Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

Jordlagerföljder

English translation:

soil stratigraphy

Added to glossary by David Rumsey
Mar 27, 2018 18:21
6 yrs ago
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Swedish term

Jordlagerföljder

Swedish to English Science Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) Soil testing
Fotodokumentation där både omgivningen (vegetation etc.) runt provtagningspunkten framgår samt närbilder på jorden i varje provgrop. Jordlagerföljder och fältobservationer (lukt- och synintryck).

Proposed translations

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soil stratigraphy

I know its called soil strata when your doing layers in the soil/earth when sampling.
Found this example where the Swe summary uses your term and the Eng summary uses my suggestion. A quick search gets a lot of hits on this term.
At least you have a term for this Swedish.
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agree Cynthia Coan
1 day 18 hrs
Thanks, Cynthia!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks very much Deane! This is perfect."
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earth-layer sequences

Källspråket är Rinkebysvenska, så man kan bara gissa vad skribenten försökte att kommunicera.
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Reference comments

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Stratigraphy definition

"Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers (strata) and layering (stratification)."
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