Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Aufsattelung
English translation:
anticlinal uplift, anticline uplift, arch uplift
Added to glossary by
claudiocambon
Nov 23, 2009 05:08
14 yrs ago
German term
Aufsattelung
German to English
Science
Geology
Here are two sample sentences:
Die Dashte Margo (Wüste) deckt sich mit einer grossen Einmuldung die durch Längschwellen oder -aufsattelungen gegliedert ist...
Auf der linken Seite wird der Helmand-Fluss von einer Aufsattelung begleitet...."
Is it merely a saddle, a concave dip between two higher points? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Die Dashte Margo (Wüste) deckt sich mit einer grossen Einmuldung die durch Längschwellen oder -aufsattelungen gegliedert ist...
Auf der linken Seite wird der Helmand-Fluss von einer Aufsattelung begleitet...."
Is it merely a saddle, a concave dip between two higher points? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +2 | anticlinal uplift, anticline uplift, arch uplift | David Hollywood |
4 | saddle, saddle ridge | Tom Feise |
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anticlinal uplift, anticline uplift, arch uplift
anticlinal uplift, anticline uplift, arch uplift Aufsattelung f, ... for an ephemeral or transient sand wave formed on a stream or river bed (but not ...
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3 hrs
saddle, saddle ridge
am Helmand sind diese Aufsattelungen (blödes Wort) einfache saddle ridges, jedenfalls sahen sie so aus, als ich dort das letzte Mal rumgewandert bin
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-11-23 10:27:34 GMT)
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somewhere I also saw saddled ridges, which are ridges with saddle indentations, micht be what they mean here
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-11-23 10:27:34 GMT)
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somewhere I also saw saddled ridges, which are ridges with saddle indentations, micht be what they mean here
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