muro

English translation: bottom

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Spanish term or phrase:muro
English translation:bottom
Entered by: S Ben Price

09:41 Nov 4, 2020
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Science - Geology
Spanish term or phrase: muro
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Castilian Spanish to UK English
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ORIG
Serie estratigráfica.
La parte superior de cada estrato se llama techo, la inferior, muro y la superficie de separación cada dos estratos, plano de estratificación. Potencia del estrato es el espesor comprendido entre el techo y el muro.

ROUGH DRAFT
Stratigraphic series
Each stratum is divided into an top section, a bottom section, and the area separating the layers (called a stratification plane). The thickness of the stratum is also measured.
S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 17:25
bottom
Explanation:
a bed of sedimentary rock has a bottom and a top; beds are separated by bedding planes; the vertical distance between two bedding planes is the bed thickness; bed is generally more commonly used in English than stratum, although the term strata is found too, meaning a sequence of beds. In referring to a complete sequence, the terms base and top are often used. Beds beneath are called underlying, and those above are called overlying.
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Cornelius Gillen
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Local time: 16:25
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5bottom
Cornelius Gillen
4 -1foot wall
Manuel Aburto
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liz askew

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foot wall


Explanation:
Diccionario para Ingenieros
Luis A. Robb

Muro: m, wall; (min) foot wall

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/footwall

foot·wall (fo͝ot′wôl′)
n. Geology
1. The mass of rock underlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
2. The underlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.


    https://www.thefreedictionary.com/footwall
Manuel Aburto
Nicaragua
Local time: 10:25
Native speaker of: Spanish

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disagree  Cornelius Gillen: the term is stratigraphic here; the correct answer is bottom (it is a bed); footwall relates to faulting or mining
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bottom


Explanation:
a bed of sedimentary rock has a bottom and a top; beds are separated by bedding planes; the vertical distance between two bedding planes is the bed thickness; bed is generally more commonly used in English than stratum, although the term strata is found too, meaning a sequence of beds. In referring to a complete sequence, the terms base and top are often used. Beds beneath are called underlying, and those above are called overlying.

Example sentence(s):
  • The bottom of the sandstone bed is coarse, and grades up to siltstone at the top.

    https://www.americangeosciences.org/pubs/glossary
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Reference comments


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Reference information:
Rock strata | Article about Rock strata by The Free Dictionaryencyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com › Rock+strata
in geology, the principal form of occurrence of sedimentary rocks, reflecting their sequential deposition. A stratum has more or less homogeneous composition and is confined by two roughly parallel surfaces (the upper is the ceiling and the lower is the sole). ... Strata may also be composed of metamorphic rocks.

liz askew
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neutral  Cornelius Gillen: top and bottom of a bed / layer / stratum (not top and bottom *section*); surface separating ... (not area)
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