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Loch- und Schalenverwitterungen

English translation: honeycomb weathering and panholes

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German term or phrase:Loch- und Schalenverwitterungen
English translation:honeycomb weathering and panholes
Entered by: Anna McVeigh

13:22 Jan 3, 2012
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology / Elba
German term or phrase: Loch- und Schalenverwitterungen
Zu den geologischen Spezialitäten, die die Wanderungen am Monte Capanne so abwechslungsreich gestalten, zählen Loch- und Schalenverwitterungen (Tafoni, Opferkessel).
Anna McVeigh
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:10
honeycomb weathering and panholes
Explanation:
Tafoni – honeycomb weathering

http://nwgeology.wordpress.com/the-fieldtrips/the-chuckanut-...

Die horizontalen und dadurch besser befeuchteten Oberfl äche einiger Fe1 sburgen sind zernarbt oder löchrig Dabei handelt es sich um Formen der Narben-/Lochverwitterung (pitting, honeycomb weathering).
http://epic-reports.awi.de/81/1/BerPolarforsch198966.pdf

A panhole is a depressed, erosional feature found on flat or gently sloping rock. Panholes are the result of long-term weathering and are generally seen on bedrock or very large blocks of rock. Similar terms are gnamma (Australia), opferkessel (German, roughly “sacrificial basin”), “armchair hollows”, weathering pans (or pits) and solution pans (or pits). Other German names include kamenitza and kamenica.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhole
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honeycomb weathering and panholes


Explanation:
Tafoni – honeycomb weathering

http://nwgeology.wordpress.com/the-fieldtrips/the-chuckanut-...

Die horizontalen und dadurch besser befeuchteten Oberfl äche einiger Fe1 sburgen sind zernarbt oder löchrig Dabei handelt es sich um Formen der Narben-/Lochverwitterung (pitting, honeycomb weathering).
http://epic-reports.awi.de/81/1/BerPolarforsch198966.pdf

A panhole is a depressed, erosional feature found on flat or gently sloping rock. Panholes are the result of long-term weathering and are generally seen on bedrock or very large blocks of rock. Similar terms are gnamma (Australia), opferkessel (German, roughly “sacrificial basin”), “armchair hollows”, weathering pans (or pits) and solution pans (or pits). Other German names include kamenitza and kamenica.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhole


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Schalenverwitterung
exfoliation


Explanation:
Google some of these terms, lots of info:

exfoliation dome
granite dome
'onion skin' weathering http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/weather...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exfoliation_(geology)
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/pid/3563;jsessionid=3F08E65E2D...

Für die Schalenverwitterung oder Exfoliation (wörtlich abblättern von lateinisch folium = Blatt) ist die Bildung von glockenartigen Bergformen typisch. Ein Beispiel hierfür ist der berühmte Zuckerhut bei Rio de Janeiro. (link below)

See also:
Weathering pits called opferkessel form atop rock exposures due to chemical and physical weathering.

Honeycomb weathering

Lochverwitterung/Tafoni-Verwitterung

http://www.tafoni.com/Welcome.html

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Note added at 48 mins (2012-01-03 14:10:48 GMT)
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Honeycomb and onion skin weathering! interesting combination ;)

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-01-03 15:02:16 GMT)
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http://books.google.de/books?id=5iGkfQmKgxcC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA1...


Example sentence(s):
  • What Are They? Tafoni are ellipsoidal, pan- to bowl-shaped, natural rock cavities. These cavernous weathering features include tiny pits, softball-sized cavities, truck-sized caves, and nested and cellular honeycomb forms.

    Reference: http://www.ulmer.de/Physikalische-Verwitterung,QUlEPTE0MDE1J...
    Reference: http://www.tafoni.com/Definition.html
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