Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
altos estructurales y cubetas
English translation:
structural highs and basins
Added to glossary by
liz askew
Aug 12, 2008 21:23
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term
altos estructurales y cubetas
Spanish to English
Law/Patents
Geology
geological report
....delimitando bloques levantados y hundidos, que se han comportado como altos estructurales y cubetas, respectivamente; ......
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | structural highs and basins |
liz askew
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| 4 | structural highs and troughs |
Eduardo Lanús
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| 3 | tall structures and buckets... |
cschwarz
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Aug 13, 2008 19:47: liz askew Created KOG entry
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structural highs and basins
PS Java Province, Southeast Sumatra, Indonesia - Province Geology
Onshore structural features comprise alternating basins and structural highs, from west to east these are the Tangerang High, Ciputat Basin, ...
pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/ofr-99-0050/OF99-50R/province.html - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
Onshore structural features comprise alternating basins and structural highs, from west to east these are the Tangerang High, Ciputat Basin, ...
pubs.usgs.gov/of/1999/ofr-99-0050/OF99-50R/province.html - 10k - Cached - Similar pages
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Eduardo Lanús
Native in Spanish
Works in field
20 years in Information Technology
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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structural highs and troughs
Trough is what I usually use for "cubeta" (it is also in the Glossary)
Reference comments
41 mins
Reference:
cubeta= basin?
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6DhWw_cYLicC&pg=PA73&lpg=...
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Discussion of basins and structural highs in the British Jurassic ...
Discussion of basins and structural highs in the British Jurassic. SIR PETER KENT writes: In discussing the structural control of Jurassic deposition in ...
jgs.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/132/6/685 - Similar pages
structural highs and basins?
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6DhWw_cYLicC&pg=PA73&lpg=...
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Note added at 43 mins (2008-08-12 22:07:01 GMT)
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Discussion of basins and structural highs in the British Jurassic ...
Discussion of basins and structural highs in the British Jurassic. SIR PETER KENT writes: In discussing the structural control of Jurassic deposition in ...
jgs.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/132/6/685 - Similar pages
structural highs and basins?
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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Enrique Espinosa
: Se refiere a bloques estructurales (en geología) los altos se llaman pilares, y las "cubetas" son fosas o cuencas, en buen español por supuesto
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Enrique Espinosa
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Specializes in field
Earth Sciences translations
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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281
Reference:
LOs altos estructurales se llaman pilares, y lo que le dicen aquí cubetas (que me parece horroroso y un insulto al idioma y a la geología) son cuencas o fosas. La traducción más adecuada en este caso es horst (pilar) y graben (fosa o cuenca) porque se trata de términología de Geología Estructural
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