Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
entaille calcaire
English translation:
crack
Added to glossary by
Rimas Balsys
Nov 16, 2008 15:50
15 yrs ago
French term
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entaille calcaire
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Hello.
I need some help with a geological term please: entaille calcaire. The context is a piece of writing about climbing and the sentence is:
Site de renommée nationale sur la Route de la Grimpe, formidable entaille calcaire orientée sud-nord de 300 m de haut ...
I understand that entaille usually means a notch or gash but am not sure of the correct geological term (limestone notch?)
Thanks in advance
I need some help with a geological term please: entaille calcaire. The context is a piece of writing about climbing and the sentence is:
Site de renommée nationale sur la Route de la Grimpe, formidable entaille calcaire orientée sud-nord de 300 m de haut ...
I understand that entaille usually means a notch or gash but am not sure of the correct geological term (limestone notch?)
Thanks in advance
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | crack |
Rimas Balsys
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| 4 +1 | limestone notch |
Guy Bray
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| 4 | limestone fault or gash |
Drmanu49
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Nov 21, 2008 09:13: Rimas Balsys Created KOG entry
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crack
The climbing term is 'crack'. Google it.
Note from asker:
| Thanks for this. But if it was 'crack' why wouldn't the word be 'fissure' in the ST? Does anyone know the difference? Could it be 'gash'? |
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Comment: "Thanks for this. I think that this is a good translation as it is used in climbing but is general enough also, as you mentioned in your comment."
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limestone fault or gash
Continue down to beach level where bedded limestone can be examined on the sides of the deep fault guided inlet. Climb up to the National Trust car park on ...
www.jdgeology.co.uk/Dinantian/Dinantian.htm - 21k -
In this area there are many geological fault lines, since it forms the ... The most common form in this zone is climbing on limestone , although there are ...
www.visitnavarra.es/eng/propuestas/naturalmente-deporte/dep... - 33k -
As the map indicates the top of the hill is crowned by a limestone ... We located the top of the gash in the hill and took a bearing from there until we ...
www.keswick.u-net.com/maryl34.htm - 6k
www.jdgeology.co.uk/Dinantian/Dinantian.htm - 21k -
In this area there are many geological fault lines, since it forms the ... The most common form in this zone is climbing on limestone , although there are ...
www.visitnavarra.es/eng/propuestas/naturalmente-deporte/dep... - 33k -
As the map indicates the top of the hill is crowned by a limestone ... We located the top of the gash in the hill and took a bearing from there until we ...
www.keswick.u-net.com/maryl34.htm - 6k
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limestone notch
I'm a geologist, and I would say that it's not a geological term at all, simply a topographic description: there's a notch (gash, gap, gully, ...) in the limestone scarp, which presents a challenge on the climb. No suggestion that it's a fault, although that could well be the cause of the notch, but it might simply be an eroded joint.
Guy
Guy
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
liz askew
: Geomorphology : Effect of the development of notches and tension ... We consider briefly the recurrence time of collapse of limestone cliffs at the study sites. Hodgkin (1964) measured the erosion rate of a limestone notch at ... linkinghub.elsevier.com/r
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