigen Bergformen typisch. Ein Beispiel hierfür ist der berühmte Zuckerhut bei Rio de Janeiro. (link below)

See also:
Weathering pits called opferkessel form atop rock exposures due to chemical and physical weathering.

Honeycomb weathering

Lochverwitterung/Tafoni-Verwitterung

http://www.tafoni.com/Welcome.html

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Note added at 48 mins (2012-01-03 14:10:48 GMT)
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Honeycomb and onion skin weathering! interesting combination ;)

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-01-03 15:02:16 GMT)
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http://books.google.de/books?id=5iGkfQmKgxcC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA1...
Example sentence:

What Are They? Tafoni are ellipsoidal, pan- to bowl-shaped, natural rock cavities. These cavernous weathering features include tiny pits, softball-sized cavities, truck-sized caves, and nested and cellular honeycomb forms.

Reference:

http://www.ulmer.de/Physikalische-Verwitterung,QUlEPTE0MDE1Jk1JRD0zMjEw.html

http://www.tafoni.com/Definition.html

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