Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

tecnosuelo

English translation:

technosol

Added to glossary by Charles Davis
Jan 30, 2012 16:42
12 yrs ago
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Spanish term

tecnosuelo

Spanish to English Science Geology
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¿alguien conoce la traducción al inglés de este término?

Gracias


Definición de Tecnosuelo
• Mezcla sólida de materiales naturales o sintéticos,
minerales u orgánicos que, colocado en superficie,
permite la rápida integración de los componentes
residuales antropogeomórficos en los ciclos
biogeoquímicos así como el cumplimiento de las
funciones ambientales y productivas del suelo,
mejorando la situación ambiental precedente.
(Macías, 2004; 2007).
Change log

Jun 24, 2012 17:52: Charles Davis Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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technosol

Not technoSOIL, but technoSOL.
The former is rare and seems to be confined to a few translated texts. The latter is apparently the standard term:

"A Technosol in the FAO World Reference Base for Soil Resources [1] is a new type of soil that combines soils whose properties and pedogenesis are dominated by their technical origin."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technosols

Macías himself uses both "tecnosuelos" and "tecnosoles", apparently interchangeably, in this document entitled "Tecnosuelos: suelos a la carta"
http://edafologia.ugr.es/gestionsuelos/grupoa/tema15tecnosue...

"La elaboración de Tecnosoles y Biochar derivados de residuos, a imagen de los suelos naturales y a medida de los requerimientos de corrección de los suelos contaminados y/o degradados existentes, (“taylor made Technosols” o “Tecnosoles a la carta”), puede constituir un proceso que atienda simultáneamente a la valorización biogeoquímica de los residuos, permita la recuperación de las funciones del suelo en espacios degradados y/o contaminados"
Sociedad Española de la Ciencia del Suelo
http://www.secs.com.es/conf_murcia.htm

This text is translated, admittedly, but the term "technosol" is probably reliable:
"Thus, the preparation of Technosols from mixtures of organic and inorganic wastes can be an attractive option to rehabilitate mining areas because they can improve physical, chemical and biological properties contributing, at the same time, towards a strategy of wastes valorisation (Macías, 2004)."
http://biblioteca.universia.net/html_bura/ficha/params/title...

"Fig 7 Use of different Technosols derived from wastes in the recovery of hyperacid soils and waters in the restored Touro mine (Galicia, NW Spain; Macías-García et al. 2009a, b)"
http://www.springerimages.com/Images/Geosciences/1-10.1007_s...

Soil carbon sequestration in a changing global environment
by Felipe Macías, Marta Camps Arbestain
"Within the latter option, the following actions are considered here in more detail: 1) production of Technosols, and 2) production of biochar."
http://www.mendeley.com/research/soil-carbon-sequestration-c...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-01-30 19:28:17 GMT)
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The Wikipedia entry is largely copied from the FAO's "World reference base for soil resources 2006", where "technosols" are frequently mentioned and are an established category, albeit a new one:

"TECHNOSOLS
Technosols comprise a new RSG and combine soils whose properties and pedogenesis are dominated by their technical origin. They contain a significant amount of artefacts (something in the soil recognizably made or extracted from the earth by humans), or are sealed by technic hard rock (material created by humans, having properties unlike natural rock). They include soils from wastes (landfills, sludge, cinders, mine spoils and ashes), pavements with their underlying unconsolidated materials, soils with geomembranes and constructed soils in human-made materials.
Technosols are often referred to as urban or mine soils. They are recognized in the new Russian soil classification system as Technogenic Superficial Formations."
ftp://ftp.fao.org/agl/agll/docs/wsrr103e.pdf

This document does not read to me like a translation.

Certainly it is a new word; indeed it was included in the WRB for the first time in 2005 and included in 2006. The author of the proposal, D G (David) Rossiter, Coordinator of the WRB Working group on Technosols, works in the Netherlands but is American.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.114...
http://www.itc.nl/about_itc/resumes/rossiter.aspx

http://www.amazon.com/Technosols-Ferdinand-Maria-Quincy/dp/6...

I think the evidence is clearly that this term is now officially established in the field, and is quite clearly what Marías's English-speaking colleagues now call this type of soil
Peer comment(s):

neutral philgoddard : I'm not wholly convinced this word exists in English - you say technosoil is rare and confined to a few translated texts, but so is technosol (even though it has a Wikipedia entry).
13 mins
I don't agree. It is a very new term but has been officially adopted by the FAO, and is used by English-speaking specialists. See my further references.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Good references"
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Tecnosuelo

Al parecer, se trata de una marca.

Bienvenido a TECNOSUELO S.A. DE C.V.
www.tecnosuelo.com.mx/
Página inicial de la compañía TECNOSUELO S.A. DE C.V.Empresa mexicana especializada en Geotecnia.
Página del sitio
Note from asker:
I agree with Liz but thank you Rafael :)
Peer comment(s):

neutral liz askew : I think they are talking about the noun here (as in tecnosuelos)...
11 mins
You could be right, Liz.
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technosoil/s OR techno-soil/s

Soil Protection Activities and Soil Quality Monitoring in South ...
eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ESDB_Archive/eusoils.../EUR24889.pdf
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
These ecosystems are very affine to ecosystems of shaded and wet karst rocks of ...... the results of research, damage description, and land recovery measures and ...... remediation, re-cultivation, technosoils, soil indicators, soil elasticity. 161 ...
[PDF]
Untitled - Výskumný ústav pôdoznalectva a ochrany pôdy
www.vupop.sk/dokumenty/ine_soil_anthropization8.pdf
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
4) natural soil horizons (in case of techno-soils – El-BF-BFC-C (for zone of derno-podzolic ..... The felling of wood (clear cutting) is higher than forest recovery. ..... (incl. recognition of urban ecosystems, selection of representative soil profiles ...
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Another reference

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:wAS7ECQTYEQJ:edaf...
Tecnosuelos - Suelos a la carta

See pages "materiales formadores de tecnosuelos"
Materiales Fermentables + Acondicionadores
- Lodo aerobio
- Lodo anaerobio

- "Tecnosuelo: producto que se formula a partir de residuos que se combinan de un modo adecuado para servir de substrato vegetal y permitir la recuperación de ambientes degradados."


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Note added at 8 hrs (2012-01-31 01:08:35 GMT)
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Additional references to support Charles' contribution (technosols)

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:yCGY7bxtQgsJ:imai...


www.madrimasd.org/blogs/universo/2007/.../5917

https://www.ser.org/pdf/SER_Book_of_Abstracts_FINAL_03.pdf

http://webs.uvigo.es/victce/images/documentos/MEMORIAS_DEF_P... (...Extractability and leachability of heavy metals in Technosols
prepared from mixtures of unconsolidated wastes...)
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