Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Fliess (hier)

English translation:

marl

Added to glossary by Coqueiro
Feb 15, 2012 00:50
12 yrs ago
German term

Fliefs

German to English Science Geology waterflow through soil
Zunehmende Dichtheit infolge Sackens zeigte sich besonders deutlich bei einer gelegentlich Erstattung eines Gutachtens nach Angabe des Verfassers vorgenommenen Untersuchung von Fliefs, einem feinen thonigen Sand des westfälischen Kohlengebietes.

Any help parsing this sentence would be much appreciated. The part I'm having trouble with is "Erstattung eines Gutachtens" - there seems to be something missing ion front of Erstattung.

Thanks so much!
Proposed translations (English)
3 marl
Change log

Feb 20, 2012 12:30: Coqueiro Created KOG entry

Discussion

Beth Kantus (asker) Feb 20, 2012:
Thanks very much for all of your comments, the help is much appreciated!
Coqueiro Feb 15, 2012:
Your text seems to be from the 19th century because of "thonig" instead of "tonig". So it could be Frakturschrift, where "ß" looks very similar to "fs" or perhaps "sz":

http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Lese/Schriftgeschichte/Gotik...

"Fließ" or "Fliesz" is an old term for a small water flow:
http://woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB/?sigle=DWB&mode=Vernetzung&lem...

Ingeborg Gowans (X) Feb 15, 2012:
Helen Shiner Feb 15, 2012:
Query Should this read 'Fließ' - stream, flow-line? I don't have the appropriate knowledge of terminology in this field, but this looks like a scanning issue to me.
Johanna Timm, PhD Feb 15, 2012:
gelegentlich *der* Erstattung eines Gutachtens... I would say- "der must have been accidentally omitted
gelegentlich= angelegentlich=anlässlich

Proposed translations

7 hrs
German term (edited): Fließ
Selected

marl

wouldn't translate it but add an explanation: Fließ (local term for marl)

"In den Thälern der Lippe und Sesecke finden sich
ausgedehnte Ablagerungen von thonigem und mergelartigem
Lehm, von denen der erstere, Klei genannt, durch die Ver-
witterung und Auflösung der leicht an der Luft zerfallen-
den Kreideschichten gebildet ist. Der letztere, in nassem
Zustande „Fliess", trocken „gelber Mergel" genannt, wechselt
besonders in seinen unteren Abtheilungen mit Streifen und
Lagern von Geschieben":

http://www.archive.org/stream/geologischeundmi00dechuoft/geo...

s. discussion also

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Note added at 7 Stunden (2012-02-15 08:19:45 GMT)
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The Lippe River marks the northern margin of the "westfälischen Kohlengebiet".

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Note added at 5 Tage (2012-02-20 12:31:20 GMT) Post-grading
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Danke & viel Erfolg!
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