La Terminología Geológica Flashcards

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1
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basalt

A

un basalto

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well

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el pozo

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3
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landslide

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un deslizamiento de tierra

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4
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outcrop

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un afloramiento

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5
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shore

A

la orilla

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dune

A

el duna

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ridge

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la cadena

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8
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gulley / ravine

A

el barranco / la barranca

there are differences - look up

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9
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chasm

A

la sima

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10
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dry wash

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arroyo seco

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11
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slope

A

la cuesta

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el hundimiento

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subsidence

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13
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el manejo de las aguas superficiales

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management of surface water

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un drenaje

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drain

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15
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un talud

A

bank, slope, talus

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16
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una falla activa

A

active failure

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17
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el cal

A

lime

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18
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la caliza

A

limestone

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un granito

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granite

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la lava

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lava

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21
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la magma

A

magma

22
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la tierra

A

soil

23
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el lecho de roca

A

bedrock

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el nivel freático

A

water table

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un mesa de agua encaramada

A

perched water table

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una falla inverso

A

reverse fault

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una dobledura

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fold

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una falla normal

A

normal fault

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una falla de empuje

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thrust fault

30
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decrecimiento, subsidencia

A

slow subsidence vs. sudden collapse

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erosión

A

erosion

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una arenisca

A

sandstone

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siltstone

34
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piedra de barro

A

mudstone

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un esquisto

A

shale

36
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el barro

A

mud

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A

andesite

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un alud de barro

A

mudslide

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un avalancha de nieve

A

avalanche

un alud

40
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los guijarros

A

pebbles, cobbles

la grava

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el cieno

A

silt

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una arcilla

A

clay

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la arena

A

sand

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una cicatriz

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scar

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un flujo piroclástico

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pyroclastic flow

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un embalse

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reservoir

47
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un coligallero

A

illegal miner

48
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un orero / una orera

A

gold miner

49
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un desnivel

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ramp, slope, drop, escarpment, scarp, unevenness

50
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el agua limpia

A

clean water

51
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el acantilado
acantilado, acantilada

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cliff (sustantivo)
steep (adjectivo)