Weiselien

English translation: Weichselien

23:17 Mar 1, 2011
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology
Dutch term or phrase: Weiselien
Possibly a geological time period?
stephkg (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:21
English translation:Weichselien
Explanation:
This from deltawerken.com

The first time that ice covered the Netherlands was during the Elsterien period, and the second time was during the Saalien period. During the Saalien, the Dutch landscape was radically changed: lateral moraine and boulder clay were deposited. Enormous boulders were also transported into the Netherlands. Between 2700 and 2400 B.C. these stones were used to build megalithic tombs. After the second ice age, the sea gradually withdrew. Loam and peat sediments originate from the period after the Netherlands' ice ages. A third ice age, the Weichselien, never reached the Dutch border. However, strong cold winds shifted large quantities of sand around the country.

Weichselien and Saalien seem to be geological ages exclusive to Holland, so IMO they would be proper nouns.
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Weichselien


Explanation:
This from deltawerken.com

The first time that ice covered the Netherlands was during the Elsterien period, and the second time was during the Saalien period. During the Saalien, the Dutch landscape was radically changed: lateral moraine and boulder clay were deposited. Enormous boulders were also transported into the Netherlands. Between 2700 and 2400 B.C. these stones were used to build megalithic tombs. After the second ice age, the sea gradually withdrew. Loam and peat sediments originate from the period after the Netherlands' ice ages. A third ice age, the Weichselien, never reached the Dutch border. However, strong cold winds shifted large quantities of sand around the country.

Weichselien and Saalien seem to be geological ages exclusive to Holland, so IMO they would be proper nouns.


    Reference: http://www.deltawerken.com/Geology-of-the-Netherlands/112.ht...
Dave Greatrix
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Local time: 13:21
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barend van Zadelhoff: In the beginning of the last glaciation (Würm/Weichselien) fallow deer left the north but continued to live in the south http://www.knepp.co.uk/Other_docs/surveys/Knepp Feasibility ...
19 mins

agree  Oliver Pekelharing
7 hrs

agree  dorotheez: Tijdens de laatste twee ijstijden (Weiselien & Saalien) vindt sterke erosie plaats in de Belgische en Nederlandse Kempen.
8 hrs
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