Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

metacorsios

English translation:

metarkose

Added to glossary by Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
May 4, 2011 17:05
13 yrs ago
Portuguese term

metacorsios

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Forestry / Wood / Timber Transport
O material de origem dos solos no Núcleo de Produção SP1 é o dominado pelo embasamento
cristalino do Proterozóico superior (micaxistos, quartzo micaxistos com intercalações de
metassiltitos, metagrauvacas, metarcósios, calcários dolomiticos, entre outros).
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May 6, 2011 12:15: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun Created KOG entry

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Portuguese term (edited): metarcósio [Geologia, Rochas]

meta-arkose [Geology, Rocks]

(…) Geology
The Tyin reservoir is situated (...) The stratigraphy of the area is rather complex. The eastern part of the area consists of mainly Cambrosilurian phyllite. These rocks are overthrusted by a large complex called the Jotun-Valdres Nappa Complex, consisting of Precambrian and Cambrosilurian rocks. (...) Just above this is a small zone of heterogeneous gneiss, quartzite and mica schist, followed by a large unit of META-ARKOSE and conglomerate. A new thrust zone divides the META-ARKOSE from a unit of the so-called Jotunheim Complex, consisting mainly of gneiss, gabbro, amphibolite and pyroxene-granulite. The power station area and the lower part of the pressure tunnel are located within these rocks. (…)

http://www.convertingtoday.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=2&sto...
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ARKOSE: A sandstone that contains at least 25% feldspar. Easily recognized because the feldspar grains are typically pink and angular in shape

http://geology.com

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