avantfosă

English translation: foreland basin

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Romanian term or phrase:avantfosă
English translation:foreland basin
Entered by: Cosmin Băduleţeanu

09:56 Oct 14, 2012
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology / plan refacere mediu
Romanian term or phrase: avantfosă
Într-un plan de refacere a mediului, la descrierea cadrului natural, se precizează:

"Din punct de vedere structural, zona comunei ... este situată la limita dintre flancul vestic al Depresiunii medio-jurasice a Bârladului şi extremitatea estică a zonei externe a avantfosei Carpaţilor Orientali."
Cosmin Băduleţeanu
Romania
Local time: 05:27
foreland basin / foredeep
Explanation:

Corect e avanfosă (fără t).

AVANFOSSA : foredeep (marginal depression in the area towards which orogenic uplift is chiefly oriented) - dicţ. italian-englez:
http://www.itrigotti.it/humanae-litterae/6-humanae-litterae/...

Foredeep e însă parte componentă din aceste "foreland basins":

Foreland basin system ... consists of four discrete depozones, referred to as the wedge-top, foredeep, forebulge and back-bulge depozones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreland_basin

O revistă bilingvă de geologie: Carpathian Vorland (în "abstract"), însă în corpul articolului au tradus avanfosă simplu cu "depression".
http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/forumgeografic/files/revistaforu...

Eu aş zice foreland basin.



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Note added at 6 hrs (2012-10-14 15:57:49 GMT)
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V. şi aici:
Foredeeps (also known as foreland basins and formerly as exogeosynclines) are linear asymmetric depressions...
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic569415.files/hoff...

AVANFOSĂ s. f. depresiune alungită a scoarței terestre, între un lanț muntos cutat și o platformă
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Cristina Crişan
Romania
Local time: 05:27
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Mulţumesc, MCristy!
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4 +2foreland basin / foredeep
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Foreland basin
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foreland basin / foredeep


Explanation:

Corect e avanfosă (fără t).

AVANFOSSA : foredeep (marginal depression in the area towards which orogenic uplift is chiefly oriented) - dicţ. italian-englez:
http://www.itrigotti.it/humanae-litterae/6-humanae-litterae/...

Foredeep e însă parte componentă din aceste "foreland basins":

Foreland basin system ... consists of four discrete depozones, referred to as the wedge-top, foredeep, forebulge and back-bulge depozones.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreland_basin

O revistă bilingvă de geologie: Carpathian Vorland (în "abstract"), însă în corpul articolului au tradus avanfosă simplu cu "depression".
http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/forumgeografic/files/revistaforu...

Eu aş zice foreland basin.



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Note added at 6 hrs (2012-10-14 15:57:49 GMT)
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V. şi aici:
Foredeeps (also known as foreland basins and formerly as exogeosynclines) are linear asymmetric depressions...
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic569415.files/hoff...

AVANFOSĂ s. f. depresiune alungită a scoarței terestre, între un lanț muntos cutat și o platformă

Cristina Crişan
Romania
Local time: 05:27
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Mulţumesc, MCristy!

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agree  RODICA CIOBANU
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agree  Svetlana Virjnevschi: Si eu i-as zice "foreland basin"
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1 day 2 hrs
Reference: Foreland basin

Reference information:
Vedeti si link-ul de mai jos, mi s-a parut util:


    Reference: http://geology.uaic.ro/auig/art%20arch/pag.%2097-104%20%28lu...
Svetlana Virjnevschi
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