Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

a película da alteração pedogénica

English translation:

pedogenically altered film

Added to glossary by kashew
Nov 15, 2011 10:54
12 yrs ago
Portuguese term

a película da alteração pedogénica

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Geology
De salientar que, ao longo do traçado, apesar do horizonte da terra vegetal ter predominantemente espessura modesta e por vezes vestigial, a película da alteração pedogénica conduz a que as formações da base sejam predominantemente subaflorantes, dificultando a observação dos maciços subjacentes.
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Nov 17, 2011 13:29: kashew Created KOG entry

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pedogenically altered layer

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comparison of the pedogenically altered layers in the sections studied, differences were noticed in the intensity and duration of vadose influence.

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film of pedogenetic alteration

1998 - Technology & Engineering
... fratura de películas argilosas de recobrimento do agregado, perceptíveis por exame ... Clayfilm. Trata-se de película de material inorgânico muito fino (< 2 de
books.google.com/books?id=8Mw4AAAAIAAJ...Vol. 1, No. 1 - 134 pages - Magazine
... weathering of feldspars and ferromagnesian minerals, are sequentially transformed during pedogenetic alteration according to the following general schemes ...
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http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=x0_PVec33LgC&pg=PA69&lpg=...


well, at least I am trying...

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Official Series Description - REICESS Series
https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/R/REICESS.html
Carbonates are typically lacking or range from 0 to 10 percent with no pedogenetic alteration. Reaction is mildly to moderately alkaline. ...

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www.fao.org/docrep/W8594E/w8594e0g.htm
alteration that forms silicate clay or liberates oxides or both and that forms a ... Examples of layers that are not B horizons are layers in which clay films either coat ... genetic horizon; and layers with gleying but no other pedogenetic changes. ...

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Clay mineralogy of bauxites and palaeosols in Istria formed during regional subaerial exposures ...... ments are greenish–grey marls, which form thin films between limestone ... quarry were pedogenetically altered, i.e. they are palaeo- sols. ...
Peer comment(s):

neutral kashew : Who directed the film? ;–)
12 mins
agree Muriel Vasconcellos : Yes, 'film' is more appropriate. It can't be a 'layer'. Perhaps you could say something like 'film showing p.a.'?
8 hrs
Thank you! I think I am going to stop contributing on some of these...
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