Glossary entry

Russian term or phrase:

кираса

English translation:

ferricrete

Added to glossary by Useinova
Aug 29, 2012 18:59
12 yrs ago
Russian term

кираса

Russian to English Science Geology
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Proposed translations (English)
5 +3 ferricrete
5 +1 сuirasse
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Jack slep Aug 30, 2012:
While I don't question Sergey's copying of the definition of "кираса" (French cuisasse) from Vol. 1 Geol. Slovar, Moscow, 1973, I think, feel the equivalent term "ferricrete" is more understandable and universal. But that's just my opinion, having translated Russian geologic journal for some 52 years, wherein many, many minerals and their names are of Russian origin. This just isn't one of them....

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A Primer Of Conservation Genetics - Page 266 - Google Books Result
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Richard Frankham, Jonathan D. Ballou, David Anthony Briscoe - 2004 - Nature - 220 pages
'cuirasse'), so that they end up as the high ground in the new topography.
Inverted landscapes with ferricrete- Ferricrete kaolisols capped plateaux are ...
RUN: La cuirasse ferrugineuse conglomératique de Cabatuquila ...

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Dec 14, 2010 – dc.subject, Conglomerate ferricrete, en_US. dc.subject, Plio-Pleistocene, en_US. dc.title, La cuirasse ferrugineuse conglomératique de ...
Regolith geology and geomorphology - Page 248 - Google Books Result
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Graham Taylor, R. A. Eggleton - 2001 - Science - 375 pages
In profiles that have been described as having formed in situ in seasonally
tropical climates, Nahon & Tardy (1992) describe the ferricrete (cuirasse) as the
result ...
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Paper 42

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by P Freyssinet - Cited by 10 - Related articles
crust, cuirasse, ferricrete) are mostly developed under tropical climates characterized by alternating wet and dry seasons (i.e., savannah cli- mates). In Africa, the ...
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Petrological and geochemical classification of laterites

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Ferricretes or 'cuirasses ferrugineuses' stricto sensu are indurated iron concentrations, showing generally a noticeable nodulation. The words ferricrete, calcrete ...
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The ferruginous laterites

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cuirasse (ferricrete). Dissolution and replacement of the kaolinite is at a maxi- mum when hematite is most abundant and most aluminous (7-15 mole % Al,O,).
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agree Sergey Saveliev : Thanks, Jack! I'll bear this in mind.
17 mins
That's fine, Sergey, it was just a suggestion...
agree cyhul
13 hrs
Thanks again, cyhul!
agree svetlana cosquéric
20 hrs
Lana, thank you!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot! "
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сuirasse

плотная почва крупно-и мелкобобового сложения, реже пористая, кавернозная, состоящая из кремнезема, глинозема, окислов и гидроокислов железа
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agree Sergei V. Kasyanov
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