Oct 24, 2012 16:47
11 yrs ago
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Italian term
calcoscisto
Italian to English
Science
Geology
Comes from the website of a vineyard and is talking about the soil in the vineyard region.
The full sentence is:
"Le analisi confermarono l’età del terreno, 50 milioni di anni, contro i 5 delle vicine crete, e la tipologia della roccia, scistosa calcarea, con un calcoscisto che sotto il primo strato di circa 40cm si estende oltre un metro di profondità"
It is obviously related to "scistosa calcarea" ("Schist limestone?") but I cannot find much trace of this word hunting around
many thanks for your suggestions
The full sentence is:
"Le analisi confermarono l’età del terreno, 50 milioni di anni, contro i 5 delle vicine crete, e la tipologia della roccia, scistosa calcarea, con un calcoscisto che sotto il primo strato di circa 40cm si estende oltre un metro di profondità"
It is obviously related to "scistosa calcarea" ("Schist limestone?") but I cannot find much trace of this word hunting around
many thanks for your suggestions
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | calcareous schist | philgoddard |
4 +1 | calc-schist or calcschist | kylephillips |
References
Typo for calcescisto | James (Jim) Davis |
Proposed translations
46 mins
Selected
calcareous schist
With thanks to Jim for pointing out that it's a typo for calcescisto.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks a lot Phil"
+1
14 hrs
Italian term (edited):
calcoscisto (should be calcescisto)
calc-schist or calcschist
"A metamorphosed argillaceous limestone with a schistose structure produced by parallelism of platy minerals. AGI Source: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and ..."
Incidentally, a scistosa calcarea would be a calcareous schist.
Incidentally, a scistosa calcarea would be a calcareous schist.
Note from asker:
thanks very much for your help, much appreciated! |
Reference comments
31 mins
Discussion
cheers, Tom