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Oct 10, 2011 18:34
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German term
Scholle
German to English
Science
Geology
Trotzt der nagativen Erfahrungen anfang der 80-Jahre werden auch noch die Moeglichkeiten einer erneuten Bedampfung auf der Suedscholle untersucht, z.B. durch die an einer Dampfleitung leigende Bohrung RLMR 692.
Keep in mind, this comes from a geology text. However, I have found many subpossibilities within that context; they are plaice, floe, massif, horse (no, not the animal), ridge plate, or block. Somehow when I try to find a definition of plaice it refers me to a type of fish. Throw me a bone here.
Keep in mind, this comes from a geology text. However, I have found many subpossibilities within that context; they are plaice, floe, massif, horse (no, not the animal), ridge plate, or block. Somehow when I try to find a definition of plaice it refers me to a type of fish. Throw me a bone here.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | fault block |
Lynda Hepburn
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| 2 | (ice) floe |
Manuela Junghans
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Change log
Oct 10, 2011 18:48: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Science (general)" to "Geology" , "Field (write-in)" from "geology" to "(none)"
Oct 11, 2011 19:41: Lynda Hepburn Created KOG entry
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Lynda Hepburn
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fault block
Fach-Wörterbuch Bergbau has a number of combined terms including "Scholle":
e.g. Scholle, abgesunkene (f) down-thrown fault block, downfaulted block
Schollengebirge (n) fault-block mountain, faulted ground
Schollenunterschiebung (f) block overthrust, overthrust, overthrust faulting
From these I would suggest that you can't go far wrong with "fault block" or perhaps simply "block"
e.g. Scholle, abgesunkene (f) down-thrown fault block, downfaulted block
Schollengebirge (n) fault-block mountain, faulted ground
Schollenunterschiebung (f) block overthrust, overthrust, overthrust faulting
From these I would suggest that you can't go far wrong with "fault block" or perhaps simply "block"
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Comment: "Thank you Lynda and Manuela! Both helpful answers and it's true that next time I should provide a more thorough context. Thank you for your research."
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(ice) floe
or simply floe - also sheet of (floating) ice - however I do not know whether your text does remotely have to do with ice or not?
Discussion
I think we can probably rule out "plaice".