Aug 9, 2007 12:54
16 yrs ago
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français term
Miranda Joubioux (X)
chaos de granit
français vers anglais
Sciences
Géologie
Chaos de granit rose dans la vallée boisée, nombreuses fougères : osmondes royales, langues de cerf.
I know what this is, because I've seen what it refers to. It basically means a pile of huge granite rocks and in some instances is more a jumble of rocks than anything else, but I was wondering is there a geological term for it.
I know what this is, because I've seen what it refers to. It basically means a pile of huge granite rocks and in some instances is more a jumble of rocks than anything else, but I was wondering is there a geological term for it.
Proposed translations
(anglais)
| 3 | blockfield; stone stripes |
Bourth (X)
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| 4 +1 | granite chaos |
Marc-André Laniel
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Aug 9, 2007 12:57: writeaway changed "Field" from "Autre" to "Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "Tourisme et voyages" to "Géologie"
Proposed translations
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blockfield; stone stripes
blockfield - A continuous spread of broken, angular rock fragments (of boulder dimensions) which mantle the surface of a HIGH MOUNTAIN or PLATEAU. It will only survive on a flat or gently sloping surface; beyond critical slope angles the blocks will tend to move down the mountainside (-> stripes (block stripes)). The blocks are produced by block disintegration ...
stripes - A type of patterned ground oriented down the steepest slope gradient of a terrain influenced by marked thermal activity in the soil
[Penguin Dict. of Phys Geography]
chaos - ENTASSEMENT sans ordonnance de rochers. Ex. chaos granitique formé par accumulation de grosses boules granitique dégagées par l'érosion
[Dict. de géologie, Foucault & Raoult]
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-08-09 15:17:35 GMT)
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Or let your imagination run riot:
Rose granite needles tower above,a CHAOTIC JUMBLE OF GRANITE surrounds you. Descent into Asinau valley. 6km, 4h40, +764m, -530m. ...
www.tour-aventure.com/gb/_search/07cgrsla/
The area of Bavella is well known for rock climbing, and it possesses a rare beauty, a CHAOTIC JUMBLE OF GRANITE. The trail crosses over a ridge at 1662m. ...
www.worldwalks.com/corsica_03.htm
www.valac.nl/corsica-trekking-GR-20-South.htm
and the whole sea-face of the precipice had fallen in a CHAOTIC PILE OF BOULDERS and fragments of every variety of shape and size. ...
www.galapagos.to/TEXTS/MACY.HTM
It was big (like Aggy or OFD) and progress was made over a CHAOTIC PILE OF BOULDERS. At times we climbed up or down a steep slope and at the bottom was a ...
www.freewebs.com/ogofman/archives10cwmdwr.htm
attack and retreat, through forests of oak along stream-beds STREWN WITH A CHAOS OF GRANITE BOULDERS, beside cornfields and pastures of emerald green. ...
www.cies.org/stories/s_cdover.htm
The trail is alternately a narrow crumbling ledge and then a BOULDER-STREWN CHAOS challenging your concentration and your ankles. ...
gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/stackpole/sne_falls3.htm
Then comes an open BOULDER-STREWN SPACE, leading to a CHAOS OF HUGE GRANITE MONOLITHS the size of houses, riven and shattered and piled upon each other in ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0016-7398(192104)57%3A4%3C241%3ATLROTO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H
was nearing the end of the trek, and paused for breath at the base of the BOULDER-STREWN CHAOS that marked the final ascent. Above me, at the head of the ...
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20030301.TRPATA/T...
I remain to be convinced that "chaos" is used in English in the same cold, clinical, technical sense it is used in French.
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Note added at 23 hrs (2007-08-10 12:50:45 GMT) Post-grading
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Some might say "ESPECIALLY SINCE it is in Termium"!
stripes - A type of patterned ground oriented down the steepest slope gradient of a terrain influenced by marked thermal activity in the soil
[Penguin Dict. of Phys Geography]
chaos - ENTASSEMENT sans ordonnance de rochers. Ex. chaos granitique formé par accumulation de grosses boules granitique dégagées par l'érosion
[Dict. de géologie, Foucault & Raoult]
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-08-09 15:17:35 GMT)
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Or let your imagination run riot:
Rose granite needles tower above,a CHAOTIC JUMBLE OF GRANITE surrounds you. Descent into Asinau valley. 6km, 4h40, +764m, -530m. ...
www.tour-aventure.com/gb/_search/07cgrsla/
The area of Bavella is well known for rock climbing, and it possesses a rare beauty, a CHAOTIC JUMBLE OF GRANITE. The trail crosses over a ridge at 1662m. ...
www.worldwalks.com/corsica_03.htm
www.valac.nl/corsica-trekking-GR-20-South.htm
and the whole sea-face of the precipice had fallen in a CHAOTIC PILE OF BOULDERS and fragments of every variety of shape and size. ...
www.galapagos.to/TEXTS/MACY.HTM
It was big (like Aggy or OFD) and progress was made over a CHAOTIC PILE OF BOULDERS. At times we climbed up or down a steep slope and at the bottom was a ...
www.freewebs.com/ogofman/archives10cwmdwr.htm
attack and retreat, through forests of oak along stream-beds STREWN WITH A CHAOS OF GRANITE BOULDERS, beside cornfields and pastures of emerald green. ...
www.cies.org/stories/s_cdover.htm
The trail is alternately a narrow crumbling ledge and then a BOULDER-STREWN CHAOS challenging your concentration and your ankles. ...
gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/stackpole/sne_falls3.htm
Then comes an open BOULDER-STREWN SPACE, leading to a CHAOS OF HUGE GRANITE MONOLITHS the size of houses, riven and shattered and piled upon each other in ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0016-7398(192104)57%3A4%3C241%3ATLROTO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H
was nearing the end of the trek, and paused for breath at the base of the BOULDER-STREWN CHAOS that marked the final ascent. Above me, at the head of the ...
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20030301.TRPATA/T...
I remain to be convinced that "chaos" is used in English in the same cold, clinical, technical sense it is used in French.
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Note added at 23 hrs (2007-08-10 12:50:45 GMT) Post-grading
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Some might say "ESPECIALLY SINCE it is in Termium"!
Note from asker:
| There is nothing angular about this kind of rock formation, so I'm not sure about your first reference, as for your other ones, they just show that there is a multitude of possibilities, but I certainly can't find any definition of 'chaos' that would justify it's use as a noun. |
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Bourth for digging out lots of references with different ways of describing this. I'm not happy with using the word "chaos" even if it is in Termium. Your answer was the most helpful, so thank you."
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Marc-André Laniel
Native in français
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anglais
Also a biomedical scientist
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, anglais
Works in: anglais vers français, français vers anglais
granite chaos
According to Termium.
chaos Source CORRECT
OBS – A structural term proposed by Noble (1941, p 963-977) for a gigantic breccia associated with thrusting, consisting of a mass of large and small blocks of irregular shape collected together (with very little fine-grained material) in a stack of semidisorder. Type example: the Amargosa chaos, a widespread deposit in the Death Valley area of California (...)
Over 100 hits on Google.
chaos Source CORRECT
OBS – A structural term proposed by Noble (1941, p 963-977) for a gigantic breccia associated with thrusting, consisting of a mass of large and small blocks of irregular shape collected together (with very little fine-grained material) in a stack of semidisorder. Type example: the Amargosa chaos, a widespread deposit in the Death Valley area of California (...)
Over 100 hits on Google.
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