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basamento acústico

English translation: acoustic basement

22:43 Feb 26, 2018
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology / geological study for the installation of underwater cable
Spanish term or phrase: basamento acústico
En los primeros 400 m (Pk0-Pk400) y a hasta unos 12 m de profundidad, el basamento acústico es aflorante y con casi ausencia de cualquier relleno sedimentario no consolidado.

[KP = km point]
[This is talking about the underwater topography between the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura]
peterinmadrid
Portugal
Local time: 02:21
English translation:acoustic basement
Explanation:
http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/es/Terms/a/acoustic_bas...
http://petrowiki.org/Glossary:Acoustic_basement
Formations below the deepest zones that can be imaged by an acoustic process.
La porción de la Tierra por debajo de la cual no pueden generarse imágenes de los estratos con los datos sísmicos, o el reflector relativamente continuo más profundo. En algunas regiones, el basamento acústico coincide con el basamento económico y el basamento geológico, o con aquella porción de la Tierra que no comprende las rocas sedimentarias.

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Note added at 14 hrs (2018-02-27 13:24:40 GMT)
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I understand. And yet basamento acústico is a rather specific concept... Just as wave base is (base de la ola).
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Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 02:21
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4 +4acoustic basement
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acoustic basement


Explanation:
http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/es/Terms/a/acoustic_bas...
http://petrowiki.org/Glossary:Acoustic_basement
Formations below the deepest zones that can be imaged by an acoustic process.
La porción de la Tierra por debajo de la cual no pueden generarse imágenes de los estratos con los datos sísmicos, o el reflector relativamente continuo más profundo. En algunas regiones, el basamento acústico coincide con el basamento económico y el basamento geológico, o con aquella porción de la Tierra que no comprende las rocas sedimentarias.

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Note added at 14 hrs (2018-02-27 13:24:40 GMT)
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I understand. And yet basamento acústico is a rather specific concept... Just as wave base is (base de la ola).

Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 02:21
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: I'm not sure this is right, because they are talking about the seabed and the thickness of sediment there rather than deep underground and I think the cable is basically laid on the seabed rather than inside some kind of tunnel which is why the study is interested on the effect of waves on the sediment.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Ellison: I agree. It's a seismic term.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks! I would say geophysics more than just a seisms related term ;)
agree  Cornelius Gillen
9 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  philgoddard
17 hrs
  -> Thanks Phil!
agree  bigedsenior
1 day 17 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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