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Clinker, slag
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Toe
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slope/sloping
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Die
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Lean
Tectonic
Partner
conveyor
Grinding mill-barring
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Agglomerate
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Pull
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Drive
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Dump
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cloak
Slash
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Day light
Chip
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Tin
Timber
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Sample
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Bore
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Drill
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Precipitate
Regrind
Saw
Hardening, harden
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Misfire
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shear, shearing
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ply
Scalping grizzly
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swell, swells An oceanic water
wave with a wavelength on the
order of 30 meters or more and a
height of perhaps 2 meters or less
that may travel great distances
from its source. Persistence of
wind-formed waves after wind
ceases
thermal sand reclamation uses
heat in a rotary kiln, multiplehearth furnaces, or a fluidized bed
to combust binders and
contaminants
wet sand reclamation uses
water to remove sand binders; the
process uses on the different
water solubilities of sand and
binders to separate the two; clay
clay bonded systems work well
with water reclamation processes
because the clays are very soluble
in water; sodium silicate sand
binders can also be removed using
wet reclamation; other less
soluble binders may not be as
effective; after the sand is soaked
in a water bath it is dried and
reused
abrasion A form of mechanical
weathering that occurs when
loose fragments or particles of
rocks and minerals that are being
transported, as by water or air,
collide with each other or scrape
the surfaces of stationary rocks
accretionary wedge A mass of
sediment and oceanic lithosphere
that is transferred from a
subducting plate to the less
dense, overriding plate with which
it converges
alluvial fan A triangular deposit
of sediment left by a stream that
has lost velocity upon entering a
broad, relatively flat valley
arte A sharp ridge of erosionresistant rock formed between
adjacent cirque glaciers
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stratovolcano A cone-shaped
volcano built from alternating
layers of pyroclastics and viscous
andesitic lava. Stratovolcanos
tend to be very large and steep
streak The color of a mineral in
its powdered form. This color is
usually determined by rubbing the
mineral against an unglazed
porcelain slab and observing the
mark made by it on the slab
stream A body of water found
on the Earth's surface and
confined to a narrow topographic
depression, down which it flows
and transports rock particles,
sediment, and dissolved particles.
Rivers, creeks, brooks, and runs
are all streams
stream discharge The volume of
water to pass a given point on a
stream bank per unit of time,
usually expressed in cubic meters
of water per second
stream terrace A level, relatively
flatm plain lying above and
running parallel to a stream bed
(valley) , with a steep bank
separating it either from the
floodplain, or from a lower
terrace, formed when a stream's
bed erodes to a substantially
lower level, leaving its floodplain
high above it
stress The force acting on a rock
or another solid to deform it,
measured in kilograms per square
centimeter or pounds per square
inch
striation One of a group of
usually parallel scratches
engraved in bedrock by a glacier
or other geological agent
strike 1 The horizontal line
marking the intersection between
the inclined plane of a solid
geological structure and the
Earth's surface. 2. The compass
direction of this line, measured in
degrees from true north
strike-slip fault A fault in which
two sections of rock have moved
horizontally in opposite directions,
parallel to the line of the fracture
that divided them. Strike-slip
faults are caused by shearing
stress
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Differential weathering
Weathering that occurs at
different rates, as the result of
variations in composition and
mechanical resistance of rocks, or
differences in the intensity of
weathering processes
Differentiated planet One that is
chemically zoned because heavy
materials have sunk to the center
and light materials have
accumulated in a crust
Differentiation The process of
developing more than one rock
type, in situ, from a common
magma
Dilatancy An increase in the
bulk volume of rock caused by
stress and during deformation.
Possibly related to the migration
of water into microfractures or
pores
Dip slip fault A fault on which
the movement is parallel to the
dip of the fault plane
Direct Iron Ore Smelting (DIOS)
The DIOS process is a cokeless
iron-making procedure; molten
iron is produced from coal and
previously melted ores; in this
process, coal and other ores can
produce enough heat to melt ore,
replacing coke completely (USEPA,
1995)
Discordant Cutting across
surrounding strata
Dissolution A chemical reaction
in which a solid material is
dispersed as ions in a liquid.
Example Halite (nacl) undergoes
dissolution when placed in water
Dissolved load Amount of
material that water carries in
solution
Distributary channels Stream
channels that fan out from the
upstream point of the delta and
carry the sediments that build the
delta
Divergent boundary Boundary
between two crustal plates that
are pulling apart
Dolostone A carbonate rock
made up predominately of the
mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2
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Echo-sounder An oceanographic
instrument that emits sound
pulses into the water and
measures its depth by the time
elapsed before they return
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Eutrophication A
superabundance of algal life in a
body of water; caused by an
unusual influx of nitrate,
phosphate, or other nutrients. The
process of aging of lakes by the
addition of nutrients
Evaporite, evaporate A chemical
sedimentary rock consisting of
minerals precipitated by
evaporating waters, especially salt
and gypsum. A mineral or rock
deposited directly from a solution
(commonly seawater) during
evaporation. For example, gypsum
and halite are evaporite minerals
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Exfoliation A physical
weathering process in which
sheets of rock are fractured and
detached from an outcrop; the
process by which concentric
scales, plates, or shells of rock are
stripped or spall from the bare
surface of a large rock mass
Exfoliation dome A large domeshaped form that develops in
homogeneous crystalline rocks as
the result of exfoliation
Exotic river A river that is able
to maintain its flow through a
desert because of water received
from outside the desert
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Fault-block mountain A
mountain or range formed as a
horst when it was elevated
between parallel normal faults
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Gouge
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Greenschist A metamorphic
schist containing chlorite and
epidote (which are green) and
formed by low-temperature, lowpressure metamorphism
Greenstone belt A region of
greenstones, one of two
characteristic regions within
cratons
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Kyshtymite Corund-rich
anorthosite rock, known from
Barsovska, near Kyshtym in the
Ural (Morozewicz, 1898)
Lag time The delay in the
response of stream flow between
precipitation and flood peak
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Lahar A mudflow of
unconsolidated volcanic ash, dust,
breccia, and boulders mixed with
rain or the water of a lake
displaced by a lava flow,
composed chiefly of pyroclastic
material on the flanks of a volcano
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Lujavrite. It is a nepheline
syenite. It is a greyishgreen to
black, middle to coarse grained
intrusive rock. It occurs in alkaline
intrusions. The main constituents
are amphibole, aegirine nepheline
and feldspar. Lujavrite has a
trachytoide structure. AegirineHornblende Lujavrite is an
Aegirine-Hornblende rich variety.
Eudialyte-Lujavrite consists of
nepheline, aegirine, microcline
and eudialyte. LovozeriteLujavrite is a rare rock. It is very
similar to eudialyte-lujavrite, with
lovozerite replacing eudialyte.
Lovozerite-lujavrite occurs in
small lenses in eudialyte-lujavrite.
The type locality for Lujavrite is
Angvundaschorr (Brgger 1890)
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Panthalassa A hypothetical
primeval ocean covering twothirds of the world except for the
continent of Pangaea
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Superposed stream,
superimposed stream. A stream
that flows through resistant
formations because its course was
established at a higher level on
uniform rocks before down-cutting
began. A stream that was
established on a new surface and
then, as it cut downward,
maintained its course despite
encountering different lithologies
in the process
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Thermoremnant magnetization,
thermoremanent magnetism A
permanent magnetization
acquired by igneous rocks in the
presence of the Earth's magnetic
field as they cool through the
Curie point. The magnetism of a
mineral that it is acquired as it
cools below its Curie point
Threshold of movement The
point at which a slope or slope
material crosses from a condition
of stability to one of instability
and movement begins
Thrust sheet A body of rock
above a large-scale thrust fault
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Urtite A nephelinesyenite. It is a
dark greenish-grey fine to
medium grained intrusive rock,
occurring in alkaline intrusions. It
consists of nepheline (70-90%)
with aegirine and feldspar. Urtite
has a porphyric structure. The
type locality of Urtite is Parga in
Lovozero (Ramsay 1896)
US Geological Survey, USGS
USDA Soil Classification System
A classification of soils on the
basis of the processes and
conditions by which they form.
Compare Comprehensive Soil
Classification System
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[min]
Nitrate deposit
Personnel carrier
Grade point
Pressure washer
Jumbo driller
Pit wall, pitwall slide
Shotcrete machine
Latitudes and departures
Footwall drift
Three-deck stage
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[civ] [min]
[min]
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[civ] [min]
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[alpinism]
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Leaving pillars
Alluvial fan
[geo]
[geo]
Gaping
Abbcite
abyss, ravine
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Hose clamp
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[civ] [min]
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[geo]
[min] [pet]
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[alpinism]
[geo]
Wealth
[geo]
Channeling
Cliff, bluff
[geo]
[geo]
Haul (to)
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[civ] [min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Interworking
Potencial earthquake loading
Lubricator, line oiler, oiler
[geo]
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Pine oil
mineral oil
[met]
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[min]
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[min]
[met]
[min]
[met]
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[met]
[met]
[min]
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[alpinism]
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[geo]
bailer
dewater (to)
Acicular, acicle, aciculate like a
needle in shape
Acidizing of wells
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Acero al manganeso
Acero calmado
Acero colado, acero fundido
Acero efervescente
Acero forjado
Acero inoxidable
Aceros de armadura
Aceros tempcore
Achar (del aragons) Brecha, lugar de
paso estrecho y obligado, faralln rocoso
Achatamiento (1) Cifra que expresa en
forma de quebrado la relacin entre la
diferencia de los radios ecuatorial y polar y
el radio ecuatorial. Si el radio ecuatorial,
semieje mayor, es a y el radio polar,
semieje menor, es b el achatamiento ser
(a-b)/a. En el esferoide Internacional de
Hayford adoptado desde 1924 el
achatamiento de la Tierra es 1/297. En el
esferoide de Clarke de 1866 es 1/295; (2)
Disminucin de volumen que presenta en
los polos un modelo esfrico terico que
representa la Tierra
achicador, cuchara de sondeo
achicar, agotar, desaguar
Acicular se dice de los cristales alrgados
o semejantes a una aguja
Acidacin o acidificacin de pozos de
petrleo
cido carbnico
[geo]
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Unravel
Aclinic
conditioner
Rod coupling
Tailpiece fitting
Recumbent
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[met] [pet]
[min]
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[geo]
[geo]
acre
[geo]
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[geo]
actividad hidrotrmica
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aqueduct
Multilayer aquifer
Aquifer A water bearing
(permeable) formation, rock or
regolith, that is capable of
transmitting water in quantities
sufficient to be used as a source
of water supply
Aquitard A layer of rock having
low permeability that greatly
slows the movement of ground
water
Buildup, build-ups
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Accumulator A cylinder
containing water or oil under
pressure to maintain a constant
pressure in hydraulic lines for
crushers, hydraulic presses,
hoists, winches, etcIt also serves
to absorb hydraulic shock
day bins
Scaling; bar down
[min]
Petering, pinching
Balk
Scale (to)
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[chem]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[geo]
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[alpinism]
Bond
[civ] [min]
[min]
[min]
acueducto
Acufero de varias capas
Acufero, capa acufera, capa o manto
fretico formacin geolgica permeable
que contiene suficiente material saturado
permeable, capaz de suministrar
cantidades significativas de agua
subterrnea a los pozos o manantiales
Acuitardo Formacin(es) geolgica(s) de
baja conductividad hidrulica, tpicamente
saturada, que suministra una cantidad
limitada de agua a los pozos
Acumulacin, formacin o deposicin,
depsitos Abandono de material aluvial
durante su transporte en un proceso de
erosin cualquiera
Acumulador Un cilindro que contiene
agua o aceite a presin para mantener la
presin constante en tuberas hidrulicas
para chancadoras, prensa hidrulicas,
elevadores, cabrestantes, etcTambin sirve
para absorber choques hidrulicos
acumuladores externos
Acuadura, acuar, desquiciar, desquinche,
[Co] limpieza de galera, [Ch] [Es] saneo,
[Mx] palanque
Acuamiento
Acuamiento del manto
Acuar, desquiciar, sanear, retirar bloques
semi desprendidos
Acuarse
Acuosa
Acusacin, denuncia
Adamantino, diamantino
Adamellita Granitoide de composicin
similar a un monzogranito
Adherencia Por el efecto del peso del
alpinista sobre una presa la suela de las
botas se engancha a las rugosidades de la
piedra. En muchos casos esta adherencia
ha de ser forzada por un impulso de dos
fuerzas opuestas
Adherencia, [Mx] [Pe] amarre, (concreto)
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[geo]
Bulking agent
Adobe
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xanthate adsortion
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Aerolite
airport
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[alpinism]
Affinity
Blossom
outcrop, rock outcrop, basset,
crop, exposure a segment of
bedrock exposed to the
atmosphere
[met]
[geo]
[min]
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[alpinism]
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[alpinism]
Hang-up
[min]
[geo]
Blasting agents
[min]
pudding
Agglomeration
[met]
[met]
[geo]
Agglomerator drums
Binder
Clinkering
Baking
Stick together
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Depleted
Deplete, dwindle away
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[met]
[chem]
Afinidad
Afloramiento oxidado
afloramiento, crestn, faralln, roca
aflorante, asomo parte de un terreno
visible en la superficie de la tierra; rea
total en la que una unidad rocosa
determinada, filn o estructura, aparece
en la superficie del terreno o
inmediatamente debajo de los sedimentos
superficiales, ya sea visible o no
Aflorar
Afluente
AFO (anlisis funcional de operabilidad),
sistema de identificacin de riesgos
Aforo Accin y efecto de evaluar y
medir, por ejemplo, manantiales
Agarre Agujero o saliente que presenta
la pared, gracias a los cuales es posible
efectuar la escalada
Agarre, material que al encajarse entre s
en una tolva, chute, embudo, o conducto
de extraccin, impide el flujo normal de
salida
gata
Agente reductor ambiente o sustancia
qumica que induce la reduccin mientras
este se oxida
Agentes explosivos, [Ch] agentes de
tronadura, explosivos detonantes
formulados fundamentalmente a base de
nitrato amnico. Difieren sustancialmente
de los altos explosivos (formulados a base
de nitroglicerina) por su mayor seguridad
de manipulacin y por su menor
sensibilidad al choque o friccin
agitado de la fundicin
Aglomeracin proceso para hacer bolitas
Aglomerado Trmino utilizado para
denominar a las ruditas piroclsticas con
cantos redondeados o subredondeados de
tamao superior a 32 micras
Aglomeradores de tambor
Aglomerante, liga, cebo, ligador, ligante
Aglutinacin
Aglutinante
Aglutinar
Agnico Nombre que recibe la superficie
terrestre que no tiene declinacin
magntica
Agotado, vaciado, depletado
Agotar, vaciar
Twing
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[geo]
[alpinism]
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[geo]
Jointy, cracky
Splitting
surveyor
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Brittle
[min]
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[geo]
[geo]
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[geo]
Atmospheric water
Capillary water Water in the
zone of aeration held to soil
particles by surface tension of the
water molecules for each other
and for the soil particle
frozen/glue/distilled/fresh water
Boiler feed water
Crevice water
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Agua de formacin
[min]
[min] [met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
Agua meterica
[geo]
Agua potable
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Aquamarine
Backwater
Perched groundwater/water table
An isolated body of groundwater that is perched above and
separated from the main water
table by an aquiclude. A water
table that develops at a higher
elevation than the main water
table
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
boom
[min]
Pricker
[geo]
Volcanic spine
Ozone hole Decrease of ozone in
the stratosphere
dead head (to)
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aire
[geo]
[geo]
Agua subyacente
Agua superficial Son los cuerpos
naturales de agua, tales como ros,
arroyos, manantiales, y lagos, al igual que
los cursos de aguas artificiales como
canales de regado, industriales y de
navegacin, en contacto directo con la
atmsfera
Aguamarina
Aguas detenidas
Aguas freticas aisladas, nivel de aguas
colgadas Normalmente se refiere a las
aguas freticas de la tabla de agua en una
zona saturada de agua, pero donde debajo
de la cual, yace otra tabla de agua de una
zona no saturada. Frecuentemente se
produce a raz de una capa de baja
permeabilidad que causa que las aguas
infiltrantes se aslen o que se colecten
encima de la capa de baja permeabilidad
Aguas residuales
aguas subyacentes
Agudo Dcese de un pico acabado en
punta
aguiln, brazo mecnico se refiere
normalmente a los brazos mecnicos
articulados que equipan a perforadoras
tipo jumbo, rozadoras, etc
Aguja Dcese de una punta o roca
puntiaguda
Aguja volcnica
Agujero de la capa de ozono
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Fault wall
Synclinal limb
Wire, basic element of a wire
rope, usually round but
sometimes shaped. It is colddrawn to the desired diameter and
desired physical properties after
special heat-treating
High carbon wire rod
[geo]
[geo]
[tec]
Lead wire
[min]
Black wire
Aircraft cable
Wire rods
Rods for wire-works
Reach
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[min]
[min]
[tec]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
albite
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[alpinism]
[fisc]
[mec] [met]
[alpinism]
[min]
???
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Multi-plate culvert
Sewer plates
Track spike
Spad
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[civ] [min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
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???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
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[geo]
???
[geo]
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[geo]
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[geo]
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[geo]
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[geo]
Plant feed
Ross feeder, chain feeder
Grizzly feeder
Reclaim feeder
[met]
[mec] [min]
[min]
[min]
Aleatorio
Alema Porcin de agua de regado que
se reparte por turno a los usuarios
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) Leguminosa
vivaz, planta forrajera. Tiene races muy
largas, varios tallos ramificados y flores de
color prpura que se desarrollan dentro de
pequeas vainas. Resistente a la sequa, al
calor y al fro. Por su rpido y denso
desarrollo puede producir rendimientos
muy altos por hectrea unas 20
toneladas en regado. Se usa como pasto
verde, como forraje (conservado en silos)
y como heno. Los Estados Unidos
producen el 50% del total mundial y
Argentina el 40%
Algodn (Gossypium herbaceum)
Arbusto anual que crece principalmente en
regiones subtropicales y produce flores
que dan unas cpsulas que revientan
dejando al descubierto una bola de fibras.
La longitud de estas fibras vara de 6,5
centmetros, la fibra larga que se usa para
el algodn fino, a 0,60 centmetros, la
fibra corta que es el algodn ms burdo.
Los principales productores son Rusia,
China, India, Brasil y los Estados Unidos.
Ver tambin semilla de algodn
Aliasing Aspecto dentado o escalonado
que presentan las lneas y mrgenes que
aparecen en una representacin raster
Alcuota Muestra representativa de una
cantidad mayor de muestras
Alidada (1) Aparato que se utiliza para
determinar visuales y medir ngulos o
trazar sus direcciones. Es una regla
provista de dos visores, uno en cada
extremo, o (en los modelos ms
perfeccionados) de un telescopio colocado
paralelamente a la regla; (2) ndice de
cualquier aparato de topografa graduado.
Por ejemplo un sextante
Alidada de plancheta Alidada equipada
con una regla que permite trazar sobre
una plancheta las direcciones de las
visuales obtenidas. Actualmente suele ir
provista de un visor estadimtrico
Alimentacin de la planta
Alimentador de cadenas
Alimentador de parrilla o de rejilla
Alimentador reciclador
[min]
[geo]
???
[geo]
???
Stress relief
[geo]
[civ] [mec]
[min]
[leg]
Allotment
[min]
Ore bin
[min] [met]
[civ] [env]
[min]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Cold storage
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[min]
Allochthonous, allochthon
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[geo]
bunkhouse
Rooms
[min] [pet]
[geo]
Allomorphic
[geo]
Allogenic, Allogene
[geo]
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???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Tar oil
Offing
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Phyllic/argillic/clayey alteration
Weathered
Alternating
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Height
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Structural highs
High explosives
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Bench height
Height of explosive column
Lift height
Apparent throw
Back height
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Overwind distance
Piezometric head
[min]
[geo] [civ]
[pet]
[geo]
Eminence
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Dust avalanche
Alum mine
Aluminum
[geo]
[geo]
[chem]
[geo]
Auriferous alluvial
Pay dirt, paydirt, pay gravel (col)
Honeycomb
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Amalgam
Grinding pan
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Pug mill
[mec] [met]
Amethyst
[geo]
Altura libre
Altura piezomtrica
Altura relativa Distancia vertical entre la
altitud de una superficie del terreno y la
altitud de un determinado plano de
referencia
Altura, cima
Alud Masa de nieve que se desprende y
se precipita con violencia montaa abajo
con unas dimensiones y recorrido variables
Alud de polvo
Alumbrera
Aluminio Metal muy ligero de gran
dureza en comparacin con su peso,
especialmente en aleaciones, es muy
resistente a la corrosin y buen conductor
de la electricidad. La bauxita se quema
para obtener almina Al2O3. El metal se
extrae de una mezcla de almina y criolita
fundida (fluoruro sodicoalumnico Na3AlF6).
Slo se explota en minas al oeste de
Groenlandia. Se necesitan unos 25000
Kw/h de electricidad para producir una
tonelada de metal. Actualmente los
principales productores son los Estados
Unidos, Rusia, Canad, Japn, Noruega y
Francia
Alunita, piedra de alumbre Sulfato
bsico hidratado de aluminio y potasio,
que resulta de rocas gneas cidas bajo la
accin del azufre de las solfataras. Se
emplea para la fabricacin del alumbre
[geo]
Aluvial, aluvional
[alpinism]
Amber
[geo]
Amphibolic
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Autogenous Grinding, AG
[met]
amorphous, uncrystalline
[geo]
[geo]
Amplitude
[min]
[geo]
Bubble
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
Gravimetric analysis
ore assaying
[met]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Anamorphism
[geo]
[geo]
anatexis, ultrametamorphism
[geo]
Minimum mining width
[min]
Bench width
[min]
[geo]
Unsupported span
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Cable bolt
[min]
[geo]
Galloway stage
[min]
[geo]
Amphibole
[geo]
[geo]
Amphibolite
[geo]
Angular shear
Fleet angle
Initial step up angle
Angle of internal friction
Angle of incidence The angle at
which a ray of energy approaches
a surface
Angle of reflection The angle at
which a reflected ray of energy
leaves a surface
Angle of refraction The angle at
which a refracted ray of energy
leaves a surface after passing
through it
Angle of repose The steepest
slope angle in which particular
sediment will lie without cascading
down. The maximum angle at
which loose material or a pile of
unconsolidated material will come
to rest when added to a pile of
similar material
Initial/final cutoff angle
anhedral
anhydrite, karstenite
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
Lead spar
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
ngulo de reflexin
[geo]
ngulo de refraccin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Reinforced ring
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Ankerite
[geo]
[geo]
Anisiense
Anisotrpico Que cuenta con una
propiedad fsica que varia con la direccin
Ankerita
Ao Medida de tiempo relacionada con la
revolucin de un astro y en particular de la
Tierra alrededor del Sol
Ao sidreo, ao verdadero Tiempo que
transcurre entre dos pasos consecutivos
de la Tierra por el mismo punto de su
rbita, o sea 365 das 6 horas 9 minutos y
24 segundos
Ao-luz Unidad astronmica equivalente
a la distancia que recorre la luz durante un
ao a la velocidad de la luz que es
300,000 km/s, es decir
9,461,000,000,000 km. Por ejemplo, la
estrella ms cercana a nuestro sistema
solar est a unos 4,29 aos-luz de la
Tierra
Anomala una caracterstica distinguible
local en un levantamiento geofsico
[geo]
[geo]
Anomaly
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Anmalo, irregular
[alpinism]
Lime feldspar
[geo]
Forearc
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Foreshaft
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Aerial arch/saddle
Arrester anticline
Erect anticline
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Antearco
Antecima Espalda o lomo ms o menos
marcado, contiguo a la cima
Anteojo Instrumento de ptica que sirve
para determinar visuales a la vez que
ampla la imagen observada
Anteojo estadimtrico Telescopio con el
que van equipados la mayora de los
aparatos topogrficos y geodsicos que
dispone de un retculo con hilos
horizontales destinados a medir las
distancias con la ayuda de una mira. La
mayora de los equipos topogrficos estn
construidos pticamente de tal forma que
la distancia que se observa entre los dos
hilos horizontales multiplicada por 100
corresponde a la distancia entre el punto
de observacin y la mira
Antepas, promontorio Regin
relativamente estable que bordea una
cadena plegada y hacia la cual vergen las
estructuras de esta ltima, al menos en la
regin en que se da el contacto entre
ambas
Antepozo
Antepuerto Puerto subsidiario en la boca
de un estuario, aguas arriba del cual
puede encontrarse el puerto principal, a
considerable distancia del mar. Han
aparecido por diversas causas,
principalmente, a medida que los estuarios
en los que estaban situados los puertos se
han cegado, a medida que los navos han
aumentado de tamao y a medida que el
trnsito de pasajeros ha requerido un
transporte rpido por ferrocarril en vez del
procedimiento lento del transporte en
barco hasta la cabecera del estuario
Antiboots (anglicismo) Pieza que se
acopla a los crampones en la parte que
est en contacto con la nieve con el objeto
de que no se formen zuecos de nieve en
los pies
Anticicln Configuracin isobrica
constituida por isobaras cerradas,
aproximadamente elpticas o circulares,
cuyo valor aumenta hacia el interior donde
se va a dar el mximo de presin
atmosfrica
Anticlinal areo
Anticlinal interrumpido
Anticlinal parado
iron receiver
defoaming agent
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
Stibial
Antimony
[geo]
[chem]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo] [min]
[pet]
[min]
[min]
Apatite
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Apex
Stockpiled on the plant feed
stockpile
Stacker
bankout, stack, stack up (to)
Test pits
Backfill rammer
Flatten
Jumping
[geo]
[min]
Plumb
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[geo]
Antraconita
Apagar
Aparato de clasificar
Aparato de enganche
aparatos Eastman, torpedo con sistema
fotogrfico que sirve para determinar la
direccin e inclinacin del sondeo o pozo
Aparejo abrazador de manguera
Aparejo o equipo de perforacin, mquina
perforadora, tren de perforacin, equipo
de perforacin, sonda de perforacin
Apatito, fosfato clcico el mineral que
por poco es la fuente nica del fosfato
utilizado en fertilizante
Aperos de rescate, equipos de rescate
Apertura en delta Bifurcacin o difluencia
de la corriente en chorro
Apical Se aplica a la zona de cspide o
de vrtice
Apice, vrtice, enganche sup
Apilado en la cancha de almacenamiento
de alimentacin de la planta
Apiladora
apilar, hacinar
Apiques, [Co] cbicos
Apisonador de relleno
aplanar, derribar, tumbar
Aplastamiento
Aplita Roca filoniana cida formada por
pequeos cristales
Aplomo, a plomo, plomada, vertical
Apophysis
[min]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Upright
Diggers (col)
[civ] [mec]
[min]
[min]
Sticking
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Wedging
Casting shop
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Sacrificial washer
[met]
Washer
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Multi-plate arch
Arc of folding
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
Coal bunker
arkose, arcose a variety of
sandstone containing abundant
feldspar and quartz, frequently in
angular, poorly sorted grains. A
sedimentary rock formed by the
cementation of sand-sized grains
of feldspar and quartz
[min]
[geo]
area
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Development area
Areas of water course realignment
Sand
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Gold sand
Tar sands
[geo]
[geo]
quartz sand
Fine grained sand
Cleaning sand
Sea sand
Barren sand
gas sand, gas bearing sand
coarse sand, gravel
heaving sand, shifting sand
oil sand, oil bearing sand
Tight sand
Open sand
fire/refractory sand
Dry sand
Green sand
asphaltic sand/sandstone
fine sand/texture
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Sandblasting, sand-blasting A
physical weathering process in
which rock is eroded by the
impact of sand grains carried by
the wind, frequently leading to
ventifact formation of pebbles and
cobbles
silty sands
black sand
[geo]
Arenado
[geo]
[geo]
arenas limosas
arenas negras concentrado hecho de un
placer de oro; ciertas arenas de
composicin particular en las que dominan
minerales de color oscuro muy diferentes
de los que normalmente encontramos en
las arenas comunes. Estos minerales son
ilmenita, rutilo, zircn o circn, monacita,
granate y magnetita
Arencola Especie que vive en la arena
[geo]
sand rock, sandstone, stone bind
a detrital sedimentary clastic
rock composed of grains from
1/16 to 2 millimeters in diameter,
dominated in most sandstones by
quartz, feldspar, and rock
fragments, bound together by a
cement of silica, carbonate, or
other minerals or a matrix of clay
minerals. Sandstones make up
about 25% of all sedimentary
rocks
Argillaceous sandstone
Dawk
Tiger sandstone
Calcareous sandstone
Gritstone
Hazle
Brownstone, carstone
Sand flag
Fakes
Blaes
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Argentite
[geo]
Argilliferous producing or
abounding in clay
argillite, clay stone, claystone a
compact argillaceous rock
differing from shale in being
cemented by silica, and from
slate, in having no slaty cleavage
[geo]
Argillization
Shoulder-type eyebolt
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Coarse agregate
[min]
Arid
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Pony set
Jacket set
Cribwork
[min]
[min]
[min]
Body harness
[civ] [min]
Full-body harness
Arching
[civ] [min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Mining
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Normal drag
Underground haulage
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Cyclone cluster
Array
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Rice
[geo]
[geo]
Overflow launder
Water ring
[met]
[min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Bail
Earth flax
Asbestosis
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Down warping
Settling
Shrinkage of backfilling
Squeeze
Mining region
Mining town
Differential settlement
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Asterism
Oil spill
Chipping
[geo]
[pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Tamping
Loading stick, tamping stick
[min]
[min]
Atacamite
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
attapulgite
Bottleneck
???
???
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Atmogenic
Atmosphere (unit) A unit of
pressure equal to 101,325
newtons per square meter, or
about 14.7 pounds per square
inch
[geo]
[geo]
atmosphere
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Athrogenic Of or relating to
clastic rocks of igneous origin
Aturian stage
Ear muffs
Augen gneiss
Aureole A zone surrounding an
igneous intrusion, in which
contact metamorphism has taken
place
Auriferous, gold-bearing This
means gold bearing material (the
kind everyone would like to find)
[geo]
Atoramiento de la chimenea
Atravezar, perforar, taladrar
Atricin, abrasin de partculas entre s por
medio de la agitacin
Atrochar Andar por las trochas o atajos
con el objeto de ahorrar camino
Atrognico
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Aturiense
Audfonos
Augen-gneis
Aureola
[geo]
Aurfero
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
Monitoring of displacements
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
ANFO pot
Autoclave
[min]
[met]
Self-combustion
Sintering
[min] [met]
[met]
???
[alpinism]
Autogenous
[met]
Anywhere fix
[geo]
Highway
[geo]
Autunite
[geo]
Auversian stage
Trolley assist
[geo]
[elc] [mec]
Avalanche
Break
Drift stope, outstope
Leapfrogging
Full-face advance
Forepoling
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[min]
[civ] [min]
Raising
Equivalent footage
Advance rate
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Footage
[min]
Drive a heading
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Autolocalizacin Es la capacidad de un
receptor GPS para empezar a calcular la
posicin sin que le den la latitud y longitud
aproximadas calificada normalmente en
trminos de tiempo
Autopista Carretera con vas separadas
en cada direccin y accesos limitados, sin
cruces al mismo nivel, utilizado por el
transporte motorizado muy rpido. A
veces se percibe un peaje para cubrir los
gastos de construccin y de conservacin
Autunita Fosfato hidratado de calico y
uranio, parecido a la torbernita, pero
amarillo
Auversiense
Auxilio de trole, [Ch] trole, fuerza motriz
reforzada por trole
Avalancha (galicismo) Alud
Avance
Avance
Avance a salto avance por movimientos
discretos en una secuencia alterna
Avance con frente entero
Avance con tablestacas, marchavante,
madras o fierros (spiles) que sirven para
afirmar el techo, con el objetivo de colocar
marcos, antes de continuar el avance de
un tnel o galera
Avance de chimeneas
Avance equivalente
Avance medio, valor medio de los avances
conseguidos por cada unidad considerada;
ciclo, turno de trabajo, da, etc
Avance por ciclo, es el avance por ciclo en
cualquier tipo de perforacin donde las
labores se repiten peridicamente; por
ejemplo en perforacin con explosivos, con
rozadora y revestimiento, etc
Avance por turno, longitud perforada por
turno de trabajo.
Avance y percusin
Avance, longitud excavada por unidad de
tiempo, ciclo de excavacin, etc
Avance, metraje longitud excavada
(medida en pies o metros) por unidad de
tiempo, ciclo de excavacin, etc
Avanzar una galeria
Avena (Avena sativa) Cereal del gnero
Avena que requiere un clima ms bien fro
y hmedo. Cultivado esencialmente como
alimento para el ganado y, a veces,
tambin para el consumo humano y en
especial como alimento infantil
Avenamiento Evacuacin artificial del
agua de un rea previamente pantanosa.
Drenaje
Avenc (del cataln) Sumidero, pozo
???
[alpinism]
[civ] [min]
[min]
[geo]
[chem]
[geo]
Bacteria
???
drill hole cuttings
Hope, bight, bay
[geo]
[eco] [met]
[alpinism]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[geo]
Manway
Low tide
Footwall
Below ground
Shallower
Underthrust
Heat balance
Area balancing
Oxygen balance
Water balance
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min] [met]
Metallurgical balance
Thermal balance
[met]
[geo]
[eco]
[eco]
Precision scale
Marcy scale
[met]
[met]
Ballast
Sinking bucket
[civ] [min]
[min]
Kibble
[min]
Bailing
???
[min]
[alpinism]
Claim post
Balk
[min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
Reverse benching
[min]
hirst, shoal
[geo]
[geo]
Bank of gravel
Bank
[geo]
[min]
Buffer strip
Filter strip
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Banding
Strain gouges
Banded
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[mar]
barcaza
Barco de abastecimiento
Barite
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[geo] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
Lavatory
Benching
[civ] [min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Drawbar
Dor bar
[min]
[met]
Spray bar
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
abrupt
Calibrated bars
Reinforcing rods
Mill bars
Plain rods
Drill rod/pipe
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Adamantine drill
Chisel bit
Auger bit
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[pet] [min]
Top-hammer drill
[min]
Auger
[geo] [min]
[pet]
[min]
[min]
[min]
air drill
[pet] [min]
Core bit
[geo]
[min]
Advance borehole
Backhole
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Grip shot
gimlet, plug shot
Bottom shot
hole, drillhole, drill hole, borehole,
(C) drilled well
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Catch fences
Barrier
Breaker
Scaling bar
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Sideswipe
Lam, loam, mud
[geo]
[geo]
Muddy
[geo]
Bartonian stage
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Touchstone
tilting
[geo]
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[min]
Heel of dams
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Groundmass
Basicity
Basic rock Any igneous rock
containing mafic minerals rich in
iron and magnesium, but
containing no quartz and little
sodium rich plagioclase feldspar
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[min]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Batholith, bathilit, batholite A
great, discordant, irregular mass
of coarse-grained intrusive body
of igneous rock with an exposed
surface of more than 100 km2,
typically having a depth of about
30 km, which has either intruded
the country rock or been derived
from it through metamorphism;
generally found in elongated
mountain ranges after the country
rock above them has eroded
Bathonian stage
???
Bauxite A rock composed
primarily of hydrous aluminum
oxides and impurities in the form
of silica, clay, silt, and iron
hydroxides. A residual weathering
product, exploited as the primary
ore for aluminum, formed by
weathering in tropical areas with
good drainage; a major ore of
aluminum
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Bavenite
???
beneficiate, process (to)
Custom milling
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[met]
Benefitiation
[met]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Batoniense
Baudrier (galicismo) Arns
Bauxita Masa amorfa de arcilla formada
por xidos de aluminio y de hierro
hidratados con un elevado contenido de
hidrxido de aluminio (Al2O32H2O)
habitualmente con materias ferruginosas y
de otra clase. Es la nica mena comercial
de aluminio. Es el tercer elemento por su
abundancia en la corteza terrestre
despus del oxgeno y el silcio
comprendiendo aproximadamente el 15%
por su volumen o el 8% por su peso.
Aparece principalmente en los feldespatos
y otros silicatos. En zonas con
temperaturas tropicales los feldespatos se
descomponen en minerales arcillosos
desprendiendo bauxita que vara de color
que va del blanco mate al rojo y pardo
Bavaresa, Dlfer Es una tcnica de
escalada en oposicin que combina pies y
manos, se denomina tambin oposicin
Dlfer. Hay que cojerse a la fisura con las
manos, arquear el cuerpo y hacer fuerza
con los pies en la pared de tal forma que
el resultado de la oposicin sea nuestro
sustento. Las dos fuerzas contrarias y
opuestas nos mantienen en equilibrio
Bavenita
Ben (del gals) Monte
beneficiar
Beneficio o molienda fuera de la empresa
bajo contrato
Beneficio, [Ch] enriquecimiento,
tratamiento de las rocas y minerales para
eliminar componentes no deseados
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Beryllium
berm a small terrace in the
backshore area of the coast with
its terrace facing seaward
[chem]
[geo]
Safety berm/door/glass
[min]
[geo]
???
Bertrandite
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
Bi-directional steering
[alpinism]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[eco]
[eco]
[eco]
Pantleg, forking
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[eco]
Biodegradation
[eco]
Bioleaching
[met]
[geo]
???
Bismuth glance
Bismutite
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Blackband
[geo]
???
[geo]
[geo]
???
[geo]
???
[geo]
Incompetent
[geo]
[geo]
Black jack
Mock lead
Steel lagging
Finishing housing
Mining block
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Drift boulder
Desintegrated blocky
block upthrown, upthrown block
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Bloque volcnico
[min]
[min]
Bloqueo
bloqueo de seguridad cualquier
mecanismo en el que el funcionamiento de
una parte o dispositivo activa o evita el
funcionamiento de otros mecanismos.
Representa el apagado o encendido
automtico de un equipo en base a
condiciones asociadas con otros equipos o
instrumentos
[min]
Cable reel
Coiling machines
HR coils and strips
HR galvanized coils and sheets
Chute door
Inlet
Brace, shaft collar, pit mouth,
collar
[elc] [min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Headworks
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Pellet
Air bag/bladder
[met]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
Bunch
Bonney, chamber of ore
Dirty-water pump
Charging pump
Fire pump
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[min]
[civ] [min]
[met] [pet]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[mec] [min]
Vacuum pump
Thickener U/F pump
Duplex pump
Slurry pump
[mec] [met]
[min]
[min]
[met] [min]
Bomba de inyeccin
Bomba de medios
Bomba de reboses
Bomba de sumidero, de colector o de
sentina
Bomba de vaco, bomba a vaco
Bomba del flujo de descarga del espesador
Bomba doble, bomba dplice
Bomba para pulpas de mezcla o de lodo
[geo]
Bomba volcnica
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Bootleg
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Bush/bushing
[min]
Borax
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Crater rim
Bead
Outskirts
???
Bornite, erubescite, peacock
copper ore, variegated copper ore
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
Steel-toed boots
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
First-aid station
Rope button
[min]
[mec] [min]
[adm] [min]
[pet]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Bournonite
Stope crown/back
Bragite
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Braq braquipodo
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Crush breccia
Drag ore
Scree breccia
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Braquianticlinal
Braquipinacoide
Braza Unidad de longitud usada en
nutica para medir la profundidad. Una
braza en Espaa equivale a 1,67 metros.
En las cartas marinas britnicas una braza
equivale a 6 pies = 1,80 metros
aproximadamente
Brazo de mar, fiord, fjord
Brazo telescpico Instrumento acoplado
a un camin o cualquier otro vehculo
terrestre que sirve para levantar algunos
metros de altura un sensor remoto. Se
utiliza especialmente de forma
experimental
Brecha Abertura en una pared. Paso
estrecho entre montaas. Collado estrecho
Brecha roca clstica de grano grueso,
compuesta de fragmentos de roca rotos
grandes y angulares, unidos por una
matriz de grano fino. La brecha es similar
al conglomerado excepto que la mayora
de los fragmentos tienen bordes agudos y
sin desgastar
Brecha de friccin o dislocacin
Brecha mineralizada
Brecha mornica
Brecha sedimentaria Roca formada
por un 50%, al menos, de fragmentos
angulosos con dimetro superior a 2 mm,
unidos por un cemento o una matriz
Brecha tectnica Fragmentacin de las
rocas en un contacto tectnico, habiendo
cementado los fragmentos en el mismo
lugar
Brecha volcnica Roca formada por
fragmentos de rocas volcnicas y
fragmentos de las rocas encajantes a
veces, cementados por cenizas y lapillis
Brecciated rock
[geo]
Brecciation
Drift breccia
Field party
Adamantine luster
Dull luster
Metallic luster
Pitch glance
Earthy luster
Luster The general textural
impression of a mineral surface,
given by the light reflected from
it. Terms such as metallic,
submetallic are standardized but
subjective. The manner in which
light reflects from the surface of a
mineral, described by its quality
and intensity
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Jackbit
Bit
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Button bit
[min]
Chisel
Diamond drill bit
[geo]
[geo]
Reamer bit
Cross-bit, cross bit
[min]
[min]
Detachable bit
Drag bit
worn bit
Throwaway bit
Blade bit
Tri-cone bit
Collaring
Curb ring
[min]
[min]
[min] [pet]
[min]
[min] [pet]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Brochantite
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[met]
[min]
Brioz briozoos
Broca adaptable
Broca de barrena, broca, barrena, taladro,
[Es] corona de perforacin normalmente
se emplea en el mismo sentido que
"detachable bit", es decir, broca de
perforacin reemplazable
Broca de botones cabeza perforadora
provista de botones de carburo de
tungsteno, esfricos, de gran resistencia al
impacto, fijados a la matriz metlica
Broca de corte
Broca de diamantes, [Es] corona de
diamantes, taladro-corona diamante
Broca de escariado
Broca de forma de estrella, broca de filo
en cruz, barrena de cruz
Broca de perforacin reemplazable
Broca espiral, mecha espiral
broca gastada o desgastada
Broca no reutilizable, broca desechable
broca o trpano de aletas
Broca tri-cnica
Brocal
Brocal, pozal, fortificacin, [Es] anillo
portador, aro de soporte para
profundizacin de piques, pozos, tiros de
la mina, etc
Brocantita, brochantita; sultato bsico de
cobre
Brocas para exploracin y perforacin
geotcnica
Brocas robadas (hurto)
Bronce
Bronces (para tabln de etiquetas)
Brown-coal
[geo]
Boose
Brucite
Compass
???
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Azimuth compass
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [met]
[geo]
Fiberglass bolt
[min]
Bolt
[min]
Bolt invert
Spot bolting
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Rock bolts
[geo] [min]
Buchardar
Buckling Plegamiento que se produce
en una capa competente embebida en un
medio ms dctil, o bien en un conjunto
de capas de ductilidades variadas al ser
sometidas a un esfuerzo paralelo a la
estratificacin
Buen tiempo Dcese usualmente del
tiempo sin precipitaciones y a menudo
soleado
Buln de fibra de vidrio, perno de fibra de
vidrio
buln, perno elemento de sostenimiento
consistente en una barra metlica que se
instala, anclada, en taladros en el techo y
las paredes de una excavacin
Bulonado en solera
Bulonaje puntual o selectivo, empernado
espordico o puntal para sujecin de
bloques o zonas eventuales de debilidad
Bulonaje sistemtico, bulonaje continuo
para reas que requiren sostenimiento
Bulones, perno enrocado
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Blasthole
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Optical sorter
[min] [met]
[geo]
Down dip
Apparent dip
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Flat rope
Messenger cable, wire
[min]
[elc] [min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Guide rope/shoe
Aerial ropeway
Lead hand
Blair stage hoist, stage winch
[min]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
Cheek plate
Blockhole
[mec] [min]
[civ] [min]
Sand blast
[min]
[geo]
Chain, range
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Scoop chain
Lazy chain
[geo]
[mec] [min]
Transport chain
Rolling time
[min]
[min]
Cadmium plated
???
[met]
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
Dropping
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Spalling
[min] [geo]
Unravellings
[geo]
[geo]
???
Feed box An input box to
distribute slurry to tanks,
hoppers, screens, or launders
Lunchbox
Pump box, pumpbox
Mill discharge box
Bag house
[alpinism]
[min]
Mixing box
Flask
Core box
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[min]
[min]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Bit locker
[min]
Skip tender
[min]
Slaked lime
Water lime
Brown lime
Unslaked lime
Lime, quicklime, quick lime
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Calciferous
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Calada
calamina grupo de minerales de cinc,
carbonatos, que comprende la smithsonita
o espato de cinc (ZnCO3) y la hidrocincita
o cinconisa que es el carbonato bsico
Zn5[CO3(OH)3]2
calcantita, vitriolo de cobre sulfato
cprico hidratado, CuSO45H2O
Calcar Copiar, total o parcialmente, un
mapa o dibujo originales aplicando una
hoja de material translcido o
transparente por encima del original y
reseguir los trazos con un lpiz de tal
forma que el dibujo original quede
marcado sobre la hoja superior
Calcarenita Roca sedimentaria formada
por granos calizos de tamao de arena
Calcreo
Calcreo Roca sedimentaria que
contiene ms de la mitad en carbonato
clcico
Chalcedony A cryptocrystalline
form of quartz, microscopically
fibrous with waxy luster; it may
be transparent or translucent, and
with a uniform tint of white, gray,
pale blue, and, less often, black; it
occurs in limestone, dolostone,
and mudstones
???
[geo]
Calcedonia
[alpinism]
Roasting kiln
Bake
Roaster
Calcite
[met]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Chalcocite
[geo]
Chalcostibite
Chalcophanite
Copper uranite
Chalcopyrite, copper pyrite
Yellow copper ore
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Calcotriquita
Calcreta (1) Conglomerado cementado
por caliza bajo la influencia de las aguas
de infiltracin. (2) Costra calcrea
Calibracin Es la comparacin de un
estndar de medida o de un instrumento
con otro estndar o instrumento para
informar, o para eliminar por ajuste,
cualquier variacin (desviacin) en la
exactitud del tem que se est comparando
Calicata, calcata, cata, excavacin de
ensayo
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Buhr
Cement stone
Arenaceous limestone
Caboniferous limestone
Coralline limestone
Shell limestone
Granular limestone
Jurassic limestone
Nummulitic limestone
oolitic limestone
siliceous limestone, cornstone
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Crusher room
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Room
Room and pillar
Jacobs carpet, sliding carpet
[min]
[min]
[min]
California switch
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[med] [min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Haul road
???
[min]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Boom truck
[civ] [min]
Giraffe
[civ] [min]
Lube truck
[min]
[min]
Camiones de obra
[geo]
Camp
Campings
Campaign
[civ] [geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
peasant
[geo]
Stress field
In situ ground stress
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Strip field
[geo]
Gas/oil field
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Brownfield
[min]
Greenfield
[min]
Province
Field (oil)
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Dingle
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Campamentos
Campaa perodo de trabajo sin
interrupcin
Campanal (del aragons) Cumbre en
forma de aguja. Su equivalente en gascn
es capern
Campesino Trmino de uso muy amplio
y generalizado que designa al trabajador
dedicado a la agricultura
Campo de aviacin Ver aerdromo
Campo de esfuerzos
Campo de esfuerzos in situ, campo de
tensiones in situ, esfuerzos vrgenes en la
masa de la roca, antes de la ejecucin de
una excavacin
Campo de fajas Campo cultivado en
fajas largas y estrechas habitualmente de
propiedad o explotacin independientes.
Comparar con celtic field
campo de gas/petrolfero
Campo de visin instantnea, IFOV Cada
una de las reas de un territorio captadas
secuencialmente en un barrido de un
sensor remoto
Campo del mapa Parte de un mapa
ocupado por la representacin cartogrfica
Campo pardo, asiento mineral,
emplazamiento de una mina cerca de otra
mina ya en existencia
Campo verde, emplazamiento de una mina
remota de cualquier otra mina ya en
existencia
Campo, provincia
Campo, yacimiento
Camptontico Dcese del lamprfido con
grandes cristales de hornblenda parda
titanfera en una matriz de plagioclasa
bsica, olivino alterado, clinopiroxeno y a
veces analcima
Cana Unidad de longitud antigua de
Catalunya equivalente a 1,555 metros
aproximadamente
Caada Antiguo camino reservado al
ganado que una los altos pastos de
verano con las regiones de pastos de
invierno
Caada Garganta o desfiladero
???
[alpinism]
Dell
Donga
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Diversion channel
[civ] [met]
[geo]
Shaker conveyor
Gutter
Mud ditch
Ground sluice
Launder A trough, usually
inclined, that transfers liquid or
slurry from one area to another
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Man basket
Drill basket
Manway landing
[civ] [min]
[min]
[min]
Tailings Management/Storage
Facility, TSF the area of the
plant which takes the combined
flow of plant tailings and waste
streams, pumped by tailings
pumps via the tailings pipeline to
the tailings pond, for controlled,
even deposition of solids on the
floor of the pond
[min]
[min]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Storing piles
Yard foreman
[min]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[civ] [min]
Submarine canyon An
underwater canyon in the
continental shelf
Open pit, open quarry, open cut,
open-cast, open-pit mining
Surficial mining, in which the
valuable rock is exposed by
removal of overlying rock or soil
[geo]
Can submarino
[min]
Sandostone quarry
Granite quarry
Gravel pit
Marble quarry
Borrow pit
Rock quarry
quarry
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
stone cutting
???
boulder, cobble (n) a very large
rock which has been shaped by
water or the weather
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
kaolinization
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
layer, lay
Bed
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
Hardened case
Chloritic coating
Mat, matte
[geo]
[min]
[min]
brea/channel bed
Coal seam
Cake
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Gas cap
[geo] [pet]
Rock blanket
Blanket
Sheet
upper layer/part
Capacity The total amount of
material a stream is able to carry
under given conditions
Live capacity (of ore stockpile)
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[mar]
[geo]
Associated sheets
Weak seams
Electron shell A characteristic
energy level with which an
electron is associated. Electrons
occupy discrete shells within the
cloud surrounding an atom's
nucleus. These may be thought of,
loosely, as if they represented
orbits at distinct heights above
the nucleus
Yard boss
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Hood
Bonnet
Crosshead bonnet or hood
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[mec] [min]
[mec] [min]
[min]
[mec] [min]
Blaster cap
escape capsule/route
tailings impoundment
[geo]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
Look
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Scroll plate
???
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Loaded carbon
Cannel coal
Charcoal
Coal The metamorphic product
of stratified plant remains. It
contains more than 50 percent
carbon compounds and burns
readily. Sedimentary rock
composed of combustible matter
derived from the partial
decomposition of plant material
[met]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Cobbles
Chinley coal
Box bottoms
Lump coal
Medium-volatile coal
Mineral coal
Grizzle
Thermal coal
Whole coal
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Carbonatita
[met]
[met]
[geo]
Carbonato de litio
Carbonato sdico anhidro, sosa comercial,
ceniza de soda, Na2CO3
Carbonatos
Casing
???
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[met]
[min]
Bottom charge
[min]
[civ] [mec]
[min]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[met]
[met]
[met]
[geo]
[min] [met]
[mec] [min]
Carbnico
Carbono activado
Carbono en lixivacin
Carbono en pulpa
Carbonoso
Carburo al tungsteno
Carcasa de rocas, diseo de los impactores
de eje vertical, por el cual las rocas
fragmentadas se acumulan para proteger
la superficie de blindaje subyacente del
impacto y la abrasin
Carcasa, envoltura
Crcava Hoya o traza que suelen hacer
las avenidas en la roca o suelo
[min]
[geo]
Carga suspendida
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Loading/unloading
Side/lateral loading/adit
Hydraulic head/radius
Chargeability (logs)
Weighted
Pad loader
Remote-controlled LHD unit,
scoop, scooptram (col)
Loading the round
Extreme loading
Hot-work permit
[min]
[min]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Welding permit
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min] [met]
[pet]
[geo]
[geo]
Rerail
[ferr] [min]
Granby car
Mine car
Drill carriage
Flat car
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[mec] [min]
[min]
[met]
Cargar frente
Cargas extremas
Carnet de cortar/soldar, certificado de
autorizacin temporal para uso del equipo
de cortadura y/o soldadura en cualquier
lugar propenso a incendios
Carnet de soldar, certificado de
autorizacin temporal para uso del equipo
de soldadura en cualquier lugar propenso
a incendios
Carniola Roca sedimentaria
carbonatada, de aspecto carcomido y
vacuolar, frecuentemente brechificada, que
forma masas poco o nada estratificadas y
da formas ruiniformes
Carretera de cornisa Carretera que
discurre por una ladera pronunciada y en
especial con vistas al mar o a un valle
Carretera de descongestin Carretera
designada para desviar hacia ella parte del
trfico de una carretera congestionada
Carril de segunda mano (carril usado,
viejo)
Carro de costado bajable
Carro de extraccin minera
Carro de perforadoras
Carro de plataforma, plataforma, vagn
plano, vagoneta de plataforma
Carro de trampas, vagn de trampilla
Carro de traslacin
Carro porta-herramientas
Carrusel, caja de caracol, caracol,
alimentador rotatorio (entrada de molino)
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
map, chart
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Cartography
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Dynamite cartridge
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[min]
[min]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Collar house
Gate house
Tin ore, cassiterite
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Wedge thimble/socket
[mec] [min]
[min]
[min]
maneuvering gland
Penalty for impurities
A frame, gallows frame, cog
[min] [pet]
[met]
[min]
Underground headframe
Portable headframe
[min]
[min]
Headframe
[min]
Cataclastic
Cataclysm
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Katazone
Costean
Sery
Cation An ion that has a positive
electrical charge. That is, an atom
that has lost one or more
electrons
Cathode
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[elc] [met]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Grub (to)
Delve (to)
Room station, room-station,
chamber (Br)
Spouting horn
Storage caverns
Bug hole
cavity, pocket, vug
CCTV
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Primer
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Vibrating screen
[min]
Cell
finishing cells, recleaner cells
Rougher cells
Flotation cells
[met]
[met]
[met]
[min]
Cleaner cells
Scavenger cells
Coelestine
Steel cell body
Rockbolt load cell
[met]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Cementacin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[min]
Ultrafine cement
[min]
Cement
[geo]
Oozy
Morass
Quagmire
marshy, swamped
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Cenizas volantes
Cenognesis
Cenozoica (era), cenozoico
[geo]
Ash
pumicite, volcanic ash a volcanic
sediment of rock fragments,
usually glass, less than 4
millimeters in diameter that is
formed when escaping gases force
out a fine spray of magma
Fly ash
Cenogenesis
Kainozoic era, Cenozoic The
current geologic era, which began
66.4 million years ago and
continues to the present
[geo]
[geo]
centimeter, cm
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Stocks
Fill fence
[geo]
[min]
Steel lining
Surroundings
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
ceruse (pigment)
white lead ore, cerussite (lead
mineral), lead carbonate
Drill shutoff/travel
???
[geo]
[geo]
Basket
Riser
Rope riser
In-pit crushing
Primary crushing
Impact crusher
Cone crusher
double-toggle jaw crusher, Blake
crusher
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[civ] [min]
[min]
[alpinism]
[mec] [met]
[alpinism]
Heavy plates
???
[min]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Upper bend
Arch bend
Trough bends
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Imported scrap
[min]
[min]
[alpinism]
Cerchas
Cerco, alrededor
Cereales Plantas gramneas de semilla
farincea. Incluyen el trigo, cebada,
avena, centeno, maz, arroz, mijo y sorgo
Ceros a la izquierda Ceros colocados, por
ejemplo, delante de una cifra para evitar
confundir a una mquina que no est
programada para aceptar espacios en
blanco
Cerro Elevacin aislada menor que el
monte
Cerro testigo Cerro que representa el
residuo de una meseta desmantelada por
la erosin
Cerrojo Paso a primera vista
infranqueable
cerusa
cerusita
Cese/carrera de la perforacin
Csped Hierba baja y tupida que cubre
la totalidad del suelo
Cesto, canasta
Chafln ahusado (tambor de huinche, etc)
Chafln ahusado (tambor de huinche, etc)
Chanca en corta
Chancado primario, trituracin primaria
Chancadora de alto impacto
Chancadora de cono
chancadora doble eje, trituradora doble
eje, chancadora Blake; [Mx] [Es]
machacadora de doble articulacin, es una
quebradora de mandbulas en la que la
mandbula mvil cuelga de un pivote no
excntrico y tiene un simple movimiento
lateral
Chancadora giratoria primaria
Chancadora mvil
Chancadora o trituradora primaria
Chang (del nepals) Cerveza de arroz
Chapa de forro, chapa de revestimiento
Chaparrn Lluvia torrencial que da
lugar a una precipitacin de corta duracin
Chapas fuertes
Charca Laguna pequea y poco
profunda que se forma en los ros y
terrenos poco permeables durante el
deshielo o despus de lluvias torrenciales
Charnela Parte de un pliegue de terreno
donde se unen los dos flancos
Charnela anticlinal
Charnela de pliegue
Charnela sinclinal
Charnela Zona de mxima curvatura de
un pliegue
Chatarra importada
Return scrap
Chessom
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Pug hole
Smokestack
???
[geo]
[met]
[alpinism]
[min]
Slot raise
Channel of ascent
Fill raise, rock chute
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Vent raise
[min]
Stant chute
Manway raise
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Exhaust raise/shaft
[min]
[geo]
Chatarra interna
Chebja Desfiladero
Chernosiom, tierra negra
Chert Roca silcea de origen qumico, de
textura microcristalina y criptocristalina,
que se presenta en rocas carbonatadas
formando ndulos interestratificados. Se
puede considerar sinnimo de silex
Chevron Pliegue con charnela angulosa
y flancos planos (los kinks son pliegues en
chevron)
Chicler Neologismo utilizado para
designar la elasticidad de la cuerda
Chimenea
Chimenea
Chimenea Grieta o fisura vertical en la
roca o hielo suficientemente amplia para
ascender por su interior y que
generalmente se escala en oposicin, es
decir, apoyando los pies en una pared y la
espalda en la otra. A esta tcnica de
progresin se la conoce con el neologismo
francs de ramonage
Chimenea corta, contramina, contracielo,
tiro, galera de arriba hacia abajo
Chimenea de arranque
Chimenea de ascenso
Chimenea de relleno, [Es] chimenea para
llenado
Chimenea de ventilacin, contracielo
ventilador , [Mx] tiro ventilador
Chimenea diagonal
Chimenea escalerada, contracielo de
acceso
Chimenea o contramina no entibada ni
revestimentada
chimenea, columna, clavo, canal de
erupcin conducto sensiblemente tubular
por el que los productos volcnicos
alcanzan la superficie. Al trmino de la
erupcin del volcn se llena de lava o de
brechas con bloques soldados
Chimenea/pique de salida del aire de
ventilacin
Chimenea Conducto sensiblemente
tubular por el que los productos volcnicos
alcanzan la superficie. Al trmino de la
erupcin del volcn se llena de lava o de
brechas con bloques soldados
Chinook Viento del sudoeste, clido y
seco que desciende por las laderas
orientales de las Montaas Rocosas en
Alberta, Saskatchewan occidental y
Montana calentado adiabticamente. En la
primavera produce sbitos aumentos de
temperatura y una fusin rpida de la
nieve. Es un viento del tipo foehn
Rear-end collision
Schorlomite
Lance
???
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Chute bar
[min]
Kyanite
Cyanidation
Cyanide
Potassium cyanide
[geo]
[met]
[met]
[met]
[chem]
[met]
[min]
[min]
Sodium cyanide
Cycling
Cycle time
Trip time
Wilson Cycle The opening and
closing of ocean basins through
plate tectonics
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Ciclo geolgico
[geo]
Ciclo geomrfico
Volcanic sequence
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Mine closure
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Cymophane
Cinnabar
Zinc
[geo]
[geo]
[chem]
Chipping hammer
Red zinc ore
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Picking belt
[mec] [min]
[geo]
Measuring tape
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
Life belt
Granitic belt A region of granitic
rock, one of two characteristic
regions within cratons
Resuing
[civ] [min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[mec] [min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Separation circuit
[met]
[geo]
[min]
Traffic
[min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Coal dust
[min]
[geo]
False topaz
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Circulacin, trfico
Crculo dividido Diagrama que consiste
en un crculo dividido en sectores cada uno
de los cuales es proporcional en tamao al
valor que representa. Las divisiones
pueden rotularse y colorearse de forma
distinta
Circundar Dar la vuelta completamente
circunferencia mxima, crculo mximo
circunferencia sobre una superficie
esfrica determinada por un plano que
pasa por el centro de la esfera. Si
consideramos la Tierra esfrica, el camino
ms corto entre dos puntos de la
superficie terrestre siempre es un arco de
circunferencia mxima. Slo en los mapas
de proyeccin gnomnica este camino
queda representado por un segmento de
lnea recta. Todos los meridianos y el
ecuador constituyen circunferencias
mximas
circunferencia menor, crculo menor
circunferencia sobre una superficie
esfrica determinada por un plano que no
pasa por el centro de la esfera. Si
consideramos la Tierra esfrica todos los
paralelos, excepto el ecuador, son
circunferencias menores
circunferencia meridiana, meridiano (1)
circunferencia mxima constituida por un
meridiano y su antimeridiano; (2)
Cualquiera de las lneas de longitud que
unen el polo norte y el polo sur cortando al
ecuador en ngulos rectos. Los meridianos
se numeran de 0 a 180 grados hacia el
este o el oeste a partir del meridiano
inicial
Circunferencia terrestre Longitud de un
crculo mximo de la Tierra. En el ecuador
tiene 40076,592 kilmetros de longitud.
La meridiana tiene una longitud de
40009,152 kilmetros
Cisco, polvo de carbn
Ctricos rboles de hoja perenne del
gnero Citrus que incluyen el limonero,
naranjo, pomelo, lima, cidro y mandarino.
Se cultivan en los pases de clima
mediterrneo (Pennsula Ibrica, Italia,
Grecia, Israel, California, Repblica
Sudafricana y Australia) y en los de climas
subtropicales o templados (Florida, Texas,
Mxico y la China meridional)
Citrino
Citrino Cuarzo de color amarillo
Cizalla de chatarra
Cizalla de Riedel
Cizalla pura
Simple shear
Shear
[geo]
[geo]
Shearer
Rotating shears
Clarification The process of
separating particulate matter from
dilute slurry by allowing solids to
settle in a large tank (called a
thickener or a clarifier) and be
removed as underflow, and
concurrently, to overflow a clear
liquid (the effluent) for reuse in
the plant
clarifier
clarify (to)
Rock Structure Rating, RSR
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Grading
Hand-cobbed
Cone classifier
Spiral classifier
[geo]
[min]
[met]
[met]
Cob
clastic, clastic rock, clast rock or
sediments made up primarily of
broken fragments (clasts) of preexisting rocks or minerals that
were mechanically transported
[min]
[geo]
Frustulent
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Cizalla simple
Cizalla, tijera
Cizalla Deformacin producida por
esfuerzos paralelos y de sentido contrario.
Zonas de lmites paralelos con alta
deformacin de este tipo
Cizallador
Cizallas rotativas
Clarificacin Proceso de separacin de
materia particulada de la mezcla diluida
dejando que los slidos se asienten en un
gran tanque (llamado espesador o
clarificador) para ser extrada por un flujo
de descarga y al mismo tiempo rebosa un
lquido claro (el efluente) para ser
reutilizado en la planta
clarificador, aclarador
clarificar, filtrar
clasificacin de la estructura rocosa
Clasificacin de la tierra de Stamp
Clasificacin de la tierra en amplias
categoras que se puede emplear en las
grandes planificaciones nacionales de
utilizacin del suelo y conservacin de sus
recursos naturales. Stamp propuso tres
categoras mayores y diez tipos basados
en las condiciones del terreno (altitud,
inclinacin y exposicin) y la naturaleza
del suelo (profundidad, textura y
condiciones de agua). Las categoras
mayores son buena, mediana y pobre. Los
diez tipos son tierra de primera clase,
tierra buena para cualquier tipo de cultivo,
tierra de primera clase con condiciones de
agua que favorecen especialmente los
pastos, tierra buena pero densa, tierra
ligera de calidad media, tierra de mediana
calidad para cualquier tipo de cultivo,
tierra densa de calidad inferior, tierra de
monte y matorral, tierra ligera de poca
calidad y tierra muy pobre
Clasificacin; gradacin
Clasificado a mano, escogido a mano
Clasificador cnico
Clasificador en espiral, clasificador
helicoidal
Clasificar a mano, escoger a mano
clstica, clstico, clasto, roca clstica, o
consolidada trmino referido a una roca
o sedimento, compuesto principalmente
por fragmentos rotos de rocas o minerales
preexistentes que han sido transportados
individualmente desde su lugar de origen,
sinnimo de rocas sedimentarias
Clstico
Clastogene
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Brad
Ore course
[min]
[geo]
Ore-shoot
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Cleveite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Cleat
Basal cleavage
Cubic cleavage
Core disking
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
easy cleavage
false cleavage, slip cleavage
Poor cleavage
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
chlorinated
Chlorite
[min]
[geo]
Chloritization
[geo]
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)
Gases that can be dissociated by
solar radiation, which releases
chlorine, which in turn destroys
ozone
Chloride
???
Coal Measures
[geo]
Coalescence
[geo]
[geo]
Cobaltite
Cobalt
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Cloruro
Clot (del aragons y cataln) Hoyo
Coal Measures En Gran Bretaa
formaciones de carbn con intercalaciones
de margas, arcillas, areniscas y mineral de
hierro pertenecientes al Carbonfero
superior
Coalescencia
Coalescer Dcese de depsitos con
formas cnicas o de abanicos que se unen
y confunden entre s
Coarse Acquisition, C/A El C/A es el
cdigo civil estndar de los GPS. Las
seales recibidas por el satlite son
codificadas y convertidas en una posicin
con un pequeo grado de error
Cobaltita, coass, mineral de cobalto
Cobalto
[geo]
[geo]
Store-Release, SR
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
Petrol-driven cobra combi
Copper
Red metal (col)
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
Blister copper
Anode copper
Cathode copper
Bar copper
Native copper
Kink
[met]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[geo] [met]
[min] [pet]
Cookery
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Code of signals
Signal code
Pseudo-random code
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Dogleg
Elongation coefficient
???
[min] [pet]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Poissons ratio
[mec] [min]
Drag coefficient
[mec] [min]
Shear modulus
Joint Roughness Coefficient, JRC
[min]
[geo]
???
[geo]
[geo]
Factor of safety, safety factor
[tec]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Casting
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Continuous casting
Extrusive sheet
Loam casting
Waste pass
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Langs lay
[min]
[geo]
Catcher
Collector
[geo]
[met]
Effluent sump
Dilute medium sump
Pantograph trolley
Sump (1 mine) A pit at the
lowest point in a drainage system
that serves as a receptacle for
liquids or slurries; (2 plant) A
collection box or tank for
collecting slurry or water. Usually
connected to a pump for slurry
removal
[min]
[min]
[elc] [min]
[min]
Colemanite
???
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Collimator
[geo]
Bourock
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Colina, montculo
Colisin en el pique
???
???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Pipelayer, pipe-layer
Colophonite A coarse garnet of
the variety andradite
Colloidal
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Coloidal
Color Variable visual definida por una
respuesta espectral determinada. Sus
componentes, desde un punto de vista
perceptivo, son el tono, el valor y el
cromatismo
Color convencional Color con el que
usualmente se representan determinados
fenmenos en un mapa
Coloreado a capas Sombreado o
coloreado diferencial de las partes de un
mapa comprendidas entre dos curvas de
nivel determinadas para que pueda
apreciarse a simple vista la distribucin de
las tierras altas y las bajas. Debe elegirse
con sumo cuidado la curva de nivel en la
que se efecta cada cambio de color. Uno
de los mtodos ms utilizados es emplear
una secuencia de verdes, amarillos y
marrones que culminen en rojo, morado o
blanco en los sectores ms altos. Otro
mtodo consiste en usar un solo color en
toda su gama de intensidades desde la
ms tenue a la ms oscura. Un tercer
mtodo consiste en fundir o graduar tonos
sucesivos para evitar la impresin de
escalonamiento que se produce cuando se
rellenan curvas de nivel
Columna
[min] [met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Columnar
Coluvionamiento atrpico (provocado
por el hombre) se debe sobre todo a las
labores agrcolas; en particular tiende a
nivelar los campos que forman pendiente,
ya que el agua, que discurre por gravedad,
se carga de partculas en la zona superior
y las abandona en la inferior
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Blend ore
Double jack
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Combustible fsil
[min]
[chem]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
Commuter
[geo]
consolidation
Hydraulic Compactors, HC
Compartment
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Kentucky windage
[min] [pet]
Mine/mill complex
Volcanic complex
[min] [met]
[geo]
Compresibility
[geo]
Booster compressor
[min]
Blower
[mec] [min]
Compression Squeezing a
material from opposite directions
Crush
Underslung, underswung arc gate
Overhung arc gate
Arc gate
[geo]
Dump door
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[mec] [min]
[met]
[min]
Guillotine gate
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Rope dressing
Peasants, people living in the
mines surrounding
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Bulk concentrate
[met]
Yellowcake
[met]
[met]
???
[alpinism]
Conchoidal
Concordance
[geo]
[geo]
Halobolite
Nablock
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Condemnation drilling
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Concesin minera
Concesin minera
Concesin, privilegio derecho para la
extraccin y/o el reconocimiento del
mineral dentro de un rea limitada
Conchesta (del aragons) Nevero,
nieve acumulada por el viento
(ventisquero). En gascn counyesto
Concoidal
Concordancia
Concordancia Relacin geomtrica
entre dos unidades estratigrficas
superpuestas en las que existe paralelismo
entre los materiales infra y suprayacentes.
Antnimo discordancia
Concreccin de manganeso
Concrecin redondeada
Concrecin Espesamiento por
acumulacin de materia alrededor de un
ncleo o sobre una superficie; pueden ser
de origen qumico o bioqumico
Concreciones Masas minerales
concentradas alrededor de un punto por la
circulacin del agua a travs de las rocas
Condenacin sondeo para asegurar que
no hay mineralizacin bajo la ubicacin
propuesta de una nueva planta de la mina
u otros edificios propuestos a construir
Condensacin Estrategia aplicada en
algunos mapas, principalmente en los
mapamundis, consistente en suprimir
partes sin inters con el objetivo de poder
incrementar la escala en un mismo
formato
Condiciones atmosfricas Conjunto de
meteoros que se producen en la atmsfera
en un lugar y a una determinada altura y
que constituyen el tiempo de aquel lugar
Condiciones del emplazamiento
[geo]
[geo]
Site conditions
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
Conductivity A measurement of
how well a material conducts
electricity
[geo]
Conductancia El producto de
conductividad y espesor (las unidades se
expresan en siemens)
Conductividad (elctrica). Es la habilidad
de un material de conducir corriente. En
un ambiente isotrpico, es lo recproco de
la resistividad (unidades de siemens por
metro)
hydraulic conductivity,
permeability a measure of the
permeability of a rock or soil; the
volume of flow through a unit
surface in unit time with unit
hydraulic pressure difference as
the driving force. Measure of
permeability in Earth materials.
The extent to which a given
substance allows water to flow
through it, determined by such
factors as sorting and grain size
and shape
[geo]
[geo]
Conductividad trmica
[geo]
Rock pass
[min]
Bag duct
Downcomer
Airway
Dump chute
[min]
[min]
[min]
[civ] [min]
Fiberglass duct
Hard line, hard-line duct
Ventilation duct
Gallery
[min]
[min]
[civ] [min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Conglomerado aurfero
Conglomerado basal
Conglomerado fundamental
Conglomerados sliceos
Congost (del cataln) Desfiladero
???
[geo]
Cominution
[met]
Backout switch
[elc] [min]
Connellite
Conical sump
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
cono volcnico
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[tec]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Hardsetting
Strengthening
Consolidate, consolidated
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Daily consumption
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[geo]
Containment
[env] [min]
[pet]
[min]
[eco] [min]
[met]
[geo]
Ash content
Water content, moisture content
Main land
Outlined
Minute folding
[mec] [min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Closure
Alimak raise climber
[min]
[min]
Escape raise
Pilot raise
Finger raise
Berm ditch
???
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[alpinism]
Guide backer
Dolly, rockbolt dolly
[min]
[min]
[min]
Raw raise
Check assay
Counterbore
Labor, labour contract
Control The maintenance of a
process condition at a desired
value. Manual control means the
operator manipulates the stations
control output. Automatic control
means the system automatically
initiates necessary adjustments to
the function based on the set
point. Cascade or Remote Set
Point control means the set point
is manipulated from another
control scheme. Ratio control
means an input signals value is
multiplied by a constant to
establish an output signal
Process control
Draw point control
Digital energy control
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[civ] [min]
[min]
[min]
[met]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Contraccin
Contracielo alimak, consiste en una
plataforma, donde van dos mineros y las
herramientas. Esta se desliza arriba y
abajo a travs de una guiadera que se va
sujetando a la pared de la chimenea
(contracielo) segn se va ascendiendo. La
plataforma sube para perforar y cargar
explosivos (baja despus)
Contracielo de accesso alternativo
Contracielo piloto
Contracielo ramal
Contracuneta
Contrafuerte Ramificacin secundaria
de una cadena de montaas
Contragua
Contramartillo, batidor, sufridor (para
pernos), accesorio de barrena para tuerco
de perno
Contramina a perforacin de barrenos
largos
Contramina no entibado ni revestimentado
Contraprueba, ensayo de verificacin
Contrataladro
Contrato de enganche
Control El mantener una condicin de
proceso a un valor determinado. Control
Manual significa que el operador controla
la salida de control de la estacin. Control
Automtico significa que el sistema
automticamente inicia los ajustes
necesarios para la funcin, basndose en
el punto de referencia. Control de Cascada
o de Punto de Referencia Remoto significa
que el valor de referencia es controlado
por otro sistema de control. Control de
Ratio significa que el valor de la seal de
entrada es multiplicado por una constante
para establecer una seal de salida
Control de proceso
Control de tiraje
Control digital de energa, (explosivos ikon, etc)
Control Remoto Controlar un proceso
desde una ubicacin distante, como una
sala de control. Es lo opuesto de control
local
Control remoto por radio
Conv. Ld
Conveccin Proceso de transmisin de
calor en los fluidos mediante movimientos
ascendentes de sus partes calientes y
descendentes de las fras
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Geographical coordinates
[civ] [geo]
[geo]
Coordinacin octahdrica
[geo]
Coordinatgrafo Instrumento de
precisin utilizado para trasladar y situar
puntos sobre un mapa mediante sus
coordenadas. Segn el tipo de
coordenadas que utilicen los
coordinatgrafos pueden ser ortogonales o
polares
Copelacin
[geo]
Convergence
[min]
[geo]
Converter
[met]
[mec] [min]
[trans]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Cookeite
???
[geo]
Cupellation
[geo]
[geo]
Coprolith
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Coquimbite
Coral
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Cordierite
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Andes Mountains
flat ridge
mountain range, range, cordillera
a series of mountains or
mountain ridges closely related in
position and direction
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Hornstone
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Cornwallite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Crown pillars
Saw tooth bit
Reamer head
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Overland conveyor
Soundly
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Correlation Process of
establishing contemporaneity of
rocks or events in one area with
rocks or events in another area
Run
air flow, draught
mud flow, mud stream
Jet Stream
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Wind fall
Split
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Current
break thrust
[geo]
[geo]
Wall slash
Pyramid cut
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Erosion thrust
Back limb thrust
Thrusting
Tangential thrust
corrode (to)
Cutter
run through, go through (to)
Cross adit
Thirl
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Axial section
Burn cut, burnt cut
[geo]
[min]
Contact cut-off
[min]
V-cut
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo] [min]
[geo]
Cut (superficie)
[civ] [min]
Earth shell
Oceanic crust That part of the
crust underlying the ocean basins.
Composed of basalt and having a
thickness of about 5 km
Crust The upper part of the
lithosphere, divided into oceanic
crust and continental crust
Mesh draped
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Corteza, costra
[geo]
Cortina de malla
Cortlandita Roca ultrabsica rica en
olivino
Cosmopolita Se dice de quien considera
como su patria el mundo entero o de
quien ha vivido en muchos pases y tiene
intereses en ellos
Costa
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
covellite, covelline
[geo]
Indigo copper
[geo]
Costero
costo ms honorario fijo/porcentaje
costra de lodo, torta de filtro
costra o cake sinterizado/aglomerado
Cota
Cota Nmero que en los mapas, cartas y
planos topogrficos indica la altitud de un
punto sobre el nivel del mar o respecto a
cualquier otro punto de referencia
Cota de curva Cota que se sita encima,
en el medio o siguiendo el trazo de una
curva de nivel para indicar su altitud
Couloir (galicismo) Pasillo o barranco de
mucha pendiente en la ladera de una
montaa
Course Over Ground, COG Es la
direccin de desplazamiento conseguida
que no tiene por qu coincidir con la lnea
de rumbo
Covacha Cavidad subterrnea
Covado Unidad de longitud antigua
brasilea equivalente a 0,66 metros
aproximadamente
covelita, covelina, cobre ndigo sulfuro
de cobre que cristaliza en el sistema
hexagonal y se presenta generalmente en
lminas delgadas; el color es azul ndigo o
ms oscuro an
Covellina
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Cristal growth
Grain growth
Overgrowth
Credits This glossary of geologic
terms is based on the glossary in
Earth An Introduction to
Geologic Change, by S. Judson
and S.M. Richardson (Englewood
Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1995).
Where possible, definitions
conform generally, and in some
cases specifically, to definitions
given in Robert L Bates and Julia
A Jackson (editors), Glossary of
Geology, 3rd ed., American
Geological Institute, Alexandria,
Virginia, 1987, and
www.geotech.org
Byproduct credits
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Creosote
[met]
[chem]
[geo]
[met]
[alpinism]
Crter adventicio
Cratn rea continental estable que ha
sufrido escasa deformacin durante un
intervalo prolongado de tiempo,
normalmente desde antes del inicio del
Mesozoico
Crecimiento de cristal
Crecimiento de grano
Crecimiento excesivo, sobrecrecimiento
Crditos o reconocimiento
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Anticlinal ridge
Wave crest The top of a wave
Pressure ridge
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Cresta isoclinal
[geo]
[min]
Cresta sinclinal
Cresta, [Es] cumbre
[geo]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Cribble
Grading screen
Feed preparation screen
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Cretsico inferior
criadero de petrleo
Criadero dislocado
Criadero mineral
Criadero, filn (masa mineral entre dos
capas de terreno)
Criba
Criba clasificadora
Criba de (para la) preparacin de la
alimentacin
Criba de alimentacin del desintegrador
Grizzly
[min]
[min]
[geo]
crucible, crusible
Skillet
chrysotile, serpentine (fibrous)
Crystal The multi-sided form of
a mineral, bounded by planar
growth surfaces, that is the
outward expression of the ordered
arrangement of atoms within it
Water glass
quartz crystal
Mixed crystal
Skeleton crystal
Left handed crystal
Crystallinity
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min] [met]
[met]
[min]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Criba vibratoria
Criba, cribadora o tamiz lineal de
residuos/basuras/escoria
Criba, tamiz, zaranda; zarandeo
Cribadora
Cribar
Cribn vibratorio
Cribonero
Crinideos
Criolita
Criolita, mineral de aluminio
Criptocristalino
Criptocristalino, que tiene los cristales muy
pequeos
Crisocola silicato de cobre hidratado, que
contiene frecuentemente slice libre y otras
impurezas
Crisol
Crisol
Crisotilo, serpentina fibrosa
Cristal
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Cristal de agua
cristal de cuarzo
Cristal de mezcla
Cristal esqueltico
Cristal levgiro
cristalinidad
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
cristalino, cristalina
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Chrome-plated
Chromite
[met]
[geo]
Chrome
Cro-moly
[chem]
[met]
Cristalizador
Cristaloide
crocita
Crocoita, plomo rojo
Croft Pequea explotacin agraria
arrendada o poseda por un cultivador
directo que se le llama crofter. Dedicado
normalmente a la agricultura de
subsistencia tiene reconocido el derecho
de pasto sobre las laderas de las
montaas vecinas
Cromado
Cromita, (CrO2)2Fe Cromito ferroso. Es el
principal mineral de cromo usado como
aleacin para producir acero inoxidable y
como metal puro para galvanizados. Los
principales productores son Rusia, la
repblica de Sudfrica, Rhodesia, Cuba y
Turqua
Cromo
Cromo-molibdeno, aleacin de acero
combinado con cromo y molibdeno
Cronoestratigrafa Rama de la
estratigrafa que se ocupa del
conocimiento de la edad y la ordenacin
de las unidades estratigrficas, as como
del establecimiento de la escala
estratigrfica mundial
Croquis Dibujo que, hecho del natural o
a partir de un mapa topogrfico o una
fotografa, presenta, de una forma sencilla
y esquemtica, paisajes o fenmenos
Croquis altimtrico Croquis de un relieve
que se obtiene a simple vista con la ayuda
de algunos puntos de posicin y altitud
conocidos
Croquis topogrfico, Croquis geogrfico
Croquis realizado sin escala que
representa uno o diversos elementos del
terreno en posiciones ms o menos
aproximadas
Crucero
Crucero
Crucero
Crucero [ferr]
Crucero, veta transversal
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Back joint
Caunter
Counter chute lode
Frog
Cross course
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Crosshead
Cry
Crust Crustaceans, crustaceos,
crustacean
Crossing
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
drill crew
Mine rescue team
[min] [pet]
[min]
Geologic clock
Panel
Quadruped
Springing
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Ladies quarters
Quartation, quartered
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Hyaline quartz
quartz
[geo]
[geo]
quartz monzonite
quartary, quaternary, modern era
a time period dating from about
1.8 million years ago to present
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Vat
basin fold, closures
???
[met]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
pans
[geo]
[geo]
Tesseral
Rock cover
???
Ladle
Scraper, scraper bucket
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[min]
[min]
Hydraulic excavator
[min]
Sample spoon
Bucket
[met]
[min]
Skip
[min]
Dredging spoon
Clamshell bucket
Ball kibble
Plough (or belt plow) and tail
pulley
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Belly
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Sea basin
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Piano wire
Lifeline, safety lanyard
[mec] [min]
[civ] [min]
[met] [pet]
[min]
[min]
[alpinism]
Bell cord
Primacord
???
Breccia body
Ore deposit, ore body, orebody
A continuous well-defined mass of
material of sufficient ore content
to make extraction economically
feasible. Compare mineral
deposit. Naturally-occurring
materials from which a mineral or
minerals of economic value can be
recovered at a reasonable profit
???
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
???
[geo]
cueva, caverna
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Cradle rocker
Dutchman
[min]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
Tectonic wedge
Gad picker
Wedge
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Coupon
[met]
Cupric
copper-bearing
cuprite, red copper ore
Cuprous
Intumescence of lava
curing
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
???
[alpinism]
cursor
[geo]
Opening bend
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Curva de Milankovitch
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
???
Cyprine
Dacite
Dacite
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Dacitic
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Davy lamp
[min]
[geo]
Strain softening
Fairly
[geo]
[geo]
Settling tank
Pickling
[met]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Delafossite
Friable, shitty
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Delta
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Delta A body or assemblage of
sediments deposited and
accumulated in an ocean or lake
at the mouth of a stream, or
where a stream flows into a body
of standing water and its velocity
and transporting power are
suddenly reduced; a "delta plain"
is the upper surface of a delta
Fleet
Lashing
[min]
[geo]
Dendrite
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Bulk density
[min]
[met]
Heavy
Denudation The sum of the
processes that result in the
wearing away or the progressive
lowering of the Earth's surface by
weathering, erosion, mass
wasting, and transportation
denouncement, mining claim,
claim parcels of land that are
staked by companies or
individuals for the purpose of
exploring and mining. Depending
on the area and countries they are
measured off in different sizes of
acreage
relying
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
dependiendo, confiando
Depocentro rea o lugar de una cuenca
sedimentaria en la que una unidad
estratigrfica concreta alcanza el mximo
espesor
Deposicin
[geo]
[eco] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Depositado
Depsito
Depsito aluvial de arena
Depsito de agua
Depsito glacial
depsito inferior de desage/enjuague
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Depsito ispico
Depsito lenticular o lentiforme
Depsito, yacimiento, filn
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Land sediments
Bedded deposits
Drift beds
Alluvial deposits, alluvium Sand
and earth that is left by rivers or
floods. Sometimes referred to as
placer. Unconsolidated terrestrial
sediment composed of sorted or
unsorted sand, gravel, etc,
removed from a parent rock by
water, time and errosion and
deposited at a distance location; A
deposit of sediment left by a
stream on the stream's channel or
floodplain
Underground nuclear waste
diposal
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Depsitos abisales
Depsitos calcreos
Depsitos coluviales, coluvio, coluvin
Aluvin constituido por los granos ms
finos del limo y la arena, transportados a
corta distancia por la arroyada difusa. La
formacin de coluviones o coluviamiento
es caracterstica de los terrenos llanos de
vegetacin abierta (sbanas y campos
cultivados). Los coluviones van llenando
progresivamente las cavidades y allanando
esos terrenos. Por el contrario, la arroyada
que baja de las vertientes excava al pie de
stas una depresin caracterstica, al
arrastrar las partculas finas del suelo para
abandonarlas en otra parte
Depsitos continentales
Depsitos estratificados
Depsitos glaciales
Depsitos o yacimiento aluvial, alluvium,
aluviales, acarreo fluvial, aluvin, [Pe]
terreno de transporte sedimentacin, de
poca geolgica reciente, formada en el
proceso de deposicin de los ros activos
tierra, arena, grava y otros materiales que
han sido trasladados en suspensin por
ros o inundaciones y se han depositado en
lugares donde, por alguna razn, la
velocidad de la corriente es insuficiente
para mantenerlos en suspensin
Depression
Right of way, right-of-way
[geo]
[min]
Validity Right/Fee
Royalty
Mineral rights
[min]
[fisc] [min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Deriva continental
[geo]
[min]
[met]
[alpinism]
Stope in (to)
Collapsing
ground failure, run of bill, screes,
downfall, failure, fall of ground,
collapse, rock fall, fall-off
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
Unweathering
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
desaguar, achicar
Waterway
underdrain
Drainage
[geo]
[geo]
[min] [geo]
???
[geo]
desand (to)
evolve (to)
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Sustainable development
[eco] [min]
Underground development
Development
[min]
[min]
Mine development
[min]
Break-down mill
site clearing
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[mec] [min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
desage (proceso)
desage inferior
desage, drenaje, [Mx] desecacin,
agotamiento en el sentido geotcnico,
extraccin del agua de una cimentacin,
terrapln u otras partes de una estructura
desalinizacin eliminacin de sales y
otras substancias qumicas del agua
marina o del agua salada
desarenar
desarrollar, evolucionar; despedir, emanar
Desarrollo regional Crecimiento
econmico y cultural dentro de un rea
especfica. Es estimulado, dirigido o
controlado por una accin directa o
indirecta del gobierno. Ver Development
area
Desarrollo sostenible principio que
implica el ejercicio de la actividad minera
en concordancia con aspectos
ambientales, de ordenacin del territorio,
de estabilidad econmica y de
responsabilidad social, conjugados con
principio de racionalidad y ptima
recuperacin del recurso
Desarrollo subterrneo
Desarrollo, apertura de galeras o cmaras
de explotacin
Desarrollos mineros - Nombre genrico
dado a toda excavacin, son construidos
por su aprovechamiento potencial como
conductos de vas interiores de
comunicacin y/o transporte de personal,
equipo, menas, estriles o flujos de
desage o ventilacin mineras
Desbastador
Desbroce, desmonte (Per),
desmatamiento
Descarga Caudal, la tasa de flujo en un
momento dado, y se mide por el volumen
por unidad de tiempo
Descarga inferior, descarga abajo, volteo
por debajo
Descargue, desaloje o vaciado de (la carga
de) el molino
Descarrilamiento, [Ar] descarrilo
Descarrilarse
Descenso de entubado
Descenso del techo
Descensor Aparato utilizado para bajar
en rapel. Su funcionamiento est basado
en provocar un roce en la cuerda de tal
forma que se pueda controlar la velocidad
de la bajada
Decomposition (chemical
weathering) Weathering
processes as a result of chemical
reactions. Example the
transformation of orthoclase to
kaolinite
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[min]
Off
[geo]
[min]
Discovery
Rotary drum drier
Unchairing
desliming
[geo]
[met]
[min]
[met] [pet]
???
???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Rentitivity
Degasification, degassing
[geo]
[geo]
Scour
[geo]
[geo] [min]
bit wear
Dehydration Any process by
which water bound within a solid
material is released. Example
Gypsum (CaSO42H2O) becomes
anhydrite (CaSO4) by dehydration
Dehydrate
???
[min] [petbit]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Deshidratar
Deshielo Fusin de la nieve o del hielo,
cuando la temperatura ambiente se eleva
por encima del punto de congelacin. En
este fenmeno natural est uno de los
motivos que provocan la crecida de los
ros de montaa
Deshornamiento
Desierto Son las regiones en las que en
principio, la sequedad, la aridez, consiste
principalmente en la falta de agua con
relacin a las necesidades de los seres
vivientes
Desiertos sub-tropicales
Furnace discharging
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Disruption
Disintegration (mechanical
weathering) The processes of
weathering by which physical
actions, such as frost wedging,
break down a rock into fragments,
involving no chemical change
Rock breaking
Desintegrated
Slide A mass movement in
which material maintains
continuous contact with the
surface on which it moves
Block glide
Wedge failure
Earth creep/fall/slide
Rope slip
slump downward and outward
rotational movement of Earth
materials traveling as a unit or
series of units
Rotational slip
Landslip
Dislocation glide and climb
Mud rush, run of muck
Deshidratacin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Desintegracin de rocas
Desintegrado
Deslizamiento
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
Deslizamiento de bloque
Deslizamiento de cua
Deslizamiento de tierra, derrumbe
Deslizamiento en polea de friccin
deslizamiento rotacional
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Glide
Declustering
Detachable
Clearing
Caving
[geo]
[geo] [min]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo] [min]
[pet]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Cluttered
Dispatcher
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[civ] [min]
dispatch
Dispatch, Routing and Scheduling,
DRS
[inf] [min]
???
Tool crib
[alpinism]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[min]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Rob pillars
Lay out
Displacement
Dip slip, dip shift
Beach drifting
Scroll
Lateral separation
Normal displacement
perpendicular to the faults
Shear displacement parallel to the
faults
Shifting
Offset
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Unheeded
Slacking
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Sluffing
Bump
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo] [mec]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Deslizamiento, deslizar
Desmembramiento
Desmontable, desprendible
Desmonte
Desmoronamiento, derrumbe,
hundimiento, derrumbamiento
Desnivel Diferencia de nivel o de altura
entre dos puntos determinados
Desnivel En la montaa se suele utilizar
este trmino para mencionar la diferencia
entre el lugar de salida y el punto ms alto
al que se quiere llegar (ya sea al refugio,
lago o cumbre). Se mide tanto con un
altmetro como con el GPS
Desordenadamente, obstruido
Despachador
despacho consiste en asignar un nuevo
destino a uno o varios vehculos al mismo
tiempo
Despacho, recorrido y programacin, un
sistema para manejar la flota del equipo
mvil en una mina
Despeadero Precipicio
Despensa, paol para herramientas
Despilarar
Desplantar, localizar, gramilar
Desplazamiento
Desplazamiento de inclinacin
Desplazamiento de la lnea de costa
Desplazamiento de pantalla Pulsaciones
repetidas de una tecla para hacer aparecer
nuevos datos
Desplazamiento horizontal del salto
Desplazamiento normal perpendicular a
las fallas
Desplazamiento tangencial paralelo a las
fallas
Desplazamiento, migracin
Desplazamiento, separacin, distancia
horizontal entre afloramientos
Desplazamientos pendulares Ver
commuter
Desplazar lentamente la carga (avanzar
paso a paso)
Desplomado, asentado, derrumbado
Desplome Pared que supera la
verticalidad, es decir, que es de ms de 90
grados sexagesimales de inclinacin
Despreciado, desantendido
Desprendimiento
Desprendimiento Cada de una masa
de tierra, piedras, rocas, nieve o hielo de
una montaa, ladera, risco o muro
Desprendimiento de la roca
Desprendimiento de piedra
Slabbing
Shelter
Inrush
derail (to)
Contract miner
Unsoilling
Anneal
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
Distil
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Diversion
Wander
[geo]
[min]
spin
[min] [pet]
Hole deviation
[min]
[min]
[geo]
bit walk
[min] [pet]
Off-line
???
[min]
[alpinism]
Lay-by, siding
[ferr] [min]
Slope indicator
Belt rip detector
[min]
[min]
Desprendimiento de roca
Desprendimiento del techo
Desprendimiento, invasin
Desrielar, descarrilar
Destajero
Destape
Destemplar, [Es] revenir, recocer cualquier
pieza en acero para eliminar los esfuerzos
residuales
Destilacin fraccionada Proceso que
consiste en la separacin de los distintos
componentes de una mezcla lquida
mediante su vaporizacin utilizando calor
en el interior de una columna de platos
que produce el equilibrio necesario para
separar los componentes. Se utiliza
normalmente para la obtencin, a partir
del petrleo crudo, de ter de petrleo,
nafta, gasolina, queroseno y aceites
pesados
Destilar
Destre Unidad de longitud antigua de las
Islas Baleares equivalente a 4,214 metros
aproximadamente
Destrepar Descender un terreno
relativamente vertical mediante sencillos
pasos de escalada
Desviacin
Desviacin cambio de direccin del
trazado (perfil) de perforacin con
respecto al trazado previamente
determinado
desviacin curvada, cambio en espiral de
la direccin del trazado (perfil) de
perforacin
Desviacin de la perforacin, cambio de
direccin con respecto al trazado
previamente determinado
Desviacin de sondeo piloto, cambio de
direccin del trazado de perforacin gua
con respecto al trazado (perfil)
previamente determinado
Desviacin magntica de la cuadrcula
ngulo formado por la direccin del norte
magntico y la del norte de la cuadrcula
en un mapa
desviacin, cambio de direccin del
trazado (perfil) de perforacin debido a la
accin rotativa
Desviado
Desvo Paso alternativo que suele ser
ms largo que el directo
Desvo, apartadero, [Es] va muerta, [Mx]
ladero
Desvimetro
Detector de desgarro de la faja
Gas detector
[min]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[geo]
[geo]
Booster
Detonator
[min]
[min]
Mountain waste
Stirred Media Detritor, SMD
Debris flow Fast-moving,
turbulent mass movement with a
high content of both water and
rock debris. The more rapid debris
flows rival the speed of rock slides
Bug dust
Nickings
Drill core cuttings, ripios
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Deuteric
Paulopost
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Detritos de la roza
Detritos de la roza (carbn)
Detritos, virutas, ripios, [Ch] detritus de
perforacin
Deutrico
Deutrico
Deutrico Se aplica a las modificaciones
de las rocas magmticas con formacin de
minerales hidroxilados, bajo la accin de
fluidos hidrotermales (aguas deutricas)
procedentes del propio magma en su
ltima etapa de evolucin y consolidacin
???
Rope tensioner
Age of fishes
Devonian period, Devonic A
period from about 400 to 360
million years ago
Devonite
Right lateral
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Deutschen Alpenvereins
Devanadora
Devnico
Devnico
[geo]
[geo]
Devonita
Dextral, lateral dextral
Dextro/a A la derecha. Se dice de una
falla de desgarre cuando los bloques,
vistos desde arriba, estn desplazados
hacia la derecha uno en relacin al otro.
Antnimo senestro/a
DGPS Basado en receptores situados en
estaciones costeras que suministran
correcciones de la seal GPS y corrige la
mayor parte de los errores inducidos por la
ionosfera, la atmsfera y la disponibilidad
selectiva
Diabasa roca gnea de color oscuro, de
grano fino a medio y composicin bsica
(es decir, sin cuarzo libre), que se
encuentra en intrusiones de tamao
moderado (especialmente diques y sills)
Diabasa Roca bsica filoniana de grano
fino-medio y textura entrecruzada
Diablstico
Diaclasa Ruptura de las rocas sin
desplazamiento relativo provocada por
algn agente erosionador
diaclasa horizontal
Diaclasa oculta, diaclasa cubierta
Diaclasa Fractura de rocas o de
materiales sin desplazamiento relativo de
las partes separadas
Diaclasado
Diaclasas con las paredes ligeramente
alteradas
Diaclases (diaclasas) horizontales
Diacronismo Fenmeno por el cual una
capa que presenta una misma facies tiene
edades diferentes segn los lugares
Diagnesis
[geo]
Diabase
[geo]
Diablastic
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
diaclastic, fractured
Slighty weathered joints
[geo]
[geo]
Sheet joints
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Shear pattern
Flow sheet, flowsheet, flow-sheet,
flowchart
[geo]
[met]
Ventilation schematic
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Diamond
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Rough diamond
Synthetic diamond
[geo]
[met]
[chem]
Diaspore
Diastrophism
[geo]
[geo]
Mountain meal/stream
[geo]
[geo]
Diatomita
[geo]
[geo]
Dickite
[geo]
Dyscrystalline
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Magmatic differentiation
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Difraccin de rayos X
[geo]
[geo]
Fingering
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Dilation
Dilution
[min]
[min]
Deluge
Chargeman
Dynamite
Semigelatin dynamite
Diopside (pyroxene)
Esmerald cooper
Diorite Common intrusive rock
consisting of 80-100% of feldspar
(mostly plagiocase), very little, if
any, Quartz and sometimes up to
50% of dark minerals
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Quartz-diorite, tonalite A
granular igneous rock consisting
of quartz, andesine, and small
amounts of orthoclase
[geo]
Orbicular diorite
porphyry diorite
sericite diorite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
starter dam
Tailings or tailing dam
[geo]
[min]
Post-mineral dike
Gully checkdam
Saddle Dam, SD
Composite dike/fold
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Blasting sequence
[min]
Straightforwad
Disk cutter
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Disconformity
[geo]
Discontinuity
[geo]
Tighty healed
[geo]
[geo]
Infilled joints
[geo]
Disconformidad (Disconformity)
Discontinuidad estratigrfica caracterizada
porque los planos de estratificacin por
encima y por debajo de la superficie de
discontinuidad se mantienen paralelos.
Durante el tiempo que dur la interrupcin
en la sedimentacin actu la erosin, lo
que queda reflejado en el carcter
irregular de la superficie de discontinuidad
Disconformidad, interrupcin en la serie
geolgica
Discontinuidad falta de continuidad en
una formacin geolgica (que
originalmente se manifestaba en la
naturaleza en forma continua) o integridad
mecnica de la roca, tal como una
diaclasa, grieta o cavidad
Discontinuidad cerrada
Discontinuidad entre hojas Espacio que
queda entre dos o ms hojas de un mapa
que no pertenecen a la misma zona de
proyeccin
Discontinuidad estratigrfica
(Unconformity o Break) Ausencia, por
no sedimentacin o por erosin, en la
sucesin estratigrfica de materiales
representativos de un lapso de tiempo
Discontinuidad sin relleno
[geo]
Discontinuidad ssmica
[geo]
Nonconformity An unconformity
that separates profoundly
different rock types, such as
sedimentary rocks from
metamorphic rocks
Unconformity A surface that
separates two strata. It
represents an interval of time in
which deposition stopped, erosion
removed some sediments and
rock, and then deposition
resumed (see also Angular
unconformity). A buried erosion
surface separating two rock
masses
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Erosional unconformity
Accordant unconformity
[geo]
[geo]
Nonconformable
Dissect To cut or divide (land)
into hills and ridges with valleys
between; used especially of a
river
Dissected (1) cut into parts or
sections; (2) divided into hills and
ridges by valleys and gorges
disseminated deposit, ingrained
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min] [pet]
[mec] [met]
Fire a round
[min]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
Crossed dispersion
spraying from a cyclone as the
load on the cyclone decreases, the
downward forces on the slurry
diminish with respect to the
centrifugal forces, and the flare
angle increases
Wind dispersion
Selective Availability, SA
[geo]
[min]
Alternation of beds
Atomic waste disposal
[geo]
[min]
Blasting pattern
Layout
torque limiting device
[min]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[min] [pet]
Mercury sniffer
[geo]
[min]
Dysprosium
[chem]
[geo]
Fetch
[geo]
Span
[geo]
Wheel gauge
Minimum safe distance
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[eco] [met]
[geo]
Disthene
Fault strain
Mining district/prospect
Fracture
Ball structure parting
Prismatic jointing, basaltic jointing
Tabular jointing
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Riffle sampler
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Distena, cianita
Distorsin por falla
Distrito/prospecto minero
Disyuncin
Disyuncin esferoidal o bolar
Disyuncin prismtica
Disyuncin tabular
Divergencia Movimiento del aire
tendente a escapar de una determinada
rea, bien por difluencia de varios flujos,
bien por aumento de velocidad de un flujo
nico
Divisin en hojas Sistema por el que una
serie de mapas es representado en
diferentes hojas
Divisor de muestra
Divisoria Lnea que separa dos cuencas
hidrogrficas contiguas y a partir de la
cual divergen las aguas
Divisoria de agua
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Rail bender
[min]
Dixenita
Doblada Cuando la cuerda queda
recogida formando un ovillo
Doblada Cuerda que se cuelga por su
mitad con el fin de bajar en rapel
Doblador de rieles, [Ar] santiago, [Ch]
donsantiago, [Cu] el viejo, [Mx] diablo
Doble decmetro Instrumento en forma
de regla de 20 centmetros de longitud,
con lados biselados y dividido en
centmetros y milmetros
Doble manipulacin almacenaje y carga
del producto en lugar de despacharlo
directamente
Doble, de dos clases, al doble
Docimasia
Dolerita en general engloba microdiorita
y microgabro, frecuentemente con fina
textura oftica
Dolerita En general engloba
microdiorita y micrograbo, frecuentemente
con fina textura oftica
Dolerofanita
Dolina Pequea depresin superficial
cerrada en forma de embudo provocada
por la disolucin o hundimiento de los
terrenos calizos
Dolinas
Dolo- Prefijo que en petrologa
sedimentaria significa composicin
dolomtica
[geo]
[geo]
Double handling
[civ] [min]
[pet]
Two fold
Assaying
Dolerite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Dolerophanite
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Dolines
[geo]
Magnesian lime
Pierite
Dolomite, rock
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Dolomitic
Dolomitization
[geo]
[geo]
Dip domain
Mining area
Puy
Salt dome
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo] [min]
Plug dome
[geo]
[geo]
Domo volcnico
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Dredge mining
Windkanter
Acid Rock Drainage, ARD
druse, hollow druse
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Dry-farming
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Duna movediza
Heating time
[min]
Duna Transversal
[geo]
[geo]
Dunas
Dunita, roca olivnica
Duplex Conjunto de escamas tectnicas
imbricadas, comprendidas entre dos
cabalgamientos de gran amplitud de
despegue
Durada o duracin del calentamiento
[geo]
Dureza
[mec] [met]
[min]
Eclipse
[geo]
Fishplate
[min]
Dureza Rockwell
Durmiente, pieza de apoyo para rieles
sobre el piso de una labor
Eclmetro Aparato topogrfico que sirve
para medir la pendiente de un terreno
Eclipse Es un suceso en el que la luz
procedente de un cuerpo celeste es
bloqueada por otro. Normalmente se habla
de eclipses de Sol y de Luna que ocurren
solamente cuando el Sol y la Luna se
alinean con la Tierra. Tambin pueden
ocurrir eclipses fuera del sistema TierraLuna cuando la sombra de un satlite toca
la superficie de un planeta, cuando un
satlite pasa por la sombra de un planeta
o cuando un satlite proyecta su sombra
sobre otro satlite
Eclisa, reborde de acoplamiento
[geo]
Ecloglita
[geo]
[geo]
Ecologa
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Age/ageing
[geo]
[geo]
Edingtonite
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[elc] [min]
[met]
Birdcage
Nugget effect
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Efficient
Efluent
Effusion
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Effusive
Aegirite
Axis The line formed by the
intersection of the axial plane of a
fold with a bedding plane,
marking where the bed shows its
maximum curvature
plunging axis, pitching axis
Axis of sight
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Efusivo
Egirina, acmita
Eje
[geo]
[geo]
Axis of subsidence
[geo]
[geo]
Axis of a lode
[geo]
[geo]
Major axis
Minor axis
Mat, matte
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
Emergency drill
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Elstico
[geo]
Electrode
[elc] [met]
Electrolysis
[met]
electrometallurgy
[met]
[geo]
Electrn
[geo]
Electron de valencia
[met]
[met]
[geo]
Pathfinder
[geo]
Indicator element
[geo]
Electro-obtencin, electro-extraccin,
proceso electrometalrgico que se realiza
en celdas electrolticas, donde se disponen
alternadamente unos nodos y ctodos
dentro de la solucin electroltica
previamente concentrada
electrosiderurgia
Elemento Cada uno de los
constituyentes fsicos que integran el clima
temperatura, presin, viento, humedad y
precipitaciones. Es por esto que se suele
hablar de 'los elementos'
Elemento gua elemento qumico que
generalmente aparece como trazas que se
encuentra asociado a un tipo de mena
especfico y que es ms fcil de detectar
Elemento gua, elemento qumico que
generalmente aparece como trazas que se
encuentra asociado a un tipo de mena
especfico que es ms fcil de detectar o
de determinar que los elementos o
minerales de mena y que, cuando
aparece, se convierte en claro indicador
del depsito mineral
[geo]
Elemento oxidado
[geo]
[geo]
Elementos de transicin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
elevacin, ascenso
[min]
[geo]
???
Elutriation
[alpinism]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Emanaciones volcnicas
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
silting
Encumber
???
Embouchure
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Output
Emissions
Butt
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[min]
Gravelling
Bolt
Piling
???
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[min]
[alpinism]
Geographical location
Emplace To put into position
Hand
Embarking
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Bal
Upthrow
Emscherian substage
Cartridged emulsion
emulsion explosive
Emulsion
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[min] [pet]
[min]
Crown
Conformably, in conformity
In-pit
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Rerailer
Socket
[min]
[min]
Polygenes
Enclosure
[geo]
[geo]
Slipform
[civ] [min]
[civ] [min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
straighten (to)
[min]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Energa hdrica
[geo]
Energa nuclear
[geo]
[min]
[alpinism]
Spot cooling
Inset [UK]
[min]
[min]
[met]
[min]
[mec] [min]
Linkage
Hard-linkage
[geo]
[geo]
energa ssmica
Enfilar Coger una direccin hacia uno
de sus sentidos que suele ser el ms recto
y el que tenemos enfrente nuestro
Enfriamiento localizado
Enganche inferior cncavo conexin
horizontal en el fondo del pique, pozo, tiro,
etc
Enhornamiento en caliente
Enjaular
enjuagado por inmersin proceso
realizado en un tanque que recibe el
lquido de enjuagado desde una entrada
en el fondo del tanque y el excedente del
lquido rebalsa (overflow) por la parte
superior
Enlace
Enlace completo
[geo]
Enlace inico
[geo]
[geo]
Enlace qumico
[civ] [min]
Claying
Mud off
Enriched materials
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Salting
[geo]
Residual enrichment
Downward enrichment
Supergene enrichment
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Enrichment
rock fill, rockfill
[geo]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Assayer
Ore testing/test/assay
Assay, test Analysis (as of an
ore) to determine the quantity of
one or other mineral compounds
or elements
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Tensile test
Dye test
Fire assay
Drill Stem Test, DST
Point load strength index
Hardness test
Pull-out test
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
On-line analysis
Umpire assay
[met]
[geo] [min]
[geo]
Enstatite
Wood bulkhead
Jag
Burial
Inter (to)
staying, timbering
Close timbering
???
Back timber
Shaft blocking
Intergrow (to)
Aggregation
Cross
Interlock (to)
Cribbing
???
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Tubbing
eocene epoch, paleogenic,
paleogene system
[min]
[geo]
Eogene
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Ensayo a la traccin
Ensayo a tinte (inyeccin)
Ensayo al fuego
Ensayo con varillaje
Ensayo de carga puntual
Ensayo de dureza
Ensayo de traccin, ensayo de adherencia,
ensayo de resistencia al arranque de un
buln o perno de anclaje
Ensayo en lnea
Ensayo por rbitro
Ensilaje Forraje comprimido y
fermentado en parte. Consiste en capas de
hierba, trbol y alfalfa comprimidas en
balas generalmente con la adicin de
melazas. Puede almacenarse y cortarse en
bloques para alimento de animales
Enstatita
Entablonado de contencin
Entalladura, diente (de sierra)
Enterramiento
Enterrar
Entibacin, ademano
Entibado adosado
Entibo (del aragons) Embalse
Entivado o entibado de techo
Entramado, encribado, bloqueo
Entrecrecer
Entrecrecimiento
Entrecruzada, o diagonal
Entrelazarse, ligarse
Entribacin, entubacin de madera
Entronque Empalme de caminos
Entropa Trmino tomado de la
termodinmica cada vez ms utilizado en
climatologa. La entropa es una medida de
la energa que ha cesado de estar
disponible para el trabajo en un sistema
dado, por ejemplo, en un sistema de
presiones atmosfricas. Un mximo de
entropa denota un mnimo de energa
aprovechable
Entubacin, encubado
Eoceno inferior, palegeno, paleogeno,
paleognico que se origin en el pasado;
nombre dado a la parte antigua del
Terciario, que comprende el Eoceno y el
Oligoceno
Eogeno
Eohipsa Curva de nivel reconstruida en
un relieve desaparecido
Elico, perteneciente al viento
[geo]
En
[geo]
Eparqueano
Epi- Prefijo que indica una posicin
superior o la adquisicin de un nuevo
estado que se superpone a un estado
anterior
[geo]
Epicentro (sismo)
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Epidote
[geo]
Epidosites, epidotization
[geo]
Epidotized
[geo]
Epiclstico
Epiclorita
Epidota magnesfera, epidota
manganesfera, piamontita. Silicato de Ca,
Al, Mn e H, que cristaliza en el sistema
monoclnico
Epidota, epdota, pistadita (1) Mineral
raramente accesorio, pero frecuente como
secundario en las rocas gneas y que
presenta una gran variedad de
composicin. Cristaliza en el sistema
monoclnico, en cristales brillantes de color
negro verdoso a verde amarillento. En
composicin guarda relacin muy estrecha
con la clinozoisita, pero contiene hierro,
siendo, por lo tanto, un silicato hidratado
de Ca, Al y Fe; (2) Grupo de minerales que
incluyen los silicatos bsicos de Ca, Al, Fe
y Mn; suelen producirse en las rocas de
metamorfismo regional
Epidotitas, epidotizacin Proceso de
alteracin, especialmente de las rocas
bsicas gneas, en que el feldespato se
albitiza con separacin de epidota y
zoisita, reproduciendo la molcula anortita
de la plagioclasa original. La presin
parece ser el factor dominante en esta
transformacin
Epidotizado
Epignesis (1) En petrologa,
reemplazamiento lento de un mineral por
otro, molcula a molcula, estando el
fenmeno ligado a un aporte de
sustancias. (2) Proceso de generacin de
un yacimiento con posterioridad a la
formacin de la roca encajante
Epirogenesis
[geo]
Present system
Alluvium period
Epsomite, bitter salt
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Epirognesis
Episienita Sienita de feldespato alcalino
cuya composicin ha sido adquirida
secundariamente
Epitermal Trmino aplicado a los
depsitos o yacimientos hidrotermales
formados en fisuras o cavidades de las
rocas, por deposicin a escasa
profundidad, a partir de soluciones
calientes ascendentes, entre 200 y 100 C
Epizona Zona de metamorfismo
regional de bajo grado
poca actual
poca aluvial
Epsomita
Equi- Elemento compositivo que
significa igual
Equicorrelativa Isopleta que indica la
correlacin entre una serie de datos
Equidistancia (1) Diferencia de altitud
entre dos curvas de nivel sucesivas; (2)
Propiedad que presentan ciertas
proyecciones consistente en mantener
invariable la escala entre los paralelos o
bien respecto a un punto central
Equilibrio inestable Estado de la
atmsfera en la que el gradiente trmico
real de una masa de aire es mayor que el
gradiente adiabtico seco (o sea, ms
clida y, en consecuencia, ms ligera que
el aire circundante) y de esta manera
continuar ascendiendo. Una masa de aire
clido y muy hmedo puede ascender a
gran altura y provocar unas condiciones
atmosfricas muy inestables formando
grandes cmulos y causando fuertes
lluvias, granizo y tormentas. La corriente
ascendente cesar al alcanzar la misma
temperatura que el aire circundante y
entonces estar en equilibrio neutro (o
indiferente). Ver inestabilidad condicional.
Opuesto a equilibrio estable
Equilibrio neutro, Equilibrio indiferente,
Equilibrio convectivo Estado que
presenta una masa de aire sin saturar que
tiene un gradiente trmico esttico igual al
gradiente adiabtico seco, o una masa de
aire saturado cuyo gradiente trmico es
igual al gradiente adiabtico saturado, de
forma que se halla en equilibrio respecto a
las masas de aire que le rodean
Equinoccial Relativo o perteneciente a un
equinoccio
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Equip
Sample cutter
Scooptram, Scoop (col)
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[min]
[min]
Load-Haul-Dump, LHD
[min]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[min]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[min]
[geo]
Headgear
[geo]
[geo]
Era (geolgica)
[geo]
[geo]
Era arqueozoica
Era eozoica
Era Unidad geocronolgica de rango
mayor
Erg, Areg Paisaje de las zonas ridas en
el que nos encontramos grandes cuencas
en las que se acumula arena bajada de
tierras vecinas. El relieve ms
caracterstico es la duna
Ergograma Diagrama que muestra el
carcter estacional de las actividades
humanas y el tiempo empleado en cada
una de ellas
Erguirse Dcese de un itinerario cuando
se intensifica la pendiente
Eriano
Erizada Dcese de la cresta cuando se
llena de obstculos, dificultades y
asperezas
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Erian
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Erosin
[alpinism]
Rock weathering
Plucking (quarrying) A process
of erosion in which the glacier
pulls loose pieces of bed rock
[geo]
[geo]
Windoworn
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Landfarming
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Glacial stairway
Chain ladder
Escape manway,
second/secondary egress manway
Ladder
[geo]
[min]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Underhand stope
[min]
Kern but
Stope, open stope
[geo]
[min]
Left stepping
[geo]
Scaling
Flakes, chips, laminas thin
flattened pieces or layers
Scaled
Scandium
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[chem]
[geo]
Raiseboring
[min]
Raise drill
[min]
Raise borer
[min]
Ream
Disc harrow
Fault scarp
Cleve, klip, cliff, brae steep
sloping ground
cliffed, skerry
???
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Smelter slag
Blast-furnace slag
Cinder
Slag
[met]
[met]
[geo]
[met]
Scorify
[geo]
Escoger
Escogido
Escollo
Escombros, cascajo
Escombros, desechos
Escoria Subproducto de desecho de la
refinacin de un metal, especialmente del
hierro, en un alto horno
Escoria bsica Residuos de los altos
hornos donde se funde mineral de hierro
con un elevado contenido de fsforo. Las
escoria bsica contiene fosfato tetraclcico
entre otros compuestos. Cuando se tritura
se convierte en un valioso fertilizante. Se
conoce tambin como 'escoria de
desfosforacin' o 'escoria Thomas'
Escoria de fundicin
Escoria de horno alto o alto horno
Escoria, batidura
Escorias, masa vtrea de baja densidad
constituida en un 90% o ms por slice y
hierro que se separa de la mezcla fundida
en el interior de hornos de reverbero o
convertidores por gravedad, quedando
sta en la parte superior desde donde es
retirada en forma separada
Escorificar
[geo]
escorrentia, escorrenta
[civ] [min]
[min]
Escotilln, trampa
Escotilln, ventana de escape a travs de
la mampara del relleno
Escuadra Instrumento de madera, metal
o de plstico con forma de tringulo
rectngulo issceles utilizado para trazar
lneas paralelas y ngulos rectos de 45
grados, 135 grados o ngulos mltiples de
45 grados
Escuadra topogrfica Aparato
topogrfico para determinar sobre un
terreno alineaciones en ngulo recto con
respecto a otra
Escuadra, formacin (geolgica) ???
Escudo, blindaje
Escurrimiento pluvial
Esfalerita Blenda
Esfalerita, escalerita, blenda (de zinc)
Sulfuro de zinc, el mineral principal del
zinc
Esfalerita, mineral de zinc (cinc)
esfeno, esfena, titanita silicato de calcio
y titanio, con hierro, manganeso e itrio en
proporciones variables. Cristaliza en el
sistema monoclnico formando cristales en
forma de cuas, usualmente amarillos o
pardos, y se encuentra como componente
accesorio en rocas gneas de composicin
intermedia, as como en rocas
metamrficas
Esfera
Esfera armilar Maqueta que representa
el Sol, las estrellas, la Luna, la Tierra y los
planetas. Cuando se hace girar muestra el
movimiento de estos astros los unos con
respecto a los otros
[geo]
[geo]
Echelon
Shield
Rain wash
Sphalerite, blende, zinc blende,
black jack
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Sphalerite
Sphene
[geo]
[geo]
Sphere
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Sphericity A descriptive term to
describe how close a particle's
shape is to a sphere
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Sheared
Shearing strain
Positive stress
Shear stress The stress on an
object operating parallel to the
slope on which it lies
Bending stress
tensional stress
overburden stress
hydrostatic stress
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Lithological stress
Compressive stress
[min]
[civ] [min]
major/principal stress, S1
Major principal stress (1)
Regional stress
Residual stress
Gravitational stress
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[mec] [min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Smectite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
emerald, smaragd
Spacer
Rockbolt spacing
Steel rib spacing
Annular space
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Burden
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Scatter
[geo]
Zinc spar
fluorine spar, flourspar
[geo]
[geo] [met]
Specimen
X-ray spectrometry
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Mass spectrometer An
instrument for separating ions of
different mass but equal charge
(mainly isotopes in geology) and
measuring their relative quantities
Iron glance
Fault polish
Slickensides
esmeralda
Espaciador
Espaciamiento de bulones
Espaciamiento de las varillas de acero
Espacio anular en perforaciones y
sondeos, el espacio anular entre la
columna de perforacin y la pared del
sondeo o tubera de revestimiento
Espacio de talud, carga o volumen de roca
a ser volada
Espalda Cima o antecima redondeada
en forma de hombro
Esparcido, diseminado, disperso
Esparita Cemento carbonatado, de una
roca calcrea, en forma de cristales
mayores de 10 m, que rellena poros ya
existentes entre los elementos ya
acumulados
Espato de cinc
Espato fluor/flor, fluorita, un mineral que
se utilizar como fundente
Espcimen, especie
Espectografa de rayos X
Espectro de Broken, Gloria Sombra que
proyecta un observador situado en la cima
de una montaa cuando el Sol est a su
espalda y que se debe al efecto de
difraccin en una nube o banco de niebla.
Alrededor de esta niebla aparecen anillos
de luz coloreados. Lo extrao de este
fenmeno es que el observador slo ve su
propia sombra pero no la de las otras
personas. El nombre procede del pico de
los montes Harz llamado Broken
(Alemania). Tambin se unas los trminos
'gloria' y 'anticorona' para designar este
fenmeno
Espectro electromagntico Conjunto
ordenado de todas las ondas
electromagnticas conocidas. Las ondas
electromagnticas se suelen clasificar y
ordenar segn sus longitudes de onda,
frecuencia y energa. El espectro
electromagntico se divide en diferentes
dominios espectrales o bandas, como el
ultravioleta, el visible y el infrarrojo
[geo]
Espectrmetro de masas
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Thickener
[met]
[min]
Porifera
Spore
Foam
Kish
Froth
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[chem]
[geo]
[min]
Meerschaum
Frother
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Stoping sequence
Schistaceous, Schistous
[min]
[geo]
Shiver
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Hornschist
Clay shale/slate
Black
Bind
Bat
Cash
coal slate, danks
chlorite or chloritic schist, pea
stone
Copper slate
Sericite schist
diatomaceous shale
Fundamental schist
Gas schist
Fleckschiefer
Heaving shale
Flinty slate
Greenstone schist
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Shaley
Plate shale
Slaty cleavage A style of
foliation common in
metamorphosed mudstones,
characterized by nearly flat,
sheet-like planes of breakage,
similar in appearance to a deck of
playing cards. Compare cleavage
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Short-term stability
Long-term stability
Wall stability
Ground stability
Slope stability
Stabilization
Netting
Stabilizer
Stable
???
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min] [met]
[geo]
[min] [pet]
[min]
[alpinism]
Stake
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Pump station
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Pendant station
[min]
Rehandling station
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Stalactite An icicle-shaped
accumulation of dripstone hanging
from cave roof
???
[geo]
Drop stone
Stalagmite A post of dripstone
growing up from a cave floor
???
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
burst
Tinned
tinning
Tin plating
[min]
[min]
???
Bell metal ore
Stannous
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Estacin de maniobras
Estacin de petroleo Puerto utilizado
regularmente por los navos para
proveerse nuevamente de petrleo
Estacin total Aparato topogrfico que
integra en un solo equipo un teodolito y un
distancimetro para medir y replantear
puntos del terreno
Estada Mira graduada en centmetros
utilizada para la medida indirecta de la
distancia entre dos puntos de un terreno
Estadimetra Procedimiento indirecto
para la medida de distancias mediante el
uso de estadas y taqumetros
Estadio egipcio Unidad de longitud
antigua usada en la poca egipcia
equivalente a unos 185 metros
aproximadamente
Estalactita
Estalactita Concrecin calcrea que se
forma en el techo y crece hacia abajo por
la accin del agua
Estalactita, estalagmita
Estalagmita
Estalagmita Concrecin calcrea que se
forma en el suelo y crece en altura por la
accin de los sedimentos que transporta el
agua
Estalladora de vuelta, mquina detonadora
estallido de rocas, rfaga de roca,
desprendimiento de roca del frente
estallido, rfaga
Estaado
estaado
Estaadura
Estancia Gran explotacin agraria propia
de Argentina destinada a la cra de ganado
a gran escala. En la actualidad se tiende a
reducir su extensin, se instalan cercados
y se intenta crear una ganadera intensiva
mediante el cultivo de forrajes y el empleo
de piensos preparados
Estanh (del arans) Lago
Estannina
Estannoso
[geo]
Tank
???
[met]
[alpinism]
Leaching tank
???
Stagnant
Soapstone
Downpush
[met]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
Stull
???
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Mine refuse
Barren, barren rock
Waste-rock, waste rock, [UK]
deads
[min]
[min]
[min]
Waste
[min] [geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Mulch
[geo]
[geo]
Stylolite
Reserve estimation
Estimated Position Error, EPE
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Muck bay
[min]
Oakum
[civ] [min]
stratification a structure of
sedimentary rocks, which have
recognizable parallel beds of
considerable lateral extent. The
accumulation of material in layers
or beds
bedding, layering (process) a
characteristic of sedimentary
rocks in which parallel planar
surfaces separating different grain
sizes or compositions indicate
successive depositional surfaces
that existed at the time of
sedimentation. A collective term
used to signify presence of beds,
or layers, in sedimentary rocks
and deposits
Conformable bedding
Drift structure
Lensing
slanted and scalloped bedding
Sheeted
[geo]
estratificacin (estructura)
[geo]
estratificacin (proceso)
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Estratificacin
Estratificacin
Estratificacin
estratificacin
Estratificado
[min]
concordante
entrecruzada
lenticular o lentiforme
sesgada y festoneada
[geo]
Estratigrafa
[geo]
Estratigrafa magntica
[geo]
Edge seam
Permeable layer
Key bed, key horizon (1) A
distinctive stratum or group of
strata that serves to facilitate
correlation in field mapping or
subsurface studies; (2) The
horizon or bed on which
elevations are taken or to which
elevations are referred to in
making an structure contour map
Elbow
Conformable beds
Flots
Cross beds/folds
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Estrato vertical
Estratos concordantes
Estratos, mantos
Estratos/pliegues cruzados
[geo]
[geo]
Glacial scour
Seratching
Striations Scratches, or small
channels, gouged by glacier
action. Occur on boulders,
pebbles, and bedrock. Striations
along bedrock indicate direction of
ice movement. See Glacial
striation
Striated
scratches, striae
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Abutment
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Estriado
Estras
Estribacin Estribo, ramal corto de
montaa, que se desprende de uno u otro
lado de una cordillera
Estribo
Sill pillar
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Strontium
[chem]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Estructura
Estructura
Estructura
Estructura
Estructura
Estructura
Estructura
Estructura
Estructura
Estructura
[geo]
Estructura sedimentaria
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Estructura vtrea
Estrucutura ojosa
Estudio de factibilidad, abarca el aspecto
tcnico, el financiero y el ambiental a los
fines de continuacin de los trabajos de
una concesin minera
en damero
en palmera
en placas
entrelazada
esferoidal
fallada
grfica
linofdica
muy compacta
para vertimiento
RI/FS Remedial
Investigation/Feasability Study
Prefeasibility study
[geo]
electromagnetic survey
[geo]
benchmark studies
[min]
Stove
???
[min]
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Appraisal
[geo]
[min]
Metallogenetic evolution
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Bagger
Bucket-wheel excavator
Front/back hoe excavator
Overstepping
???
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Exobiologa
[geo]
Exothermal
Outgush
[geo]
[geo]
Exogentico
Exgeno Se aplica a las rocas formadas
en la superficie de la tierra. Antnimo
endgeno
Exotrmico
Expandir
[geo]
Expansin trmica
[min]
[min]
Magnetometer survey
Exploration
searcher, prospector
Dust explosion
Powder
Permissible explosives
Slurry explosives
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Exploder
pay out, workable
Working
surface winning
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Alluvial mining
[min]
[min]
Back coming
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Private operation
Breast stoping
Barriere system
Chamber and pillar
Vertical crater retreat, VCR
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Pillar recovery
[min]
Adicut mining
Longwall mining
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Spreadsheet
Extensometer
[geo]
[min]
Extr. extrusive
Extraction The process of taking
out the good ore from the waste
materials
Continuous mining
Conventional mining
Top-down mining
[geo]
[geo]
Remnant mining
[min]
Coring
Sublevel retreat
Mechanized mining
Solution mining
Solvent Extraction, SX
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[met]
[min]
[min]
[met]
[min]
[alpinism]
[min]
[min]
[min]
extrapolation
[geo]
[geo]
???
Fabric
[alpinism]
[geo]
Steelmaking
[met]
[geo]
Facie
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
rippability
Phacoidal
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Stability factor
[min]
Facies estuarina
Facies pertica
Facies Conjunto de caracteres que
definen una roca, grupo de rocas o un
depsito
Fcil Dcese que un itinerario es fcil
cuando se puede realizar andando y sin
necesidad de utilizar las manos para
progresar. Cuando no es difcil. Se le
asocia, tradicionalmente, al primer grado
(I) de dificultad
facilidad de fractura
Facoidal
Factor Causa general o control que
contribuye a un resultado, efecto o
condicin especfica. Por ejemplo, en el
clima influyen varios factores como la
latitud, altitud, distribucin de tierras y
ocanos, corrientes marinas, lagos o el
relieve
Factor de carga, factor de explosivos
consumo de explosivo por tonelada de
mineral (o roca)
Factor de estabilidad
[civ] [min]
[geo]
waste factor
recovery
[geo]
[min] [pet]
???
Crusher feed conveyor
[alpinism]
[min]
Shuttle conveyor
???
[mec] [min]
[alpinism]
Ribs
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Fault, robble
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Falla de crecimiento
tear fault
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Falla de propagacin
downcast/downslip/slip fault,
normal fault, trap down A dipslip fault in which the block above
the fault (hanging wall block) has
moved downward relative to the
block below (foot wall block)
Extensional fault
reverse/overlap/upcast/upthrow
fault, trap up A dip-slip fault on
which the hanging wall block is
offset upward relative to the foot
wall block
Master fault
Boundary fault
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Falla maestra
Falla marginal
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Falla
Falla
Falla
Falla
Falla
Falla
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Splay faulting
Radial faults
False bottom
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
postmineral
principal o dominante
rotativa
secundaria
sintctica
tensional
[geo]
[geo]
Ramble
Spurious
Imporosity
Fall out
Shoaliness
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Phaneric
Fanglomerate
Coal slime
Volcano mud
Slop
Ooze
Silt up
Drilling sludge
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Sludgy
Boggy
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
exploration phase
[geo] [min]
[pet]
[geo]
[geo]
???
Fayalite
???
Working face
[alpinism]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
glassy feldspar
foids, lenades
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Feldspar
[geo]
[geo]
Felsite
[geo]
Felsitic
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
???
???
phenocrysts, insets any
relatively large, conspicuous
crystal in a porphyritic igneous
rock. Compare porphyroblast
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Ferberite
fergusite can be regarded as a
feldspar free lucite-syenite. In
Russia Fergusite occurs in the
Murun massif
Ferric
Ferromagnesian Containing iron
and magnesium, applied to the
mafic minerals. Example olivine
[geo]
[geo]
Ferberita
Fergusita
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Fibrocrete, fibrecrete
Fibrous
???
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
fix (to)
Row
[geo]
[geo]
Phyllite A metamorphosed
mudstone with a silky sheen,
more coarse-grained than a slate
and less coarse-grained than a
schist
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Spliced veins
[geo]
Filtration
[mec] [met]
Filtrate
Vacuum filter
Drum filter
Belt filter
[met]
[met]
[met]
[met]
Disk filter
Pan filter
Filter press
[met]
[met]
[met]
Fines
[met]
Coke fines
Fjord Glaciated valleys now
flooded by the sea
Karst features
???
[min]
[geo]
???
???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Lower limb
Anticlinal limb
Back limb
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Rope sag
[mec] [min]
[geo]
Hose mender
[min]
Strip steel
Sag
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Bulk flotation
[met]
Column flotation
Cleaner flotation
[met]
[min]
Cleaner-scavenger flotation
Differential flotation
[min]
[met]
Rougher flotation
Selective flotation
Flotation and dewatering
Float, floating
[met]
[met]
[min]
[min]
Flow/fluid meter
Base flow Ground water that
enters a stream channel,
maintaining stream flow at times
when it is not raining
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[met]
[geo]
Flujo de corriente
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Flysch
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[min]
[geo]
Flujo de purga
Flujo de retorno
Flujo de un fluido el volumen de fluido
que fluye a travs de una zona transversal
estipulada por unidad de tiempo
Flujo laminar caudal de aguas donde las
lneas de corriente permanecen separadas
y en donde la direccin del flujo en cada
punto permanece igual con el transcurso
del tiempo. Es caracterstico del
movimiento de las aguas freticas
Flujo msico
Flujo metalada (estudio de factilibad)
Flujo por gravedad
Buried focus
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
???
Foliation, foliation cleavage Any
planar set of minerals or banding
of mineral concentrations
including cleavage, found in a
metamorphic rock. A planar
structure that develops in
metamorphic rocks as a result of
directed pressure
Mining promoter
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Fonolita
Font (del cataln) Fuente
Foramin. foraminferos
[geo]
Foraminferos
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Cracking
Marker bed
[geo]
[geo]
Caving formation
Occupational training
Formation The basic unit for the
naming of rocks in stratigraphy is
a set of rocks that are or once
were horizontally continuous, that
share some distinctive feature of
lithology, and are large enough to
be mapped
[geo]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Leaky liner
???
[civ] [min]
[alpinism]
Lagging
[min]
Temporary support
[min]
Ground control
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Phosphorite
Hornblei, hornlead
[geo]
[geo]
Fosfato
Fosfato de roca Variedad de fsforo que
incluye fosforita, minerales fosfricos y
guano. El fsforo se obtiene tambin del
apatito y de las escorias bsicas
producidas en los altos hornos. Es uno de
los tres principales elementos requeridos
por las plantas y se usa como fertilizante
bajo la forma de superfosfatos. Para ello
se trata el fsforo con el cido sulfrico
Fosforita
Fosgenita, plomo corneo
[geo]
Fsil
[alpinism]
guide fossil
Trace fossil/mineral
[geo]
[geo] [pet]
Drifted fossils
Fossiliferous
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[civ] [geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Fotocartografa
Fotocomposicin Sistema fotogrfico
automatizado de composicin y
tratamiento de textos
Fotograbado Procedimiento usado para
reproducir mapas y otros tipos de material
grfico por el cual se representa una figura
por medio de incisiones en la parte inferior
de una plancha de imprimir que est
cubierta con una capa de tinta de forma
que cuando se prensa contra el papel
queda impresa sobre l la figura
Fotografa area oblicua Fotografa area
en la que la direccin del eje ptico de la
cmara no es vertical
Fotografa area vertical Fotografa area
en la que la direccin del eje ptico de la
cmara es aproximadamente vertical
Fotografa area, Aerofotografa,
Fotograma Fotografa de una parte de la
superficie terrestre hecha desde un avin.
Cuando se habla de fotografa area
normalmente se hace referencia a la
fotografa area vertical
Fotografa de infrarrojo Fotografa
obtenida a partir de una emulsin sensible
a la banda del infrarrojo cercano,
especialmente til para detectar el estado
de la vegetacin, contaminacin de las
aguas y otros fenmenos. La fotografa de
infrarrojo puede ser en blanco y negro o
en color. Esta ltima suele denominarse
popularmente fotografa en falso color
Fotografa de satlite Fotografa de una
parte de la superficie terrestre hecha
desde un satlite. No hay que confundirla
con la "imagen de satlite"
Fotografa estereoscpica Toma
fotogrfica que mediante un solapamiento
permite obtener la visin tridimensional de
un relieve con la ayuda de un
estereoscopio
Fotografa ortocromtica Fotografa
obtenida a partir de una emulsin sensible
a todos los colores a excepcin del rojo y
del naranja
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Foyaite a nephelinesyenite, an
intrusive rock occuring in alkaline
intrusions; it is coarse grained and
light. Grey Foyaite consists mainly
of microcline, nepheline and
aegirine
???
crap out (to) (col)
hackly fracture, splintery fracture
Brilliant fracture
conchoidal fracture, shell like
fracture
Fibrous fracture
Granular fracture
Uneven fracture
Clean fracture
Even fracture
Shear fracture
[geo]
Foyaita
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Breaking
Shattering
hydrofracture, hydraulic fracturing
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo] [min]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[min] [pet]
Fracturing
[geo]
Mouldering
brittleness
[geo]
[geo]
Fragmentation
[min]
Clastate
Brash
Fringe
Shortwall
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Side clearance
Headroom
Phreatic
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Freibergite
Spragging
Face
Short wall
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Half course
Brow
Adit end
Longwall face
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
fibrosa
granular
irregular
neta
plana
por esfuerzo cortante
Long wall
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Development miner
Carbide tipped cutter
Cutter bit (raiseboring)
Freyalite
Friability
???
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Phtanite
[geo]
???
???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Source
[geo]
[geo]
seismic source
Intermittent spring
Tubular spring
Mineral spring
Sulphurous spring
Tide spring
thermal spring, spa a spring
whose temperature is 6.5 C or
more above mean annual air
temperature
Vadose spring
spring occurs at the intersection
of the water table with the ground
surface
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Fuente vadosa
fuente, manantial
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Ricochet
[min]
[geo]
Earths gravity
Rope pull
[geo]
[mec] [min]
Driving force
???
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Fumarola
[geo]
[geo]
Continuous operation
Radiation Safety Officer, RSO
???
[mec] [min]
[met]
[min]
[alpinism]
Melting, flux
[met]
[min]
Cast iron
Die-cast
Smelter
[met]
[met]
[min] [met]
Melt
Smelt
Furious fifties
[met]
[met]
[geo]
[met]
[min] [met]
Fundicin maleable
Fundicin, fundido (proceso), beneficio de
minerales, [Mx] apartado proceso de
fundicin que va desde la recepcin y
clasificacin del concentrado de metal(es),
hasta al proceso de pirorrefinacin
Fundicin, hierro fundido o colado, arrabio
Fundido a troquel
Fundidor mineral, hacienda de fundicin,
oficina de fusin, obrero metalrgico,
ingenio, [Ar] [Es] fuslina, [Mx] apartador
Fundir
fundir, beneficiar, [Mx] apartar
Furious fifties Sector del ocano Austral,
a unos 50 grados de latitud sur, donde
soplan fuertes vientos de componente
dominante oeste. Esta rea se caracteriza
por violentos temporales, mares
intempestuosos y viento de gran
intensidad. Compararlo con roaring forties
[geo]
[geo]
drill barge
[geo] [pet]
Stone mattress
Gabbro A black, coarse-grained,
intrusive igneous rock composed
of calcic feldspars and pyroxene,
chemically equivalent to basalt.
The intrusive equivalent of basalt
[geo]
[geo]
Gabbroid
Gadolinite
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Gagatization
Automolite, gahnite
[geo]
[geo]
???
Silver lead ore
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Drill drive
Mounting gallery
Draw point drift
[min]
[min]
[min]
Scram drift
Drift heading
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo] [pet]
Fusita
Fusita
Gabarra de perforacin, barcaza de
perforacin
gabarra de perforacin, barcaza de
perforacin
Gabion, gavin, gavion, pircado con malla
Gabro Nombre de una familia de rocas,
as como el de un tipo especfico de roca
gnea. La roca gabro es plutnica, de
grano grueso y consta esencialmente de
plagioclasa junto con labradiorita y
clinopiroxeno, con o sin olivino. La familia
gabro comprende tambin la norita,
eucrita, troctolita, kentallenita, etc, junto
con sus equivalentes de grano fino y
medio
Gabro Roca bsica, oscura, con
plagioclasa (con ms del 50% de anortita),
clinopiroxeno y biotita. Si contiene un 520% de cuarzo sera cuarzogabro
Gabroide
Gadolinite
Gafas Objeto que se utiliza en la
montaa para proteger los ojos de la
excesiva y perjudicial luminosidad
Gagatizacin
Gahnita, ganita, espinel o espinela
calcfera
Gaina (del euskera) Cumbre
Galena argentfera galena que contiene
plata
galena de plomo de grano grueso
Galena, galenita, sulfuro de plomo, PbS
mineral ms abundante del plomo, es la
fuente principal del metal plomo, es gris
oscuro en color y se rompe en los cubos
pequeos
Galera (de mina)
Galera ascendente
Galera de acarreo, galera de coleccin,
galera de escombrar
Galera de arrastre
Galera de ataque, galera de avance
[min]
Top heading
Mine drainway, drainway
Exploration drift
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Slusher drift
Monkey drift
Gob road
Haulage drift, gangaway
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Air gate/heading
Cross gateway
Level
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Undercut drift
Counter
Side drift
Raise
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Sublevel drift
Crosscut, cross-cut, cross cut, Xcut
[min]
[min]
Exploratory drift/hole
Haulage gallery/drives
Boards
Multiple drifts
Pay line, B line
Gallium
Hot dip galvanizing
Galvanized
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[chem]
[met]
[met]
Galvanized products
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Top hand, skilled miner
[min]
[geo]
Gain
[geo]
Operating profit
Detaching hook
[fisc] [min]
[mec] [min]
Brood
Gangue, ore stone, veinstone
Host rock containing valuable
mineral particles intended to be
liberated by grinding ore particles
into small enough fragments
Gangue, gangue minerals, cover,
waste rock, sterile rock The
minerals having no commercial
value; they just happen to be
mixed up with the ore minerals;
the waste discarded from the
process
Zinc spinel
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
???
Sifting
Chine
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Garnierite
casing sheave
deflection sheave
Sheave
[geo]
[min] [pet]
[min] [pet]
[min]
Flue gas
coke-oven gas
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Ganita
Gara Colina tabulada
Garai (del euskera) Castao
Garandeo
Garganta
Garganta Desfiladero. Paso estrecho
entre riscos o cauce angosto de un ro
Garmo (del aragons) Cumbre
redondeada. Lugar accidentado y abrupto
Garnierita
garrucha de entubado
Garrucha desviadora o de gua
Garrucha, polea a cable, carrucha, [Mx]
roldana de polea
Gas de combustin
gas de horno de coquizacin
Gas de los pantanos Gas producido por
la descomposicin de materias orgnicas
en los pantanos
Stench gas
[min]
[geo]
Methane
[min]
[geo]
Toxic gas
Gassy
Afterdamp/gases
[env]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Gato, levantar
Gato/tanque hidrulico
Gaztain (del eusquera) Castao
[geo]
Geiser, giser
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Stand-by generator
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[geo]
Gel sliceo
Gelatinoso
Gelivacin Fragmentacin de la roca
bajo el efecto de las alteraciones del hielo
y deshielo
Gema, piedra preciosa, joya natural
Gemelos Dcese de las dos puntas de
una cima o de dos picos vecinos y muy
parecidos
Gendarme Prominencia aislada en una
arista o cresta
Generadora elctrica de reserva
[geo]
[geo]
Genre, clan
Genera (Pl. of genus)
Genesis
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Geo-scientist
[geo]
[geo]
Geocronologa
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Geostatistics
[geo] [min]
Geophysics
[geo]
Geophysical
Geophysicist
Geophone
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Geologa dinmica
[geo]
Geologa isotpica
[geo]
Geologa mdica
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Geologa minera
Geologa regional
Gelogo consultor
Geometra
Geomrfico
Geomorfologa, fisiografa la ciencia que
tiene por objeto el estudio, la descripcin y
la explicacin del relieve terrestre
[geo]
[geo]
Geosinclinal
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Gyrocompass
???
[min]
[trans]
[alpinism]
Geosinclinal
Geosttico
Geotermal, se refiere al calor en el interior
de la tierra
Geotermmetro Mineral o asociacin
de minerales que permiten determinar la
temperatura que reinaba durante su
formacin
Gipsarenita Roca sedimentaria formada
por partculas de tamao arena y de
naturaleza yesfera
Girocomps
Pleistocene
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Glaciar
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Glaciar de roca
[geo]
Green earth
Terra verte
Glaucofana
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
Earth sculpture
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Glacis
Glacis Forma de relieve que consiste en
una superficie plana y poco inclinada
Glandular (Ocelar) Se dice del gneis
con elementos lenticulares ovoides (1-5
cm) constituidos por grandes cristales de
feldespatos o masas cuarzo-feldespticas
Glauconita
Glauconita
Glaucophane
Glen (del gals) Valle angosto de
laderas escarpadas
Glera (del aragons) Pedrera. Gravera
Glitognesis
Global Positioning System, GPS Aparato
que utiliza las seales que envan los
satlites artificiales para calcular e
indicarnos la posicin en la que nos
encontramos
Globo Representacin cartogrfica de la
Tierra, del espacio o de cualquier cuerpo
celeste, sobre una esfera
Globo sonda Globo lleno de hidrgeno
que se suelta en la atmsfera provisto de
aparatos meteorolgicos registradores. De
esta forma pueden obtenerse datos a gran
altura. El globo asciende dilatndose a
medida que se eleva y finalmente estalla.
Los restos del globo y los instrumentos,
protegidos cuidadosamente, son devueltos
a la superficie mediante un paracaidas. De
las medidas registradas se obtienen
indicaciones de los cambios de
temperaturas y presiones con la altura.
Comparar con radiosonda
Glorieta Boliden, instalacin reubicable
para profundizacin de piques, pozos,
tiros, etc
Gneis de ojos
[geo]
[geo]
Boliden circus
[min]
Eye gneiss
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Goethite
[geo]
Gulf
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Goslarite
White copperas
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Sinter deposits
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[geo]
thermal gradient
Vertical temperature gradient
[min] [pet]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Fineness
[met]
[geo]
Post lead
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Garnetiferous
Large caverns
Granitic, granitoid/granitoidal,
granitized
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Granitizacin
[geo]
[alpinism]
Hornblende granite
Cornwall stone
quartzite granite
Gnissose granite
Jewish stone
Recomposed granite
Growan
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Tonalite-granite
Hail
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Coarse grained
[geo]
[geo]
Granular
Aclinal
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Nut coal
Graptolite
Rope grease
rauchwacke, whin, gray wacke,
greywacke (lithic sandstone) a
variety of sandstone characterized
by angular-shaped grains of
quartz and feldspar, and small
fragments of dark rock
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Granza
Graptolito
Grasa para cable
grauvaca arenisca de color oscuro,
compuesta por minerales y fragmentos de
roca mal seleccionados y unidos por un
cemento arcilloso
Grauvaca Roca sedimentaria detrtica
con contenido en matriz fina superior al
15% y en la que las partculas tamao
arena no estn en contacto unas con otras
Grava Fragmentos angulosos de roca,
generalmente dura, utilizados para el
recubrimiento de las carreteras
Grava Piedra muy menuda y
resbaladiza, frecuente sobre todo en las
orillas de los ros y lechos glaciares
grava aluvional
grava de playa o de ribera
grava gruesa
Grava, arena
Grava, cascajo
grava, guijarros, bolones, chinas, chinos,
chinarros, matatenas, morrillos, pedrusco,
peas
Ratchel
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
run gravel
beach gravel
coarse gravel
Grail
Break stone
cobbles, pebbles
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
grava, ripios
[geo]
[min]
Loamy
[geo]
Grava/marga arcillosa
Gravedad especfica, peso especfico
Peso de una sustancia comparada con el
peso de igual volumen de agua pura; ej
1L de mezcla que pesa 1,650 gramos tiene
una gravedad especfica de 1.65 (1,650
gramos de mezcla comparados con 1,000
gramos de un litro de agua); proporcin
de la densidad de un material a la
densidad de agua, a una temperatura
estipulada
Gravimetra mtodo para la bsqueda de
depsitos minerales que aprovecha las
pequeas diferencias de la gravedad que
se pueden registrar en distintos sectores
Gredoso
Greisen Roca plutnica, granuda, de
coloracin clara, formada esencialmente
por cuarzo y micas a menudo verdosas y
enriquecidas en Li. Estas rocas pueden
estar cargadas de casiterita, turmalina, a
veces wolframita y ms raramente topacio
[geo]
Grey area
[geo]
Failure crack
chap, clink
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Hair crack
Fissure of retreat
Stress crack
Tension crack
torsion joint
Joint
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Grieta, hendidura
Griotte Facies constituida por calizas
pelgicas de aspecto noduloso, de color
rojo o verde, con abundantes Goniatites,
frecuentemente en secciones condensadas
del Paleozoico, en especial del Cmbrico,
Devnico o Carbonfero inferior
Gris Mezcla explosiva de aire y metano
(CH4) que puede originarse en las minas
de carbn
Gris, fuego, incendio
Grisu, gas metano
Grosswetterlage Pauta de circulacin
atmosfrica a gran escala dentro de la cual
el steering sobre la regin permanece
bsicamente inalterable durante un
periodo de tiempo
Grosularia, granate clcico
Gra elctrica de puente/de prtico
[geo]
Fire
Gas
Grosswetterlage
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Crane
[min]
Battery
[mec] [met]
Grotto
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Rope thimble
???
[civ] [mec]
[min]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Fairlead
Whipstock
[min]
[min] [pet]
[min]
Bean
Draw a drift
Shaftmans ax, axe
Downcast
Upcast
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Hafnium
Halite
[geo]
[geo]
Pipe rack
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[met]
[geo]
Head
[geo]
[geo]
???
Heliodor
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Helvite
Haematin
[geo]
[geo]
Red hematite
Rubric
Hematite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Cleavable
Clef
Crevasse (1) Breach in a natural
levee; (2) Deep crevice or open
fracture in glacier ice
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Hercynite, spinel
[geo]
Boring tool
Magnetic fishing tool
[geo]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Hyalinocrystalline,
hyalocrystalline. Rocks having a
texture partly glassy and partly
crystalline
Hyalite A colorless opal that is
sometimes clear as glass and
sometimes translucent or whitish
and that occurs as globules or
crusts lining cavities or cracks in
rocks. An opaque glass that
resembles porcelain and is
sometimes used as a gemstone
Hiatus A gap or interruption in
the continuity of the geologic
record either because the record
was never formed or because it
was destroyed by erosion. It
represents the time interval
spanned by an unconformity
Lost record
[geo]
[geo]
Hiato
[geo]
Hiato
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Hidratacin
Hydrocarbon An organic
chemical compound made up of
carbon and hydrogen atoms
arranged in chains or rings
[geo]
Hidrocarburo
[geo]
hydrocyclone
[met]
Hydrophilic
[met]
[geo]
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Hydrolysis A decomposition
reaction involving water, in which
H+ or OH- replace other ions; the
result is a new residual mineral;
Ex the addition of water to
orthoclase produces kaolinite and
releases K+ and silica into solution
Hydrolysed
???
[geo]
[geo]
???
[geo]
Hydrothermal
hydrotreating
[geo]
[met] [pet]
???
[alpinism]
Iron
[chem]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[civ] [min]
[met]
Hidrolizado
Hidrologa
Hidrologa Estudio de las aguas
Hidrlogo(a)
hidrometalurgia rama de la metalurgia
extractiva que estudia la obtencin de
metales o compuestos a partir de
minerales o fuentes secundarias mediante
procesos que tienen lugar a bajas
temperaturas en medio acuoso u orgnico
Hidromorfa o Hidromosfismo Se
llaman condiciones de-, procesos de-, etc.,
los debidos a la escasa o nula circulacin
del agua, generadores de ambientes
pobres en oxgeno, con mayor estabilidad
y movilidad del Fe2+
Hidrsfera Todas las aguas de la Tierra,
a diferencia de las rocas (litosfera),
recursos vivos (biosfera), y el aire
(atmsfera)
Hidrotermal
hidrotratamiento usualmente se refiere
al proceso de hidrodesulfuracin, pero
tambin puede aplicarse a otros procesos
de tratamiento que utilizan hidrgeno
Hielo Agua en estado slido. Es uno de
los principales obstculos de la alta
montaa invernal y de la progresin en
terreno glaciar
Hierro
[geo]
Meadow ore
Ball iron
Channel iron
DRI
Burnt iron
Bean ore
Scrap iron/metal
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Invar wire
[min]
[geo]
???
Hinterland (German)
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[geo]
[geo]
Hipocentro o foco
[geo]
Hypogene
[geo]
Hipocristalino
Hipognico (1) Trmino aplicado a
rocas plutnicas y metamrficas indicando
su formacin en el interior de la tierra. (2)
Aplicado a procesos que se originan en el
interior de la tierra. (3) Aplicado a
minerales o yacimientos indica su
formacin por fluidos ascendentes.
Antnimo supergnico
Hipgeno, hipogeno. Dcese de las rocas o
agentes en accin formados bajo la
superficie de la tierra
[geo]
Hiptesis nebular
[med] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Hypersthene
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Spec sheet
[geo]
[min] [pet]
Tinplate, tin-plate
Flake gold
Ease
Holmium
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Homocline
Homogeneity
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Rail ball
???
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Horizonte B
[geo]
Horizonte C
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Furnace
Electric arc furnace, eaf
Annealing oven
Assay furnace
Smelting furnace
Pits reheating furnaces
Reverberatory furnace
[met]
[met]
[met]
[met]
[met]
[min]
[met]
Toasting furnace
E.A.F.
Flash furnace
Annealing furnaces
Pyrometallurgical furnaces
[met]
[min]
[met]
[met]
[met]
Rotary kilns
Fault ridge
[min]
[geo]
Market-gardening
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Hueco
Huecos o perforaciones mineras DDH
Huella
[geo]
Double-drum hoist/winder
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min] [mec]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Dull coal
Non baking coal
Mush
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Fumes
[min]
[geo]
Humus
Sunken
fall of roof, letting down the roof,
weighing down
land subsidence
panel caving
[geo]
[geo]
fall in (to)
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
???
???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
???
Icosahedron
Idiomorphic
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Igneous
Ignimbrite An igneous rock
formed by the lithification of
volcanic ash and volcanic breccia
[geo]
[geo]
Ignimbritic
[geo]
???
Ijolite, Ijolith It is a
nephelinesyenite. Medium grained
grey rock with idiomorphic
nepheline grains. Minor minerals
like aegirine, feldspar, titanite and
lamprophyllite fill in the space
between the nepheline
ilmenite
[alpinism]
[geo]
Ilsemannite A mineral
Mo3O8nH2O, consisting of black,
blue-black, or blue earthy massive
hydrous oxide or perhaps sulfate
of molybdenum
Ilvaite A silicate CaFe3Si2O8(OH)
of iron and calcium and
sometimes manganese related to
epidote and occurring in black
prismatic crystals and columnar
masses (hardness 5.5-6, sp.gr.
4.0)
[geo]
[geo]
Ilvata
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Overband magnet
[min]
Imbricated
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Acoustic impedance
Membrane waterproofing
[geo]
[eco] [met]
Impermeable
[geo]
Oilers
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
Oil stained
Impregnate
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
Push
[min]
Trunnion drive
[mec] [met]
Acoustic impulse
Impurities
In
In situ. In a natural or original
position
Official commissioning
First-aids
[min]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Stant
Fundamental step up angle
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[tec]
Imbricado
Imbricados Se dice de los pliegues o
lminas sobrepuestos unos a otros a la
manera de las tejas
Impedancia acstica
Impermeabilizacin por membrana
alquitranada
Impermeable. Un material que no
transmite fluidos con facilidad.
Generalmente se le refiere de una manera
ms arbitraria y con relacin a materiales
ms permeables presentes en el mismo
lugar. Por ejemplo, una arcilla esquistosa
quizs sea impermeable en comparacin a
una arenisca que se encuentre en las
cercanas. El borde del material
impermeable es lo que se asume por el
lmite impermeable
Impermeables, zahones impermeables,
traje de trabajo repelente al agua
Implantacin del smbolo Manera de
establecer un smbolo en un mapa.La
implantacin puede ser puntual, lineal o
superficial
Importaciones Bienes y servicios
adquiridos al exterior por parte de un
determinado Estado
Impregnado de petrleo
Impregnar
Impresora Instrumento perifrico de
salida grfica de un ordenador.Hay
diferentes modelos de impresora de
aguja, lser, electrosttica, trmica, etc
Impulsin de aire efecto producido por
los aparatos de ventilacin (fans)
Impulsin por mun, transmisin por
gorrn
Impulso acstico
Impurezas
In Fuente
In situ
Inauguracin
Incidentes de primeros auxilios, una forma
oficial para medir el desempeo de la
seguridad
Inclinacin
Inclinacin de las rampas en el primer
escaln
Inclinacin del rumbo, inmersin de una
lnea o cuerpo tubular; direccin y
orientacin del eje mayor de un
yacimiento
Inclinacin dorsal
Inclinacin frontal
[geo]
Inclinacin magntica
[geo]
[geo]
Inclinacin verdadera
Inclinacin, ngulo entre el rumbo y el eje
principal de yacimiento
[geo]
Inclinacin, buzamiento
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min] [pet]
Inclosure
[leg]
Mineral spot
Inclusion (xenolith) A fragment of
older rock caught up in an igneous
rock
[geo]
[geo]
Inclinado
Inclinado, declive
Inclinado, inclinacin
Inclinarse
Inclinarse, estar en declive
Inclinmetro magntico
inclinmetro, clinmetro, desvimetro,
sonda o torpedo introducido en un sondeo
para determinar la desviacin del taladro
respecto a la vertical
Inclosure Trmino que indica las bases
legales segn las cuales se desarroll el
proceso de enclosure en Inglaterra. Con la
'Inclosure Act' se termin con la propiedad
comunal sustituyndola por la propiedad
privada mediante concesin legal
Inclusin mineral
Inclusin, xenolito
Encrust
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[elc] [mec]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Marker
Leaf Area Index, LAI
[geo]
Inconformidad (Nonconformity)
Relacin entre un conjunto de materiales
estratificados con otros infrayacentes no
estratificados (rocas gneas o
metamrficas)
Incrustar
Indicacin de destino Anotacin, en el
margen de un mapa, del destino de las
carreteras y los ferrocarriles que continan
ms all del lmite del campo del mapa
Indicador de Desvo de Rumbo, CDI El
CDI proporciona informacin sobre el
desvo transversal de rumbo de forma
grfica
Indicador de profundidad, cartabn de
profundidad, medidor de profundidad,
Indicador, marcador, gua
ndice de rea Foliar
ndice de circulacin Grado del mayor o
menor establecimiento zonal, de oeste a
este, de las isohipsas y la corriente en
chorro polar
Indice de diaclasado
[geo]
ndice de refraccin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
gas show/well
Shadows
[geo] [pet]
[geo]
[geo]
Extractive industry
[adm] [min]
[pet]
[geo]
Inercia
[geo]
[geo]
Elastic instability
Unprofitable
???
Infield
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Underlay
Leverage
Infunsible
Infusibility
Infusoria
Conceptual engineering
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[met]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Detail engineering
Transport engineering
Mining engineer/engineering
Ingression
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Stainless
Unsaturated
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[civ] [mec]
[min]
[min]
Ground-mounted hoist
[min]
Insular
Chemical weathering The total
set of all chemical reactions that
act on rock exposed to water and
atmosphere and so change its
minerals to stable forms
Intensity A measure of the size
of an earthquake in terms of the
damage it causes
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Intensidad
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Heat stroke
[med] [min]
[geo]
Insolubility
Mines inspector
Inert gas installation
Paste Management Facility, PMF
Haywire set up (col)
Interlayer
sandstone band
bands, dividing slate
intercalated, embedded,
interbedded, inter-bedding,
intercalation, interlayer
Interposed
interstratify (to)
Ion exchange
Intercept
Interlocked to
Tie-in, tie in, tie ins
Intercrystalline
Interlensing
Streaked
Interlay
Interface
[geo]
intercalado, intercalacin
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[inf] [mec]
[met]
Interglacial
[geo]
[geo]
Intercalado, interestratificado
Intercalar, interestratificar
Intercambio de iones
Interceptar
Interconectado por bloqueo de seguridad
Interconexin, interconexiones
Intercristalino
Interestratificacin lenticular
Interestratificado
Interestratificar
Interfase, interfaz, [Ar] [Mx] [Vz]
interface, lmite comn a dos sistemas o a
dos partes de un mismo sistema
Interglacial
International Society for Fotogrametry and
Remote Sensing ???
Interpolacin Accin y efecto de
interpolar.Se aplica, principalmente, en el
trazado de las isopletas
Interpolar Determinar e insertar unos
valores intermedios a partir de unos
puntos fijos conocidos
Interruptor
Interruptor automtico para cable flojo
(izaje)
Interseccin, corte
Intertidal o Intermareal Se dice de la
regin situada entre la baja y la pleamar
Intervalo de curvas Diferencia de altitud
entre las dos superficies correspondientes
a dos curvas de nivel sucesivas
Intervalo vertical, Equidistancia
Diferencia en la altura vertical entre dos
puntos. Ver Gradiente
Intra- Prefijo que significa dentro, en el
interior
Intraclasto Fragmento de sedimento
carbonatado, procedente de un sedimento
prximo poco consolidado, y redepositado
a corta distancia, prcticamente
penecontemporneo del sedimento que lo
contiene
Intraesparita Roca carbonatada
formada por ms del 25% de intraclastos,
unidos por cemento cristalino de esparita
predominante
Intramicrita Roca carbonatada en la
que el cemento espartico es ms escaso
que la matriz micrtica y los intraclastos
constituyen ms del 25%
Introducir, encastrar
[geo]
[geo]
Intersect
Slack rope detection device
[geo]
[mec] [min]
Intersection
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Insert
[geo]
[geo]
Injection of ribbon
Minor intrusion
intruded
Injected intrusives
Intrusive, intrusive rock or bodies
Pertaining to igneous rocks or
features formed by the
emplacement of magma in preexisting rock. Igneous rock that is
interpreted as a former intrusion
from its cross-cutting contacts,
chilled margins, or other field
relations
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Flooded
Invar
[civ] [min]
[met]
Salt-water invasion
displacement of fresh surface or
ground water by the advance of
salt water
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Invertebrate
[geo]
[geo]
Injection of cement
Staccato injection
Consolidation grouting
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Stage grouting
Chemical grouting
grout curtain, curtain grouting
[civ] [min]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[min]
Grouting, cementation
[min]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
In
[geo]
In carbonato
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Island
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Isomeric
[geo]
[geo]
Isomorphism
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Isopach
[min]
[geo]
Isgrada
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Isostasy The mechanism
whereby areas of the crust rise or
subside until the mass of their
topography is buoyantly
supported or compensated by the
thickness of crust below, which
"floats" on the denser mantle. The
theory that continents and
mountains are supported by lowdensity crustal "roots." The
condition of equilibrium,
comparable to floating, of units of
the lithosphere above the
asthenosphere
[geo]
Isostasia
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Isotope One of several forms of
one element, all having the same
number of protons in the nucleus,
but differing in their number of
neutrons and thus atomic weight.
Atoms that differ in atomic mass
number, but not in atomic
number, are called isotopes. For
example, oxygen (atomic number
8) may have an atomic mass
number of 16, 17, or 18,
depending on whether it has 8, 9,
or 10 neutrons. It therefore has
three isotopes
[geo]
Istopo
[geo]
Isotrope
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
???
Ixolite
Unbalanced hoisting
Post hole winding, bore hole
hoisting
Hoisting in balance
Borehole hoisting
Hoist
Drifter
Jade
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[geo]
[min]
Party chief
Maintenance superintendent
Shift leader
Shifter, shift boss
[civ] [min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Joint set
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Hydraulic-drill jumbo
[min]
Bolter
Rockbolt jumbo
Roof bolter
Cable jumbo or cable-bolt jumbo
Jumbo
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Drill jumbo
[min]
Matcher
[min]
Bed joint
Hose coupling
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Jurassic
Black Jura
Brown Jura
Juvenile
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Karstic
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Kernite
Kerogen A mixture of organic
substances found in many finegrained sedimentary rocks and a
major constituent of oil shale
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Keweenswan epoch
[geo]
Kibbutz
[geo]
[geo]
Kilobar, kbar
[geo]
[geo]
Kimberlite A peridotite
containing garnet and olivine and
found in volcanic pipes, through
which it may come from the upper
Mantle. Magmatic rock that occurs
in ancient volcanic pipes. The rock
is most famous as host of
diamonds, although not all
Kimberlites contain diamonds.
Diamondiferous imberlite occurs
on ancient, Precambrean terranes,
like the Baltic Shield and in
Yakutia
Kimmeridgian stage
[geo]
Kink fold
[geo]
Klimamorphologie
[geo]
[geo]
Kimeridigiense
Kink band (1) Franja estrecha
determinada por la doble flexin de un
cristal con esquistosidad marcada en un
conjunto litolgico finamente estratificado.
(2) Asociacin de pliegues en chevron
(kinks) que afecta al volumen de terrenos
comprendido entre dos planos paralelos,
distantes entre s de algunos mm a agunos
cms, o formando un lentejn muy
alargado
Kink, especie de pliegue (fold) en chevrn
Kink Especie de pliegue en chevron
Klimamorphologie, Geomorfologa
climtica Trmino acuado por los
gegrafos alemanes para designar el
estudio de las relaciones entre el clima y
los rasgos geomorfolgicos
[geo]
Koljs (Russian)
[geo]
Ordinary Kriging, OK
Kriging
[geo] [min]
[geo] [min]
Kunsite
H.R. (hot rolled)
???
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[alpinism]
[min]
Downtrhorwn side
Thrown side
Under side
Lowered side
Upcast side, upleap
Work, working, drive, mine
workings
Bord gate
Breasting
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Assay office
Work a mine
Unsupported ground
Bottom workings
Retreat mining
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Abandoned workings
Upper workings
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
???
Labrador feldspar
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
Floored intrusive
laccolith, laccolite a sill-like
igneous intrusion that forces apart
two strata and forms a round,
lens-shaped body many times
wider than it is thick; A
concordant igneous intrusion with
a flat floor and a convex upper
surface, usually less than 8 km
across and from a few meters to a
few hundred meters thick at its
thickest point
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
lacustrine, lymnetic
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Takelet
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Labrad labradorita
Labrador
Labranza El cultivo de las tierras y en
particular de la tierra arable (besana)
Lac (del arans) Lago
Lacolito
lacolito
Paternoster lakes
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Lagoons
Flagstone
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Slab
Slabby/platy/blocky
4- Hi
2- Hi
Steckel
Lamination
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Cross lamination
Hot strip mill
Billets rolling
Slabs rolling
Cold-rolled
Cold rolling mill
Non flat rolling mill
roll down (to)
Lamellar
Lamella
Safety lamp
Cap lamp
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[met]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Lamp room
[min]
[geo]
Asbestos wool
[geo]
LANDSAT
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Spear
Pig launcher
[min]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Wall plate
???
[min]
[alpinism]
Majors
[min] [pet]
Sides
Laterite A highly weathered red
soil rich in iron and aluminum
oxides. Typically formed in a
tropical to temperate climate
where intense chemical
weathering is common
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Hose whip
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Brass
[met]
Plank
???
Laurasia The northern portion of
the late Paleozoic supercontinent
called Pangea
Laurentia
Pillow-lava
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Moja
Mud lava
Cellular lava
Ropy lava
Block lava
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Outwash A glaciofluvial
sediment that is deposited by
meltwater streams emanating
from a glacier; beds of sand and
gravel laid down by glacial melt
water
Ore washing
Flushing
Backwash, backwashing The
return flow of water down a beach
after a wave has broken; counter
current washing
limestone scrubbing
Half moon
Slope wash
Pan for gold
[geo]
Loop
Bond The force that holds
together two atoms in a
compound. It may be derived
from the sharing of electrons
(covalent) or from electrostatic
attraction between ions
Lazy bed
[mec] [min]
[geo]
Milk of lime
Cement grout
grout
[min]
[min]
[min] [pet]
Grouted
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Pig bed
Testbed
Main bottom
Geological bedrock
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[min]
[geo]
[geo] [min]
[geo]
Potash lye
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Ligneous
Lens, lense, lentil (1) structure
shaped like a double-convex
optical lens; (2) a deposit of
archaeological material (as ashes
or shells) that has a lens-shaped
cross section on excavation
Lenticular
Slow
???
Leptoclase
???
Leucaugite
Leucite
[geo]
[geo]
Leucocratic
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Geochemical survey
Gravimetric survey
[geo]
[geo]
Magnetic survey
Geological survey The drilling of
surface rock outcroppings for the
purpose of exploratory
developement
Preliminary survey
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Levantamiento preliminar
Levantamiento topogrfico Accin y
resultado de levantar un plano.Un
levantamiento topogrfico puede ser
planimtrico, altimtrico, parcelario,
hidrogrfico, etc
[geo]
Ley
[geo]
Bonds law
Head grade
Cut off, cut-off grade The lowest
grade or limit of ore concentration
that can be mined profitably
[met]
[min] [met]
[geo]
[geo]
Ley de Hooke
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Ley de potencia
Ley de potencia (o poder) de reptacin
Ley Federal de Seguridad y Salubridad
Minera, reglamento de seguridad minero
Ley ponderosa [balance metalrgico]
ley, tenor o grado (de mineral) la
cantidad relativa o el porcentaje de
contenido del metal en su yacimiento
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Lias
exploration licence
[geo]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Lmite elstico
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Lmite elstico
Lmite Pendiente Abajo
Lmite; saltar; atado, amarrado, confinado
Lmnico/a Se aplica a cuencas
continentales pantanosas o lacustres, a
sus sedimentos, a su flora, a su fauna,
etc. Se aplica particularmente a las
cuencas carbonferas lmnicas por
oposicin a las costeras (parlicas)
Limo arcillas pizarrosas
Limo de derrubio; arcilla con bloques
Limo de derrubios, Till depsito de
transporte glaciar no estratificado, y sin
seleccionar, que no ha sido retrabajado por
las aguas del glaciar; incluye una mezcla
heterognea de arcilla, arena, grava y
bloques. Incluye la arcilla con bloques
Slightly weathered
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Speed restriction
[geo]
Limo glaciario
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Limonitic
Silt unconsolidated or loose
sedimentary material whose
constituent rock particles are finer
than grains of sand and larger
than clay particles; material
consisting of mineral soil particles
ranging in diameter from 0.02 to
0.002 mm; sedimentary material
consisting specially of mineral
particles intermediate in size
between those of sand and clay
suspended in running or standing
water
Slimy
scale the back (to)
Housekeeping (col)
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Cutting line
Timberline
Front line
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Limoso
limpiar el techo (de una mina)
Limpieza de la obra
Linaza Semilla de la planta del lino de la
cual, por trituracin se obtiene un aceite
secante que se usa en pintura y para
fabricar linleo. Los principales
productores son Rusia, los Estados Unidos,
Argentina, India y Canad
Lindar Estar al lado o tener lmite o
frontera
Linde Lnea real o imaginaria que marca
un territorio o una finca y lo separa de
otros
Lnea agnica Lnea que une los puntos
que no tienen declinacin magntica
Lnea automecoica, Lnea de base, lnea de
referencia, Base de triangulacin, Base
fotogrfica Lnea de un mapa sobre el
que la escala se mantiene invariable. En
un sentido ms restringido es la lnea real
o terica de contacto entre el plano de
proyeccin y el globo
Lnea corte Laf
Lnea de rboles
Lnea de avance, frente de avance
[geo]
Gathering line
load line
C.R. shearing line
[geo]
[min] [pet]
[min]
[geo]
Lnea de corriente
[geo]
[geo]
Pickling line
[min]
[geo]
Crack line
[min]
Tinning line
Fault line
Neat line
[min]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Courseline
[geo]
Survey line
[geo]
[geo]
Galvanizing line
[min]
[geo]
Popping
centerline
Ring main
Lineament A topographic
feature; espcially one that is
rectilinear
Isoseismal, isoseismic line A line
on a map joining points of equal
earthquake intensity
Bullion
billet, ingot
Ingots-moulds, ingot mould
???
Sluicing liquid
Gravity solution
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
???
[geo]
???
[geo]
???
[geo]
Stripping
[geo]
Litharge
Lithoclase
Lithostratigraphy
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Lithologic
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Bacterial leaching
Vat leaching
Heap leaching
In situ leaching
Agitation leach
[met]
[met]
[met]
[met]
[met]
[geo] [met]
???
???
???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
Llandeilo stage
Llandovery stage
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Alluvial plain
Plain of abrasion
Elevated plain
Spurn
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Acid rain The acidity in rain due
to gases from internal combustion
engines and coal- and oil-burning
power plants; acidic compounds,
as sulfuric acid and nitric acid, are
produced by the combination of
atmospheric water with oxides
released when hydrocarbons are
burned; acid rain is widely
considered responsible for
damaging forests, crops, and
human-made structures, and for
killing aquatic life
Horseshoe
[geo]
Loco, locomotive
Diesel locomotive
???
[min]
[mec] [min]
[alpinism]
Mud fluid
mudstone the citified equivalent
of mud, a fine grained
sedimentary rock similar to shale
but more massive. A fine-grained
detrital sedimentary rock made up
of clay- and silt-sized particles
Blasting slurries
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Brattice cloth
Londinian stage
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Longitud de onda
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
stand
overriding plate
moon
magnifying lens, hand lamp
Shine
Calcareous shale
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Longitud de salto
Longitud del cableado (cable)
Loparita
Los anclajes cablebolt de punto de toma
deben ser anclajes cablebolt de bulbojaula totalmente enrocados
Los bloqueos de seguridad no pueden ser
evitados, ignorados o eludidos
Losa Roca plana de reducido espesor
Lweta
Lucitita
Lugar central Cualquier localizacin que
sirva de proveedora de mercancas y/o
servicios a un rea circundante tributaria.
El lugar posee la caracterstica de
centralidad no por una cualidad intrnseca
sino por la localizacin de sus funciones.
En general se considera que lugar central
es sinnimo de ciudad pero en realidad en
un rea urbana pueden coexistir varios
lugares centrales como puntos de
distribucin cada uno sirviendo a sus reas
adyacentes respectivas tanto si sus
servicios abarcan solamente el rea
construida, se extienden a la regin o a
ambos mbitos a la vez
lugar, posicin
lugar/placa de sobrecarga
Luna Satlite de la Tierra
Lupa de aumento, lente de aumento
Lustre, brillo, lucir
Lutita calcrea
Lutita Roca sedimentaria detrtica cuyos
componentes tienen un dimetro inferior a
~ 62 m. Ciertos autores reservan este
trmino a las rocas no consolidadas,
llamando pelitas a las correspondientes
rocas consolidadas
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Reflected light
???
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Ma Millones de aos
[geo]
Bell knocker
[elc] [min]
Packing
Pack
Massif, mass
Solid mass
???
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Oldland
Protective pillar
Shaft pillar
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Boss
Stock A small batholith
Far field regime
Partially disturbed rock mass
Rock mass, rockmass
Competent
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Twin
[geo]
Twining
Multiple twinning
Polysynthetic twinning
Macled
Interpenetration twins
Plus shaped twing
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Karri wood
[min]
Rough lumber
Master sinker
[civ] [min]
[min]
Master mechanic
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Mafite
Magma. Molten rock material,
containing dissolved gases and
suspended solid particles that
forms igneous rocks upon cooling.
Magma that reaches the surface is
referred to as lava
Submagma
Magma
[geo]
[geo]
Magmatogene
Bitter earth
Magnesia
Magnesium
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Magnetic
Remnant magnetism Magnetism
acquired by a rock as some time
in the past
Lodestone
[geo]
[geo]
Magnetite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Magnitude A measure of
earthquake size, determined by
taking the common logarithm
(base 10) of the largest ground
motion observed during the arrival
of a P-wave or seismic surface
wave and applying a standard
correction for distance to the
epicenter. A measure of the
strength of an earthquake based
on the amount of movement
recorded by a seismograph.
Compare Richter scale
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Poor pack
[geo]
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[min]
Green copper
Malachite
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
Drill pattern
Diamond drilling layout
[min]
[geo]
Galvanized mesh
Welded wire mesh
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Meshed
???
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
Mammal
Bulkhead
???
[geo]
[min]
[alpinism]
???
Centralized traffic control
Manganese
[alpinism]
[min]
[chem]
Manganite
Manganous
Charred hose
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[tec]
[geo]
[tec]
Water hose
Oil show
Water gauge
???
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Annealing blanket
???
[met]
[alpinism]
Flatly bedded
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Blast blanket
[min]
Workable seam
Glacial sheet
Flat bed, Level seam
Level seam
Tight formation
tight formation
Interstratified bed
Intrusive sheet
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo] [pet]
[geo] [pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Large-scale map
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[geo]
Potentiometric map
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Mapping
[geo]
[geo]
Mucking machine
[min]
Laser-controlled machine
[civ] [min]
Manto explotable
Manto glacial
Manto horizontal
Manto horizontal
Manto impermeable
manto impermeable
Manto interestratificado o intercalado
Manto intrusivo
Mapa
Mapa climtico Mapa en el que se
representa los diversos climas de las
regiones que abarca
Mapa de gran escala
Mapa de precipitacin Mapa en el que se
representa la cantidad de lluvia de las
regiones que abarca. La lluvia
representada puede ser para un perodo
corto o largo de tiempo. Asmismo la
cantidad de lluvia a representar se puede
indicar en valor absoluto o un valor
promedio de un intervalo de tiempo
Mapa del tiempo Carta sinptica
Mapa del tiempo de superficie Mapa en
el que bsicamente se representan las
presiones en superficie reducidas al nivel
del mar, mediante isobaras, con su valor y
el smbolo de las configuraciones
principales que constituyen, y los frentes
Mapa equipotencial Es un trazado cuyos
puntos de igual altura hidrulica se
encuentran conectados
Mapa potenciomtrico. Es el mapa que,
mediante lneas de contorno y otros
smbolos, muestra la elevacin de la
superficie potenciomtrica de un acufero
Mapa, Cartografa Representacin
convencional, generalmente plana y con
posiciones relativas, grfica de una porcin
de superficie terrestre o de fenmenos
concretos o abstractos localizables en el
espacio y que se elabora segn a una
determinada escala y proyeccin
Mapamundi Representacin cartogrfica
plana del conjunto del globo terrestre en
el que muy a menudo se representan los
dos hemisferios de forma diferenciada
Mapeo
Maqueta (1) Proyecto de composicin y
compaginacin de un mapa o de una serie
de mapas; (2) Representacin en tres
dimensiones, normalmente a gran escala,
de un lugar o de un conjunto topogrfico
Mquina cargadora, [Mx] rezagar, [Pe]
pala neumtica
Mquina controlada por lser
Raise climber
[min]
Blasting machine
[min]
Face machine
Diamond drill
[min]
[geo]
Roadheader
[civ] [min]
Tooling
Shallow water
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
True bearing
Markup the face
Marcasite
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Working time
[min]
Steel set
[min] [civ]
Timber set
Head frame
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Collar set
Bearing set
False set
Set
Blocked steel sets
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Neap
???
Ivory
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Clay marl
Calcareous marl
Marl
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Marlaceous
Muck
[geo]
[min]
Salt marsh
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Marloesite
Glacial poy hole
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Martensitic
???
[met]
[alpinism]
[min]
Hand hammer
Machine drill
Rock drill
Stoper, stoper drill
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Drop hammer
[geo]
[geo]
Mrmol de conchilla
Mrmol de grano grueso
Mrmol serpentnico
Marmolizacion
Marte planeta de nuestro sistema solar.
Cuarto planeta ms cercano al Sol
Martenstico
Martillo Objeto que se utiliza en las vas
de escalada para clavar pitones, spits y
estacas en la roca o hielo
Martillo (de perforacin), perforadora (con
martillo) de fondo, barrena DTH
perforacin con martillo en el extremo
bajo del tren de caera de perforacin
Martillo de mano
Martillo perforador
Martillo perforador de roca
Martillo realce, taladro para perforacin
vertical
Martinete, piln de gravedad
Masa de aire rtica Masa de aire muy
fra que se origina sobre el ocano rtico y
que se seala con la letra A. Caben ciertas
confusiones con las masas de aire polar.
Las masas rticas son ms fras que las
polares
Masa de aire continental Masa de aire
que tiene su regin de origen en un rea
de altas presiones sobre el interior de un
continente y suele tener muy poca
humedad. Se la designa con la letra c
Masa de aire polar Masa de aire
originada en las latitudes medias, entre los
40 y 60 grados de latitud, ya sea sobre un
ocano o sobre el interior de un
continente. Cuando estas masas se
originan cerca de los polos ya no son
polares son rticas o antrticas
Masa de aire tropical Masa de aire
originada dentro del cinturn de altas
presiones subtropicales ya sea sobre el
ocano o sobre el interior de un continente
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Plug
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Blast material
[min]
Unconsolidated material
Nonlithified sediment that has no
mineral cement or matrix binding
its grains
Parent material
Secondary screen undersize
Pre-screened material
Undersize/oversize, O/S, U/S
(particles)
[geo]
Material no consolidado
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Loose material
Toxic substance
Melting recirculating materials
barged materials
[geo]
[env]
[min]
[mar]
Mold
[met]
Matrix
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Mayen (German)
[geo]
Material originario
Material pequeo de la criba secundaria
Material pre-seleccionado
Material submedida, pequeo o
menor/grande o mayor, en el proceso de
reduccin de tamao del mineral en una
mina
Material suelto
Material txico
Materiales fundentes recirculantes
materiales transportados por barcaza o
por va fluvial
Matriz, molde molde en el que se funde,
corta o estampa cualquier objeto de metal
para reproducirlo en forma idntica
Matriz, pasta, cuerpo
Matriz Fraccin fina de una roca que
forma una masa en la que quedan
englobados los cristales, granos o clastos
de mayor tamao
Mxima avenida
mximo, pico, cresta pico de una curva
Mayday Mike, EVLS parato de socorro
que combina la seal VHF/GPS emitiendo
un mensaje MAYDAY y la posicin exacta
GPS en el momento de activarlo
Mayen Trmino con el que se designa en
los Alpes suizos y franceses la etapa
intermedia que hace el ganado
trashumante en su desplazamiento
estacional desde el fondo del valle hasta
los pastos de altura
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
meandro
Rock mechanics
[min]
Drill doctor
[civ] [mec]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Feed assembly
Chairing device
[min]
Failsafe device
Carbide bit
Silicon carbide bit
???
[tec]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
???
[geo]
[geo]
Mecanismo de avance
Mecanismo de disparo Denominacin
que algunos autores emplean para
referirse a cualquier proceso que inicia el
desarrollo de una inestabilidad condicional
en una masa de aire. Por ejemplo, la
elevacin mecnica (un viento), el
calentamiento de una capa de aire por
conduccin seguida de conveccin, el
aumento del contenido del vapor de agua
de la atmsfera y el ascenso de una masa
de aire clido sobre una masa de aire fro
a lo largo de un frente caliente en una
depresin
Mecanismo de enganchadodesenganchado
Mecanismo de seguridad
Mecha de carburo de silicio
Mecha de carburo de silicio
Med poca media-central de un piso
estratigrfico
Med Medio./e.g. Dev Med = Devnico
Medio
Mdano
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Dust supression
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Remedial measures
???
[geo]
[geo]
Depth gauge
Magnetic flow meter A device
used to measure flow. As
electrically-conductive fluid passes
through the flow meter, the fluid
disturbs the magnetic field
created by the flow meter. The
amount of magnetic field
disturbance is proportional to the
rate of material flow through the
meter
Ph meter
[min]
[min]
Means of escape
Measure (to)
[elc] [met]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Megashear
Megaseismic
Melanocratic
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Melilite
Melonite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Color, colour
Lean ore
Ore
Run Of Mine, ROM
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Mercury
[geo]
Shaking table
[met]
Vibrating table
[met]
Mercury, Hg
[geo]
Meridian
[geo]
[geo]
Meseta
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Meseta Altiplacicie
Meseta de calizas
Meseta, altiplano
Meso- Prefijo que signifa en medio,
medio
Mesocrtico Material o roca con
proporcin de minerales oscuros entre el
40 y el 60%
Mesosfera, Messfera Capa de la
atmsfera comprendida entre la
estratosfera y la ionosfera
Mesotermal Se dice del proceso,
mineral, yacimiento, etc., generado por
hidrotermalismo entre 300 y 200 C
Mesozoico
[geo]
Mesozona
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Metabrushite
[geo]
[geo]
???
Metal
Abundant metal Iron,
aluminum, magnesium,
manganese, and titanium. Ores of
the abundant metals only need to
be 3-5 times as metal-rich as
average rock
Alkali metal A strongly basic
metal like potassium or sodium
Base metals Commercial (non
precious) metals such as lead,
zinc, copper or nickle
[alpinism]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Metal alcalino
[min]
[civ] [min]
[met]
[geo]
Metal nativo
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Metal poroso
Metal precioso, oro, plata, etc
Metales no ferrosos, no-metlico
Metlico
Metalfero
Metalfero
Extractive metallurgy
ore dressing, metallurgy
[met]
[met]
Metallurgist
[met]
Metamorphism The changes of
[geo]
mineralogy and texture imposed
on a rock by pressure and
temperature in the Earth's interior.
The processes of recrystallization,
textural and mineralogical change
that take place in the solid state
under conditions beyond those
normally encountered during
diagenesis
???
[alpinism]
Regional metamorphism
Metamorphism occurring over a
wide area and caused by deep
burial and high internal
temperatures of the Earth.
Metamorphism affecting an
extensive region, associated with
orogeny
Metasediment
Metamorfismo Transformaciones
fisicoqumicas que sufren las rocas en el
interior de la corteza terrestre debido a la
elevacin de la temperatura y la presin
[geo]
Metamorfismo regional
[geo]
metasilicate
metasomatism, carbonation The
metamorphic processes that occur
as a result of the passage of
chemically active fluids through a
rock, adding to or removing
constituents during
metamorphism
[geo]
[geo]
metasilicato
metasomatismo
Mtayage (French)
[geo]
[geo]
Meteorito
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
METEOSAT
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Mining method
[min]
[geo]
Method of measurement
Rock chip sampling method
Channel and chip sampling
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Bulk
[min]
Miarolitic
Glimmer
mica
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Mica fish
Micaceous
Micaschist
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Microclastic
[geo]
[geo]
Microphyric
microfossil
Microfossil
Micrographic
Microgranite
Microgranular
[geo]
[geo]
[geo] [pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Micrometeorito
[geo]
[geo]
Micron () 1/1,000th of a
millimetre. Used as an alternate
to mesh sizing, particularly in the
fine-size range. Example, The
opening size of a Tyler 150-mesh
screen is .004 inches, or 104
microns
Micropaleontology
Micropegmatite
Microperthite
Micropoikilitic
Bi-polar microscope
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Micropaleontologa
Micropegmatita
Micropertita
Micropoiquiltica
Microscopio bipolar
[geo]
Microsismo
[geo]
[geo]
Microtextura
Miembro
Miembro Unidad litoestratigrfica de
rango inferior a la formacin y que
siempre es parte de una formacin
[geo]
Migmatita
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Wheal
[geo]
[geo]
Track mine
Coal mine
Colliery
Diamond mine
Gold mine
Placer mine
Exhauted mine
Gaseous mine
Trackless mine
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Continuous miner
[min]
Guag
Old man, old workings
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Custom ore
Bowse
Run-Of-Mine ore, ROM, R.O.M.
[met]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Mineral
Mineral
Mineral
Mineral
Mineral
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
diseminado
en trozos
fino
husped
ndex o gua, mineral ndice
Nonrefractory ore
[met]
Mineral no refractario
[geo]
Mineral opaco
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Mineral pobre
Mineral refractario
Mineral residual
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[chem]
[geo] [min]
[min]
[geo]
Minerales polimetlicos
Mineralizacion
[geo]
Mineraloga
[geo]
Mineralografa
[min]
Block caving
[min]
Bulk mining
Underhand cut and fill
Mine digger, miner
Raise miner
Ore slurry pipeline
Minette
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Miocene epoch
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Myrmekits
Miscibility
Polarizing microscope
Mississippian
Middlings
???
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo] [min]
Mine model
Variogram model
[min]
[geo] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
Moderately weathered
Bulk modulus
Modulus of rigidity, G
Modulus of elasticity
Rust
Rusty
???
Boundary stone, land mark, claim
monument
???
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[met]
[met]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Modelo de la mina
Modelo de variograma
Modelo digital de elevacin, MDE Modelo
digital del terreno determinado
especficamente mediante una red regular
de cotas de altitud
Modelo digital del terreno, MDT (1)
Determinacin de la superficie de un
territorio mediante un conjunto denso de
puntos topogrficos en el que sus
coordenadas son registradas digitalmente
para poder ser procesadas y obtener as
las curvas de nivel, perfiles topogrficos,
bloques diagrama, etc; (2) Determinacin
numrica del relieve de un territorio
utilizando datos de listados o de la
informacin de cotas de altitud, curvas de
nivel, lneas de crestas y fondos de valles
Moderadamente alterada
Mdulo de Bulk o de incompresibilidad
Mdulo de rigidez del macizo rocoso
Mdulo o coeficiente de elasticidad,
mdulo de Young, relacin entre el
esfuerzo y la deformacin del material
considerado
Mogreb Oeste, poniente
Moho, herrumbre, oxidacin, xido, orn
Mohoso, herrumbroso, ferrumbroso
Mojn Hito
Mojn, coto, hito Piedra o poste que se
ubica en el lmite de una propiedad
Mola (del cataln) Cerro, muela
Molasa Nombre que se da a las
formaciones sedimentarias potentes
(marinas, deltaicas y continentales)
depositadas en cuencas postorognicas
(cuencas de antepas e intramontaosas)
Mldica Tipo de porosidad secundaria
debida a la disolucin de un fragmento
(concha) o de un cristal (yeso, dolomita,
etc.)
Molcula
Molybdenum
[chem]
[met]
[met]
[min]
AG mill
[met]
Rod mill
[met]
Ball mill
[met]
Pebble mill
[met]
Hammer mill
Shell-driven grinding mill
[min]
[met]
FAG mill
[met]
Reducing mill
[min]
[min]
Tube mill
Seismic moment, M
???
Monazite
Monitor, giant
Monitor, monitoring
[min] [met]
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Radiation monitoring
Monocline The S-shaped fold
connecting two horizontal parts of
the same stratum at different
elevations. Its central limb is
usually not overturned. A simple
fold, described as a local
steepening in strata with an
otherwise uniform dip
[min]
[geo]
Monoclinic
[geo]
[geo]
Hemidome
Monolith
Carbon monoxide
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[chem]
[alpinism]
[min]
[min]
???
Lift truck, lift
Rail mounted
???
[alpinism]
Mountain A steep-sided
topographic elevation larger than
a hill; also a single prominence
forming part of a ridge or
mountain range
[geo]
Montaa, cerro
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Guide
End post
???
[min]
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Gossan
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Montmorillonite
[geo]
Heap
Stockpile
[met]
[civ] [min]
Saddle bracket
[mec] [min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Monzonite
[geo]
[geo]
Morena central
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Morena
Morena
Morena
Morena
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Morena marginal
Morfologa
Morganita
Morrena
[alpinism]
Mortar
Cement mortar
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
de fondo
en movimiento
frontal
interna
Shifters wicket
[min]
Wicket
Spotted
SAG mill inching drive
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Muck
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
wharf, dock
Hitch
[geo]
[min]
Random sample
Channel sample
[geo] [met]
[geo]
[geo]
Drill core, core sample
[geo] [min]
[pet]
Bit sample
Chip sample
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min] [met]
[min]
[alpinism]
Muestra masiva
Muestra representativa (tipo)
Muestras de canaleta
Muestreo
Mufla de arrastre
Muga (del aragons) Mojn, trmino,
lmite, borne fronterizo. En gascn malh
Multiespectral Que capta por separado
diversas bandas del espectro
electromagntico
Multiespectral escner, MSS Conjunto de
sistemas de sensores de barrido
multiespectral que van incorporados en los
satlites de la serie Landsat
Multipinza, multi-pinza
Multiple zona de fracturas en roca
competente
Multiplexor, dispositivo que permite
transmitir dos o ms mensajes
simultneamente por una misma va
Muralla Conjunto de paredes y resaltes
de la vertiente escarpada de una montaa
Muralln Muralla muy grande
Muro Parte vertical de hielo o de roca
Muro colgante o colgado
Muro de gabin
Muro de hormign
Muro interceptor
Muro Trmino que implica la superficie
inferior de una formacin, capa, filn, etc.,
o bien los terrenos situados
inmediatamente debajo de ella. Antnimo
techo
Muros y tope/techo de la rampa
Muscovadita
Muscovite, muscovita, moscovita mica
ordinaria o blanca; miembro de tonos
claros del grupo de las micas; en su mayor
parte ortosilicato de aluminio y potasio,
que cristaliza en el sistema monoclnico;
puede usarse como aislante (no a
+600C) cuando se extrae el agua de su
composicin (flogopita), como lubricante y
tambin para visillos incombustibles
Muy alterada
Muy fracturado o fracturada
Muy grande, gigantesco
[geo]
Multi Spectral Scanner, MSS
[geo]
Multi Grapples, MG
Multiple shear zones in competent
rock
Multiplexor
[min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
???
Hanging wall, hangingwall
Gabin walls
Concrete walls
Cutoff wall
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Highly weathered
Heavily jointed
MegaN
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[min]
Test
Nacre
Nacreous
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[inf] [elc]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Natrochalcite
Natrolite
Natron
Tank house
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Neodymium
[chem]
[geo]
???
???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
Neutralization
[eco] [met]
[geo]
[geo]
[chem]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Niobium
Hose joiner
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Nickeling
Nickeliferous
Nickel
Nitrate
Nitric
Nitrification
Perched water table
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [geo]
[geo]
[min]
Shaft station
Maximum Contaminant Level, MCL
Mean level
Main haulage level
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Unworked
Unweathered
Non-softening
No rock wall contact when
sheared
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Nonel
[min]
[geo]
Norite
[geo]
[geo]
Fire regulations
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Mine north
[min]
Nosean
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Nucleus (atomic) The center of
an atom, containing both protons
and (except for 1H) neutrons
Arch core
???
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
Maximum Contaminant Level
Goal, MCLG
Civil works
Underground workings
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Ncleo de pliegue
Nudo Entrelazamiento que se hace
espontneamente o que se realiza en una
cuerda, cinta o cosa semejante con el
objeto de unir dos de esas cosas
Nudo Punto donde se encuentran o
concurren diferentes aristas de una
montaa. Nudo de aristas
Nuevo mtodo austriaco de construccin
de tneles
Nmero atmico
[geo]
[met]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Oceanography
Ocellar (structure)
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Ocher
Yellow earth
Ruddle
Ochreous
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Ophitic
Tiger eye
Unalded eye
Okenite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Oily
Oligist iron
Oligocene epoch
Oligoclase
Oligoelement
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Olivine
[geo]
Cookers
[min]
Odour
Omphacite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Onda P
[geo]
Onda S
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Onda
Onda
Onda
Onda
[min]
Reflected wave
Refracted wave
Earth wave
Seismic shock wave
Seismic wave
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
Ounce, oz
[geo]
Onda sonora
Onda, ola
Ondulada u ondulante lisa (diaclasas)
Onduladas lisas
Ondulosa
nice, onix
Onza troy, unidad de masa en la cual son
comercializados los metales preciosos
tales como oro y platino. Una onza troy
equivale a 31.103 gramos
Onza, oz Unidad de peso equivalente a
28.349 gr
[geo]
de explosin
de explosin
de repercusin
P
Opaque
Opal
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[min] [pet]
[min]
Nozzleman
[civ] [min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
rbita
[geo]
[geo]
rbita elptica
[geo]
???
Ordovician
Ore pass
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
Organization chart
Organogenic
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Orientacin preferida
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
???
Bank
Honey pot
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[met]
[geo]
Oro
Oro aluvial o corrido
Oro de aluvin, es un placer formado por
la accin del agua corriente
Gold bullion
Fine gold
[met]
[geo]
Float gold
Free gold
Solid gold
Rush gold, rusty gold
Fine gold
Visible gold, VG
Gold, Au
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[chem]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Oro en barras
Oro fino, partculas de oro que son lo
suficientemente pequeas para pasar a
travs de una malla (tamiz) 40. Este tipo
de oro es por lo general encontrado en
depsitos de inundacin a lo largo de
barras de grava y la parte externa de las
curvas en una corriente de agua
Oro flotante
Oro libre, oro nativo
Oro masizo, oro puro
Oro negro
Oro refinado, producto de la refinacin
Oro visible
Oro, Au Metal precioso conocido desde
los tiempos ms antiguos ya mencionado
en el libro del 'Gnesis' y considerado a
travs de la historia como smbolo de
riqueza. Se emplea adems como adorno
a causa de la propiedad que tiene de no
deslucirse con el tiempo. Al principio era
enteramente obtenido de arenas aurferas
(placeres) cuyo oro proceda de un filn o
yacimiento del que era naturalmente
separado por disgregacin por los agentes
atmosfricos o por la accin fluvial.
Actualmente el 80% del total del mundo
es extrado de filones que se encuentran
especialmente en una aureola que rodea el
granito. El oro es demasiado blando para
la mayora de propsitos y se endurece
aadindole otros metales tales como la
plata, el paladio y el nquel
Orognesis Conjunto de movimientos
ocurridos durante cierto perodo de tiempo
que ha dado lugar a determinados
sistemas montaosos
orognesis, orogenia
Orographic
???
kings yellow, orpiment, ratebane,
yellow arsenic
Orthoclase
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Orthoquartzite
[geo]
[geo]
Orthophyric
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Orthogneiss
[geo]
Caterpillar
Seiche
Osmium
Reverse Osmosis, RO
Ostracods
[geo]
[geo]
[chem]
[met]
[geo]
Autumm, fall
[geo]
Ovoid
Oxi-cutting
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Outfield
[geo]
[geo]
Oxidacin
[geo]
Oxidizer
[met]
[chem]
Sulfur oxides
Nitrous oxides, NOx
NOx (nitrous oxides)
Oxides
[eco] [min]
[min]
[mec] [min]
[min]
Oxides
[geo]
Dissolved oxygen
LOX
[met]
[met]
[chem]
[chem]
Ozone
[geo]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Paddy
Page
[geo]
[geo]
Underdeveloped country
[geo]
[geo]
Banjo (col)
???
[min]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
shovelful, shavelful
Palladium
???
[civ] [min]
[chem]
[alpinism]
Johnson bar
billet, liner billet
[mec] [min]
[min]
Fossil botany
Palaeocene
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Palaeoclimatology
[geo]
Palaeolithic
[geo]
Paleoltico
[geo]
Paleontologa
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Paleontolgico
Paleontlogo
Paleosoma Parte de una migmatita
correspondiente a la roca original poco
modificada
Paleosuelo Suelo generado en el
pasado y enterrado bajo sedimentos
posteriores
Paleozoico
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Sag bend
Buckling
local control panel a control
panel located near the item of
equipment being controlled
Static drain panel
infrared radiant panel
Floats and sinks screen static
panels
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min] [pet]
[min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Meadow wet
[geo]
Palingnesis
Palmo cuadrado Unidad de superficie
antigua catalana equivalente a 0,037781
metros cuadrados. Un metro cuadrado
tiene 26,468 palmos cuadrados
Palustre Relativo o perteneciente a
pantanos o zonas pantanosas
Pancromtico Relativo o perteneciente a
la captacin de todos los colores del
espectro. Por ejemplo una pelcula
pancromtica
Pandeo (de las barras)
Pandeos
panel de control local panel de control
ubicado cerca al dispositivo o equipo que
va a ser controlado
Panel esttico de desage
panel radiante infrarrojo
Paneles estticos de cribas de material
flotante y de fondo
Panorama Representacin perspectiva de
un paisaje proyectado en un plano vertical
o en un cilindro vertical en cuyo centro se
sita el espectador
Panormica Vista que permite captar
un amplio paisaje
Pantaln Pieza de ropa que se usa para
cubrir las piernas. En la montaa existen
muchos tipos en funcin del tipo de tela
utilizada y lo ms o menos largos que
sean
Pantanal Sector de terreno
impermeable y llano, cubierto por un
manto de aguas poco profundas y a
menudo fangosas
Pantano
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Sloughy
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Catchgear
Paraconformity
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Plot (v) trace, graph, draw
[geo]
[min]
Wall
???
Inwall
Rock face A weather-worn
quarry face
Walls
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Texas gate
Downstream, down stream
[min]
[min]
Reach of river
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Partcula alfa
[geo]
Particula beta
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
???
Cross hole
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[min]
Pass
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Partidor hidrulico
Pas (del cataln) Paso
Pasada de vuelo fotogramtrico, Banda de
vuelo fotogramtrico Cada una de las
trayectorias, generalmente paralelas, de
los vuelos fotogramtricos y la secuencia
de los fotogramas obtenidos
Pasamanos Cuerda fija o cable
instalado a modo de barandilla en lugares
peligrosos de itinerarios muy frecuentados
Pasarela Puente pequeo y estrecho
construido sobre un ro o torrente
Pasillo Paso largo y angosto
Pasillo de ventilacin
Paso Principal canal navegable de un ro
o estuario, generalmente balizado, que
conduce a un puerto o ensenada
Paso de caballo Paso por una roca
alargada y afilada que invita a ser
superada a horcajadas
Paso de chimenea Ramonage
Paso de hombros Accin de subir
sobre la espalda de un compaero con el
fin de llegar ms alto y as superar un
obstculo
Paso ejecutado por el sistema de
raisebore y posteriormente ensanchado a
mayor dimetro mediante explosivos
Paso entre niveleles, [Mx] chorreadero,
obra minera o escurridero por donde pasa
material o mineral por gravedad
Paso tirols Pasar de una montaa a
otra usando una cuerda que se lanza
desde un extremo y se intenta cruzar
apoyando parte del cuerpo en la cuerda
Pastizal Pasto
[geo]
[geo]
???
Grubstake v. (col)
Pattern
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
Jig
[min]
[geo]
Pays (French)
[geo]
[geo]
???
Slug
Firestone
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Bouldery ground
Petrean
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Chisley
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
???
Blast firing
pegmatite an extremely coarsegrained (extremely large grains,
more than a centimeter in
diameter) igneous rock with
interlocking crystals, usually with
a bulk chemical composition
similar to granite (most frequently
is granitic) but commonly
containing rare minerals enriched
in lithium, boron, fluorine,
niobium, and other scarce metals.
Pegmatites are also the source for
many gem-quality precious and
semiprecious stones. An igneous
rock with extremely large grains,
more than a centimeter in
diameter. It may be of any
composition but most frequently is
granitic
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Pelgico
Pelletizing
[met]
Radiation hazard
Major hazard
Occupational hazards
[min] [pet]
[civ] [min]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
Down grade, downgrade
Acclivity
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Reverse dip
Crossfall
True dip
Steep
Steepness
???
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
peneplanation, baselevelling
[geo]
permeate (to)
intrude (to)
Palaeoplain
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Peneplain A hypothetical
extensive area of low elevation
and relief reduced to near sea
level by a long period of erosion
and representing the end product
of the ideal geomorphic cycle; low
gently, rolling landscapes
produced by long-continued
erosion
???
[geo]
Penillanura, peniplanicie
[alpinism]
Hemitetrahexahedron
Pentlandite
???
Nugget
Prill
Little cliff tower
Minor inflow
Percolate
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Boulder flint
Exit loss
loss of returns, lost circulation
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Trough
Ogee
Stability graph
[met]
[civ] [min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Perfil esquemtico
[geo]
Perfil ssmico
[min]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
perfilaje
Electric coring
Light/heavy sections
drill, drilling
drifting and tunneling
Hammer drilling
Uppers
Reverse Circulating Drilling, RCD
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Production drilling
directional drilling
[min]
[min] [pet]
Barren well
Machine drilling
Air drilling Rotary drilling using
compressed air
Blast hole, blasthole
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
shallow hole
Rotary drilling or boring A
drilling method where the drill
pipe and bit is rotated and allowed
to drill it's way down
[geo]
[min]
Stoper drilling
Big-hole drilling
[min]
[min]
Borer
Air driller
Pneumatic rock drill, perforator
drill runner, driller (individual)
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
perfilaje elctrico
perfiles livianos/pesados
perforacin
perforacin (de galeras) y tunelizacin
Perforacin a percusin
Perforacin ascendente, chulanos
Perforacin con circulacin de aire en
reversa
Perforacin con explosivos
Perforacin contracielo, perforacin
alzamiento
Perforacin de avance o de desarrollo
perforacin desviada o direccional, [Ch]
perforacin controlable, [Es] perforacin
dirigida perforacin con direccin
controlada y modificada con respecto al
trazado previamente determinado
Perforacin estril
Perforacin mecnica
Perforacin neumtica
Perforacin para voladura o cargas
explosivas; barreno o carga de voladura,
cohete, caa de volar, taladro perforado en
una formacin rocosa en el que se colocan
los explosivos, cuya detonacin agrieta o
fragmenta la masa rocosa
perforacin poco profunda
Perforacin rotativa, mtodo rotativo,
perforacin que realiza las acciones
simultneas de rotacin, empuje y barrido.
Este mtodo es utilizado en la mayora de
las faenas mineras a cielo abierto. Los
dimetros de perforacin en este mtodo
van desde las 6" hasta sobre 14"
Perforacin vertical
Perforacin, perforacin de taladros largos,
se suele emplear en el sentido de
perforacin relativamente grande, a
diferencia de perforacin pequea, como
los barrenos para voladuras, etc
Perforador
Perforador neumtico
Perforador o perforadora neumtica
perforador, barrenador, barrenero,
barrenista, pistolero, taladrador
Perforadora con martillo en la cabeza
Perforadora de bancos, perforadora de
piso, barrena para perforar bancos
Perforadora de circulacin inversa,
perforadora de aire reverso, la modalidad
de circulacin en que el fluido va por el
espacio anular y vuelve en el tren de
varillas
Perforadora de mano
Perforadora hidrulica
Perforadora neumtica
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Peridotite A coarse-grained
mafic igneous rock composed of
olivine with accessory amounts of
pyroxene and amphibole but little
or no feldspar. An ultramafic
igneous rock, the major
constituent of the mantle
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Carbonic period
Upper Cretaceous period
Jurassic period
Mid period
Early period
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[geo]
???
[geo]
[geo]
Perla, ncar
Permeabilidad facilidad relativa que tiene
un fluido para desplazarse bajo presin
dispareja; conductividad de un cuerpo
poroso a los fluidos o capacidad de los
fluidos para desplazarse entre los espacios
que conectan los poros de una masa
porosa
Permeabilidad intrnseca Es la facilidad
relativa con la que un ambiente poroso
puede transmitir un lquido debajo de la
pendiente hidrulica y depende solamente
de las propiedades del ambiente
Permemetro Un dispositivo de
laboratorio que mide la permeabilidad
intrnseca y la conductividad hidrulica de
un slido o una muestra de roca
Prmico
[geo]
Permo, permiano
[min]
[min]
Friction bolt
[min]
Split set
[min]
Resin bolt
[min]
Dwydag bolt
[min]
Perno de anclaje
Perno de anclaje, buln, elemento de
sostenimiento consistente en una barra
metlica que se instala, anclada, en
taladros en el techo y las paredes de una
excavacin, existen algunas variedades
Perno de friccin, buln estabilizador por
friccin, vase split set
Perno de friccin, perno o buln split-set,
tipo de perno a friccin, tubo de acero
ligeramente cnico, con una ranura
longitudinal, de dimetro algo mayor que
la perforacin donde se introducir. Su
dimetro disminuye al introducirlo al
barreno, generando presiones de fijacin
por el efecto elstico
Perno de resina, [Ch] resina, perno de
fierra con resalte, fijado en el barreno
mediante resina sinttica
Perno helicoidal, perno Dwydag, varilla
fileteada con hlices (rope thread) que es
hecha de acero extrafuerte
Grouted rockbolt
[min]
Swellex bolt
[min]
Mechanical rockbolt
[min]
[min]
Peroxide
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Warning flags
[min]
[geo]
Unwiedldy
Weight On Bit, WOB
Troy weight
???
[geo]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
Petrificacin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Petrographic (al)
Petroleum general term
including both oil and natural gas
[geo]
[geo]
Petrificacin
Petrognesis
Petrografa. La descripcin sistemtica de
las rocas, basada en su observacin en el
campo o en muestras manuales, as como
en delgadas secciones microscpicas
Petrogrfico
petrleo
[geo]
[geo]
Petrosilex
Pitchblende
???
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
Bede
Pneumatic hammer
Scabbler
Picks
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Pick
???
[min]
[alpinism]
Picrite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Toe of slope
[min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Oilstone
Artificial stone
limestone a sedimentary rock
composed primarily of calcium
carbonate, usually as the mineral
calcite, CaCO2. Some 10% to 15%
of all sedimentary rocks are
limestones. Limestone is usually
organic, but it may also be
inorganic
Turkey stone
Whetstone
Grindstone
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Londstone
Ashlar
Logan stone
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Toadstone
Dry stone
Semiprecious stone
chipped stone, hewn stone
Crushed rock, crushed stone
Rock storm
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Semi-products
Coarse ore stockpile
Leach pile
???
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
Entry stump
Crib
Arch pillar
Barrier pillar
Sill pillar
Boundary pillar
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Post pillar
Rib pillar
Horst An elongate, elevated
block of crust forming a ridge or
plateau, typically bounded by
parallel, outward-dipping normal
faults. A tract or block of the
Earths crust separated by faults
from adjacent tracts or blocks that
have been relatively depressed.
Compare rift, graben
Pillar
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Leach pads
[met]
[geo] [min]
[geo]
Piedra sapo
Piedra seca
Piedra semipreciosa
Piedra tallada
Piedra triturada, grava, gravilla
Piedras en vuelo, ridos de concreto que
caen violentamente en el pique (pozo, tiro
de la mina) debido una rotura de tubera
Pies de gato Calzado especial que tiene
la suela de goma cocida que le
proporciona gran poder de adherencia y
que se utiliza en la escalada deportiva o en
la escalada tradicional de gran dificultad
Piezas desbastadas
Pila de acopio
Pila de lixiviacion
Pilancn Cavidad de desgaste originada
en la roca dura de un lecho fluvial por un
remolino. Marmita gigante
Pilar Espoln vertical
Pilar de galeria
Pilar de madera
Pilar de proteccin, debajo de la galeria
Pilar de seguridad
Pilar de solera, de capa o lmina intrusiva
Pilar del lmite, pilar de proteccin entre
dos minas
Pilar flaco
Pilar regional de seguridad
Pilar tectnico. Dos fallas paralelas
normales inclinadas hacia el exterior y
empujando en direcciones opuestas
???
[alpinism]
Sub-vertical shaft
Exploration shaft
[min]
[geo] [min]
Vent shaft
[min]
Inclined shaft
[min]
Timber shaft
Main shaft
[min]
[min]
Silver ruby
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
Kies
Iron pyrites
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Hepatic pyrites
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Pyritization. Development of
pyrite in a solid rock
Pyritaceous, Pyritic
[geo]
Pyroclastic or piroclastic
Pertaining to clastic material
formed by volcanic explosion or
aerial expulsion from a volcanic
vent
Pyrocrystalline
Pencil stone, pyrophyllite
Green lead ore
Pyrorefining
Pyrrhotite
[geo]
Pyroxenite
Pyroxene
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Gophering
Polishing pond
Thill
Albian or aptian stage
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Scribing
Equipping deck
Floor of seam
Subcollar
sill a tabular igneous intrusion
that parallels the planar structure
of the surrounding rock
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Pirocristalino
Pirofilita
Piromorfita
Pirorefinacin
Pirotita, pirrotina, pirrotita, pirita
magntica sulfuro de hierro magntico
Piroxenita
Piroxeno, grupo de silicatos algo similares
en composicin general a los anfboles
pero sin el grupo hidrxido (OH). La augita
es el ejemplo ms conocido
Piroxenos Metasilicatos generalmente
de hierro y magnesio. Segn su
cristalizacin pueden ser Orto- cuando son
rmbicos y Clino- si son monoclnicos
Pirquineo explotacin de las zonas ms
enriquecidas, sin programacin de las
secuencias, buscando maximar la utilidad
y minimizar el capital invertido a expensas
de la vida til del yacimiento minero
Pirquinera, labores de rapia
Piscina o poza de pulimentado
Piso
Piso albiense o aptiense Sub-divisin del
sistema Cretceo que se halla entre el
Cenomaniense o Neocomianense y el
Albiense o Aptiense; equivale
aproximadamente al gault y a la arenisca
verde superior inglesa
Piso de glibos, piso de ajuste
Piso de montaje, cubierta de montaje
Piso del manto
Piso del stano
piso, sill, capa o lmina intrusiva
intrusin tabular o laminar de rocas gneas
que aparece conforme con la
estratificacin u otra estructura bandeada
de la roca caja
Pisolite
Pisolitic
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Air cannon
[min] [met]
Ultimate pit
???
[min]
[alpinism]
???
shale, slate a sedimentary rock
or mudstone that splits or
fractures readily, composed of
detrital sediment particles less
than 0.004 millimeter in diameter.
Shales tend to be red, brown,
black, or gray, and usually
originate in relatively still waters
[alpinism]
[geo]
shaly, slaty
slater
trace
slate a dense fine-grained rock
produced by the compression of
clays, shales, and various other
rocks that develops a
characyteristic cleavage which
may be at any angle with the
original bedding plane, and
consisting essentially of sericite
and quartz with biotite, chlorite,
and hematite as principal
accessories A compact, finegrained metamorphic rock that
has slaty cleavage
???
???
Baffle plate
Streak plate A ceramic abrasive
surface for streak tests
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Pisolita
Pisoltico
Pista forestal Camino de carro sin
asfaltar que permite esencialmente el paso
a los vehculos todo terreno
Pistola de aire comprimido, cmara desde
la cual el aire comprimido es liberado para
producir choque en tolva, alcanca, chute,
etc
Pit final
Pitn Especie de clavo metlico que se
clava en las fisuras de las rocas. Lleva un
agujero o una anilla que permite fijar el
mosquetn o el estribo
Pitn Roca prominente
pizarra, esquisto arcilloso o sedimentario,
lutita, pelita, arcilla esquistosa roca
arcillosa esquistosa consolidada que posee
una laminacin definida, situada en el
inicio del metamorfismo que proviene de
la transformacin de sedimentos arcillosos
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Turntable
[min]
Liner plate
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Dry diggings
Plagioclase, plagioclass
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Placas
Placer, placeres Depsitos superficiales,
principalmente de origen fluvial, ricos en
minerales pesados, tales como casiterita,
oro nativo, estao o platino que han ido
concentrndose con el tiempo por
continuada desintegracin y separacin de
minerales asociados ms ligeros
procedente de vetas afloradas y
arrastradas por un ro hasta un depsito
aluvial; enriquecimiento aluvial o marino
de minerales densos y resistentes (oro,
etc); formado por erosin y concentracin
fsica
Placeres eluviales
Plagioclasa Grupo de los feldespatos de
calcio y sodio. Son uno de los grupos de
minerales formadores de rocas ms
corrientes
Plagioclasas Feldespatos con diferentes
cantidades de sodio y calcio. Forman una
serie continua Albita (0-10%), Oligoclasa
(10-30%), Andesina (30-50%), Labrador
(50-70%), Bytownita (70-90%) y Anortita
(90-100%). Los porcentajes son de
plagioclasa clcica
Plan (del aragons) Pastos en forma de
planicie
Plan de cierre y abandono de la mina
Plan de tiro, distribucin de taladros,
cargas y tiempos de detonacin de
acuerdo a un modelo previamente
establecido
[geo]
Slickensided
[geo]
[geo]
Sheets
Heavy sheets
Galvanized corrugated sheets
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Whalesback
[min]
Horseback
Slabs
Plancton
Planktonic
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Scheduler
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Planicie, llanura
Planificacin a largo plazo
Planificacin econmica Planeamiento de
la distribucin de los recursos econmicos
a gran escala relacionado con la poblacin
y la hacienda nacional. Da gran
importancia a los valores cuantitativos. Ver
Planeamiento territorial
Planificador, planificador de tareas
Planimetra (1) Rama de la topografa
que se ocupa de proyectar los diversos
puntos de un terreno sobre un plano para
poderlos representar cartogrficamente;
(2) Representacin cartogrfica sin indicar
las alturas
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Plano
Plano
Plano
Plano
Plano
[geo]
Plano de estratificacin
[geo]
Plano de falla
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Plano de falla
Plano de sobre-escurrimiento
Plano inclinado
Plano inclinado
Plano inclinado, Chifln
Plano topogrfico Mapa topogrfico a
gran escala
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
basal
catastral, Mapa catastral ???
de canchas de materias primas
de clivage, esquistosidad de fractura
de estratificacin
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
Acid plant
Underground crusher station
Crushing plant
Mineral processing plant
Smeltery plant of tin
Paste fill plant
[met]
[min]
[mec] [met]
[met]
[min]
[min]
Merril crowe
Pilot mill or plant
[min]
[met] [pet]
[geo]
Rolling mills
[min]
[geo]
Argent
Native silver
Red silver ore
Proustite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Silver
Scissor lift
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Plataforma de abrasin
Plataforma de carbonato
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Shelf
Deck
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[min]
[min]
Flats
Platina
Platinum
Beach Temporary accumulations
of sediments that collect between
low and high tide marks
[min]
[geo]
[chem]
[geo]
Plataforma impermeable
Plataforma para cambio guas
Plataforma, andamio colgante para
montaje en el pique o chimenea, horca
colgante
Plataforma, plataforma continental
Plataforma, tablero, piso, [Ur] carpeta,
[Es] cubierta
Plataforma, vase galloway stage
Plateado (en metalurgia, lavar en un plato
o luna de reloj el mineral)
Platinas
Platino
Platino
Playa
[geo]
Playa de inundacin
Lead time
High tide
Bogen
Plicat
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[mec] [min]
Exhaust plenum
Pleochroism
???
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo] [pet]
pliegue abierto
Pliegue abierto
[geo]
Pliegue acostado
Aerial fold
Allochtonous Fold
Asymmetrical fold
Unsymmetrical fold
Closed fold, tight fold
Drag fold A minor fold produced
within a weak bed or adjacent to a
fault by the movement of
surrounding rocks in opposite
directions
Sheath fold
Plunging fold A fold in which the
axis is inclined at an angle from
the horizontal
Fan fold
Broken fold
Overfold
Isoclinal fold A fold in which the
limbs are parallel
Upright fold
Refolded fold
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Pliegue de cubierta
Pliegue de inmersin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Pliegue
Pliegue
Pliegue
Pliegue
[geo]
[geo]
Underfold
Trough
Overthrust fold
Major fold/joint
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Pleiocene
[geo]
en abanico
fallado
invertido
isoclinal
Plumb bob
[geo]
Graphite
[geo] [mec]
Hard lead
Lead
[geo]
[chem]
plotter
[geo]
[met]
???
[geo]
Drill boom
[min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Feather ore
Pluton An igneous intrusion
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Plutonic
[geo]
Plutonium
[met]
[geo]
Pneumatolytic
Fault population
Flat dip
Shaftman
Shifter
Bore pit
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Polaridad magntica
[geo]
Polaridad normal
[geo]
[geo]
Headsheave
Training idler (belt conveyors)
[min]
[min]
Idler sheave
Snatch block
Lagged pulley
[mec] [min]
[mec] [min]
[min]
Polyargyrite
Polybasite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Polarizador
Plder (en neerlands) Tierras situadas
cerca del mar y que se hallan a su mismo
o inferior nivel. Han sido ganadas al mar, a
un lago o a un llano inundado por aguas
fluviales mediante la construccin de
diques y canales de avenamiento as como
por la utilizacin constante de bombas
para mantenerlas en buenas condiciones.
El mayor proyecto de este tipo se ha
llevado a cabo en los Pases Bajos con la
desecacin parcial del Zuiderzee
Polea a cable en lo alto del castillo
Polea de gua (fajas o puentes
transportadores)
Polea de gua, garrucha desviador
Polea pasteca, [Mx] garrucha de bisagra
Poleas con cubierta de jebe antideslizante
Poli- Prefijo que significa numeroso
Poliargirita
Polibasita
Polister Lmina plstica, generalmente
translcida, de gran estabilidad
dimensional y apta para el dibujo y el
calco
[geo]
sealant polymer
Polymetallic
[min] [pet]
[geo] [met]
Polymorph
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Polvillo incombustible
Polvo
Polvo de carbn
Polvo de oro
[geo]
[min]
[min] [pet]
Powder
Weighteings
???
[met]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
against a royalty of 10%
Percent Solids Proportion of
slurry that consists of solids,
expressed as a percentage by
weight
[alpinism]
[fisc]
[min]
quartz-porphyry, quartzporphyry
just old Rhyolite. It is a little
altered and should be named
'paleorhyolite'
copper-bearing porphyry, copper
porphyry
granodioritic porphyry
porphyry, porphyre, porphyroid
[geo]
porphyroblastic
[geo]
Pseudophenocryst
Porphyritic, porphyric A texture
of an igneous rock in which large
crystals (phenocrysts) are set in a
matrix of relatively finer-grained
crystals or of glass
Pore
Hiatal
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Poro
Porosa
[geo]
Effective porosity
[geo]
primary porosity
[geo]
secondary porosity
[geo]
porous, mushy
[geo]
Spongework
???
???
Pipe hanger
Keyhole pipe hanger
Drift set
Container (container rock)
Portal
[geo]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[civ] [min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Feathering
[min]
Corner post
False post
[min]
[min]
Pedestal crane
Post
[min]
[min]
Post-mineral, postmineral
Back land
Potash
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Brisance
Indicated power
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Average thickness
Rated output
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Mine shaft
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Rigging practices
[min]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Meadow
[geo]
Pre-aeration
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Rainfall
[geo]
[geo]
Settlement
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Stope preps
Mineral dressing, dressing
[min]
[met]
[civ] [min]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
Gravity/fill/arch dams
[geo]
Slush pit
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
stake a claim
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Override pressure
Directed pressure Pressure
applied predominately in one
direction, rather than uniformly
Hydrostatic pressure
pore pressure
[min]
[geo]
Pre-splitting
[min]
[geo]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Priabonian
prime (to)
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Principio de superposicin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Physicochemical problems of
mineral processing
Rock stress problems
Isolation/lockout procedure
???
[met]
???
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Merrill-Crowe process
[met]
[min]
[geo]
intermediate product
Charged products
Rolled products
Depth
Carbonate conservation depth
The water depth below which the
calcium carbonate produced in the
ocean is completely dissolved.
There is no calcium carbonate
deposition below this level
Transition depth
Shaft sinking or deepening
[met] [pet]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Benching down
[min]
[min]
[inf] [min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo] [min]
[min] [met]
[pet]
[geo]
[adm] [fisc]
[met]
[chem]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
Profundidad de transicin
Profundizacin del pique, pozo, tiro de la
mina, etc
Profundizacin en bancos, sistema de
perforacin "hacia abajo" mediante
perforacin de bancos o escalones
sucesivos
Profundizar, cavar, [Es] ahondar, [Mx]
colar, colar tiro de la mina, perforar un
pozo, excavar hacia abajo
Progradacin (1) Fenmeno de avance
progresivo del talud continental o de un
delta mar adentro, o en su caso en un
lago. (2) Crecimiento gradual de un
cuerpo sedimentario en sentido frontal,
hacia el interior de la cuenca. Sinnimo
acrecin frontal. (3) Dispositivo de
evolucin sedimentaria que produce la
superposicin de facies proximales sobre
las distales
Programa de asignacin de trfico
Programa de entrenamiento comn
Programa de exploracin geotcnica de
excavacin de rampas y extensin minera
Programa geoestadstico Isatis
Programacin de la produccin
Promedio del trfico diario
Promedio ponderado o compensado
Promotor, reactivo para flotacin
Propano
propietario de terrenos superficiales
Propilitico
Stocking rate
Bonus share
Geophysical survey
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
costeaning, searching
[geo]
Surveying, survey
Prospecting
Prospect Potential ore deposit,
based on preliminary exploration
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Protactinium
Failsafe
[chem]
[tec]
Fall protection
Hearing protection
Proterozoic The geologic eon
lying between the Archean and
Phanerozoic eons, beginning
about 2.5 billion years ago and
ending about 0.57 billion years
ago
Protolithic, Eolithic Of or relating
to the earliest period of the Stone
Age
[civ] [min]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
Protoltico, Eoltico
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[met] [pet]
[geo]
Protsol, protosol
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Ejecta
Volcanic ejecta
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Proof of readiness
Pump test
[min]
[min]
Free-fall test
Drop test
Holiday testing
EM test
[min]
[min]
[min]
[mec] [min]
Mill test
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Psilomelana
Psilomelana
Ptigmtica
[geo]
Dry rot
???
[civ] [min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Tripping conveyor
Belt scale weighbridge (mine ore
grinding system)
???
[min]
[min]
Collar doors
[mec] [min]
Transfer gate
Weather door
Vent door
???
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[min]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[mec] [min]
[min]
[alpinism]
???
Pulaskite
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
[met]
Pulverizer
Flour
Pumiceous
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Drill bit
Bull point, Moil point
[geo]
[min]
Bunton
Divider
[min]
[min]
Sprag
Spiky
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Punto de Curie
[met]
[min]
Melting point
Waypoint
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Piercing points
Purity
Purity
Gold panning
Gold conical pan (for plating)
???
Q
Glen A deep narrow valley,
especially in Scotland or Ireland.
A secluded narrow valley a
narrow depresin between
mountains or hills
gulch, gully, clough
Brittle Structural behavior in
which a material deforms
permanently by fracturing
Buck
[geo]
[min]
[met]
[min]
[min]
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
End point
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
quebrada
Quebradizo, fragmentable, frgil
[min]
Chelation
[met]
Kersantite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Chiastolite
[geo]
Karat
Troy
Carat
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
China chute
[min]
Cluster
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Radium
Ionic radius The effective
distance from the center of an ion
to the edge of its electron cloud
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Radioactividad
[geo]
Radiolario
[geo]
[geo]
Radiolita
Radimetro de microondas Sensor
remoto que capta energa
electromagntica de longitudes de onda
comprendidas entre 1 mm y 1 metro
Radiosonda Aparato registrador y
raditransmisor, transportado a gran altura
por un globo de hidrgeno desde donde se
transmiten datos meteorolgicos mediante
las seales de radio. Comparar con globo
sonda
Rafadora
Rakshi (del nepals) Alcohol destilado
del arroz
Ralla (del aragons) Sierra cortada
Ramal Derivacin de un camino, valle o
crestero
Ramas de actividad comercial Trmino
genrico para distinguir a cada uno de los
grupos centrales de mercancas o
secciones de un establecimiento.
Introducen otro estadio en la
generalizacin de los datos entre cada uno
de los gneros o artculos en particular y
los diversos tipos de tienda
Rambla Paisaje de las zonas ridas que
corresponde a ros que en otras ocasiones
ha transportado agua debido a que la
precipitacin ha sido ms elevada.
Elemento importante del paisaje de todos
los desiertos. Puede tener formas desde
grandes caones a pequeos valles poco
ondulados
Ramificacin de falla
Ramonage (galicismo) Designa una
tcnica de escalada que se utiliza para
superar chimeneas y que consiste en
apoyar en una pared los pies y en la otra
la espalda. Escalada en oposicin
Rampa Terreno con una pendiente
pronunciada
Rampa basal
Rampa de acceso, acceso, ventana,
socavn
Rampa de horquilla
[geo]
Coal-cutting machine
???
[mec] [min]
[alpinism]
???
???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Fault splay
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Footwal ramp
Access ramp
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Relay ramp
Spiral ramp
Lateral ramp
Tempcore ramp
Stope
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Decline
Ramp
[min]
[min]
deepening ramps
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[mec] [min]
[alpinism]
Rate of growth
???
Quick
Rapids Turbulent stream water
flow down a steep gradient, but
not as steep as in a waterfall
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Seldom
Belt scraper installed to remove
buildup of sticky ore particles on
the belt surfaces
???
[geo]
[min]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
Rampa de relevo
Rampa espiral, rampa de caracol
Rampa lateral
Rampa tempcore
Rampa, tajeo, banco, bancada; excavar;
excavacin en escalones; obra en
escalones. Espacio entre las columnas de
roca en minera subterrnea
Rampa, tnel descendente
Rampa, una galera inclinada que sirve de
acceso a las labores mineras, desde la
superficie, o como conexin entre niveles
de una mina subterrnea
rampas de profundizacin
Raa Depsito constituido por
conglomerados de cantos y bloques de
caliza, cuarcita y cuarzo, de matriz
arenosa y cemento calcreo, resultado de
la erosin de relieves anteriores
Rancho Explotacin agraria dedicada a la
cra a gran escala de ganado sobre
extensas fincas rsticas sobretodo en
zonas que fueron primitivamente praderas
templadas. Antao los animales vagaban
en extensas zonas de pastos abiertas
mientras que ahora se les mantiene
principalmente en cercados mientras se
cultiva alfalfa y otros forrajes para piensos
Ranura con barreno largo
Ranuradora
Rapel (galicismo) Palabra que se utiliza
para definir una de las maniobras ms
clsicas de la escalada como es descender
desde un punto fijo (saliente de roca,
pitn, lazo, puente de roca, fisurero o
rbol) utilizando una doblada de cuerda y,
a continuacin recuperarla desde abajo
estirando uno de sus extremos
Rapidez de crecimiento
Rpido Corriente impetuosa de los ros
Rpido, movedizo
Rpidos
Raquetas Objeto que se acopla a la
bota de montaa para que presente una
gran superficie y evite, gracias a ello,
hundirnos en la nieve blanda
Raramente, pocas veces, infrecuente
Rascador de faja, se instala para retirar la
acumulacin de partculas pegajosas de
mineral en las superficies de la faja
Raso (s) extensin llana en una sierra
sin rboles; (adj) se dice que se duerme al
raso cuando se duerme en el campo a
cielo descubierto, hacer un vivac
[geo]
rip (to)
???
[civ] [min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
Reduction ratio
[met]
stripping ratio
Chain reaction A self-sustaining
nuclear reaction, made possible
when neutrons released by fission
of some atoms in a nuclear
reactor strike other atoms,
causing them to fission as well
Exothermic reaction
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Reaccin reversible
Thermonuclear reaction A
reaction in which atomic nuclei
fuse into new elements with a
large release of heat; especially a
reaction that is self-sustaining.
Occasionally used to include
fission reactions as well
Reagent
[geo]
Reaccin termonuclear
[met]
Reactivo
[min] [met]
Depressant
[met]
Flotation reagents
Upraise
Sublevel open stoping
[met]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Rebound
[civ] [min]
???
Reheating
Changeover
???
[alpinism]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Drop inlet
[geo]
[geo]
Reject
Shift
Heave In mass movement the
upward motion of material by
expansion as, for example, the
heaving caused by freezing water
Throw
Holocene
Bright finish (wire rope) When
the wire has a natural finish, it is
called bright. Otherwise it is
plated, galvanised, or may have
some other surface treatment for
special applications
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Rechazo vertical
Reciente (eras geolgicas), Holoceno
Recocido brillante (cable en acero)
[alpinism]
Photographic
survey/reconnaissance
Routing
[geo]
Reconocimiento/levantamiento fotogrfico
[inf] [min]
Cut outs
Cross drift
Cross work
Shoofly
Spout
Upping the roof
Cuttings
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
Recristalizacin
[geo]
[min]
[met]
Nonrenewable resource
[env] [min]
[pet]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Recristalizar
Rectifidora de barrenas
Rectiformer de corriente lenta de electroobtencin
recubrimiento, cubierta
recubrir, sobreponer
recuesto, pendiente general
Recuperacin de ncleos
Recurso indicado
Recurso mineral concentracin de
materiales naturales cuya extraccin es
actual o potencialmente factible
Recurso no restaurable
Possible resource
Probable resource
Proven resource
Resources The reserves of a
valuable mineral commodity plus
all other mineral deposits that
may eventually become available,
even those that are presumed to
exist but have not yet been
discovered and those that are not
economically or technologically
exploitable at the moment. The
total mineral endowment
ultimately available for extraction
Inferred resource
Measured resources
Space lattice
Network of faults
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Recurso posible
Recurso probable
Recurso probado
Recursos
Recursos inferidos
Recursos medidos
Red cristalina
Red de fracturas
Red de localizacin Cuadrcula utilizada
para localizar puntos en un mapa.La
referencia de la localizacin puede hacerse
mediante valores numricos de las
coordenadas geogrficas o de una red
plana, o bien, mediante cuadrados
designados con nmeros y letras
[geo]
Ventilation network
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
national grid
[agrm]
[geo]
[geo]
Redeposit
Roundness The degree to which
a sedimentary particle's corners
and edges are rounded
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Redondez, redondeo
[geo]
Pipe reticulation
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Direct reduction
[min]
Depletion
[min] [pet]
[min]
Electrolytic refining
Parting
Refine
Refinery
Metal refinery
Raffinate
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[met]
[met] [pet]
[met]
[met]
[geo]
Reflexin ssmica
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Reflujo y flujo
Reforzar, consolidar
Refraccin
[geo]
Refraccin ssmica
[met]
Refractaries
???
[min]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Undercutting
???
Royalties Money owed to the
claim holder or owner. NSR (net
smelter royalty)
Hilly country
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Weightometer
[min]
Trip recorder
Core logger
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
Decelerometer test
Core logging
[min]
[geo]
Resistivity log
Borehole logging
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Right-hand rule
[elc] [geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Taylors law
Registro de resistencia
Registro en sondeos
Regla Instrumento largo y rgido de
seccin rectangular, de poco grosor y
generalmente graduado que sirve para
trazar lneas rectas con un lpiz, un
tiralneas, etc. y para medir distancias en
un plano o dibujo
Regla de la mano derecha
Degree rule
Folding rule, HI stick
Mine safety regulations
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Regla de Taylor
Regla de traslacin Concepto por el cual,
por analoga con un ro que cambia de
cauce, como resultado de un proceso de
sedimentacin, una carretera puede
trasladarse debido a la saturacin de
trfico y as un lugar determinado puede
quedar desplazado. El mismo concepto se
ha aplicado al movimiento de los centros
comerciales
Regla plegadiza con transportador
Regla plegadiza de bolsillo
Reglamento de seguridad minero
Regln Instrumento topogrfico que se
utiliza para medir terrenos consistente en
un listn de 3, 4 o 5 metros de longitud
con un nivel de burbuja incorporado con el
objeto de garantizar la horizontalidad
Regolita
[geo]
Regresin
Traffic control
Damper
[min]
[min]
Lilly controller
realgar, red arsenic, ruby sulphur
Grid (col)
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[elc] [min]
Aspect ratio
[mec] [min]
[geo]
Relaxation
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Relieve
[alpinism]
Cogger
Fissure occupation or filling
Legde matter
Bash, stow (to)
Fill, filling point, backfill, back
filling, in-fill, infill, infilling,
wastrel, pack
Swelling clays fillings
Paste fill
Hydraulic fill, Sand fill, Cemented
Hydraulic Fill, CHF
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Dry packing
Goaf
Pack (to)
Remaining
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Topsoil stripping
[geo]
Stripping
[met]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Regrind, regrinding
Yield
drill footage per shift
[min]
[min] [pet]
[min] [pet]
[min]
[elc] [mec]
[met]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[alpinism]
Thermal efficiency
Stress distribution
???
Aftershock an earthquake that
follows and has its epicenter near
a larger earthquake; ground
tremor caused by the
repositioning of rocks after an
earthquake. Aftershocks may
continue to occur for as long as
two years after the initial
earthquake. The intensity of an
earthquake's aftershocks
decreases over time
[geo]
[geo]
Dam
Plotting
Playing chess (col)
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Fault heave
[geo]
[alpinism]
Fault throw
Rescue
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Reservas posibles
Reservas probables
[geo]
Reservas probadas
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[met]
[min]
Epoxy resin
Mineral resin
Polyester resin
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[chem]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
Reservas recuperables
Residuo
Residuos de nodos, [Ch] barros andicos,
en el caso de electroobtencin (EW), de
cobre, los nodos de plomo estao o
plomo bismuto son sometidos a fuertes
corrientes elctricas (stress mecnico), lo
que les hace ir perdiendo capas de nodo
las cuales se precipitan al fondo de la
celda
Residuos frreos (presentes en la
molienda de mineral)
Resina epoxi, resina epxica
Resina fsil
Resina polister
Resinous
Uniaxial Compressive Strength,
UCS
Yield strength
[geo]
[geo]
Resinoso
Resistencia a compresin simple,
resistencia uniaxial a la compresin
Resistencia a la cesin, esfuerzo de cesin
o de cedencia
Resistencia a la compresin
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
Tensile strength
Shear/shearing strength The
resistance of a body to shear
stress
Cohesive strength
Grid resistor
Ultimate strength
[geo]
[geo]
Resistencia a la traccin
Resistencia al corte
[geo]
[elc] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Hanging wall
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Raise bore chippings
???
[min]
[alpinism]
???
[geo]
Resistencia pico
Resistencia residual
Resistencia uniaxial a la compresin,
resistencia a la compresin simple
Resistencia, tenacidad
Resolucin espacial Medida de la
capacidad de un sensor remoto para
discriminar un valor de informacin
respecto de los adyacentes.Alta resolucin
significa una buena discriminacin. Suele
expresarse en lneas por milmetros o bien
por las dimensiones del rea de campo de
visin instantnea
Resolucin espectral Zona del espectro
electromagntico, expresada en
frecuencias o longitudes de onda, que
capta un sensor remoto determinado
Resolucin radiomtrica, Sensibilidad
Medida de la sensibilidad de un sensor
remoto para detectar variaciones en la
radiancia espectral que recibe
Resolucin temporal Frecuencia con la
que un sistema de teledeteccin obtiene
informaciones de un mismo territorio
Respaldo alto, caja respaldo, cubierta de
filn, [Mx] reliz del alto, tabla de alto, [Es]
pared superior
Restita Fraccin del protolito sin fundir
en el proceso anatctico
Restitucin fotogramtrica Ver
Fotogrametra
Restituidor fotogramtrico,
Estereorestituidor Aparato destinado a
elaborar mapas a partir de pares
estereoscpicos de fotografas areas
Restituir fotogramtricamente Hacer una
restitucin fotogramtrica
Restos de perforacin de sondeo
Resurgencia Reaparicin al aire libre,
bajo forma de gran fuente, del agua
absorbida por las cavidades subterrneas
Retardacin, retardo, atenuacin Es la
retencin de ciertos contaminantes en el
subsuelo debido a uno o varios factores
fsicos, qumicos o biolgicos
[civ] [min]
[min]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Reticulation
Network
Hair cross
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[met]
[chem]
Backarc
Retrograde A succession of
metamorphic conditions, each one
of which is at a lower temperature
and/or pressure than the
preceding one
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Freeboard
[mec] [min]
Steel-lined
Facing
Acid lining
Cast concrete lining
Wood lagging
Mill liners
Yielding support
Waterproof lining
Coating
Tunnel lining
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[met]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
Retrometamorfismo Transformacin
por metamorfismo de una roca
metamrfica en otra roca metamrfica, de
grado ms dbil que la inicial
Reunin Punto de encuentro de los
componentes de una cordada entre dos
largos
Revancha, bordo libre, obra muerta, altura
libre, [Mx] margen libre
Revestido de acero
Revestimiento
Revestimiento cido
Revestimiento de hormign
Revestimiento de madera
Revestimiento de molino
Revestimiento flexible
Revestimiento impermeable
Revestimiento, capa, manto
Revestimiento, encachado, [Es] blindaje
Lining
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
flat bank
dike
Ridge and furrow
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Rigidity
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Beheade river
Copius stream
Misfit river
Stream
Rhyolite, obsidian The finegrained, silica-rich igneous or
volcanic rock, or extrusive
equivalent of granite, light brown
to gray and compact
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Leached ore
[met]
???
???
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
Production rate
Throughput
[min] [met]
[min] [met]
???
Rivier (South Africa)
Rock Mass Rating, RMR
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Roaring forties
[geo]
[geo]
Scratched boulder
Seamy rock
Mandelstone
Atmophylic element
Case rock
Competent ground, good ground,
sound rock
Good ground
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Hornfels A high-temperature,
low-pressure metamorphic rock of
uniform grain size showing no
foliation. Usually formed by
contact metamorphism
Kata rock
Shell rock
Epirock
Fault rock
Radiolarian rock
Mantle rock
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Roca
Roca
Roca
Roca
Roca
Roca
[alpinism]
de
de
de
de
de
de
catazona
conchilla
epizona
falla
radiolarios
recubrimiento
Drummy ground
Spitting
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo] [pet]
[min]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Mushroom rock
Igneous rock A rock formed by
congealing rapidly or slowly from
a molten state. A rock that has
crystallized from a molten state
Involved rock
Intermediate rock Igneous rocks
containing between 52 and 66 per
cent silica (between the chemical
composition of acid and basic
rocks)
ground, native rock
[geo]
[geo]
Marlstone
Metamorphic rock A rock
changed from its original form
and/or composition by heat,
pressure, or chemically active
fluids, or some combination of
them
Maculose rock
Oil-bearing formation
grained rock, plutonite, typhonic
rock
Rotten rock
Rock reinforcement
Reservoir rock Any porous and
permeable rock that yields oil or
natural gas
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Roca includa
Roca intermedia
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Roca nodulosa
Roca petrolfera
Roca plutnica
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Roca podrida
Roca reforzada
Roca reservorio
Sound rock
Sedimentary rock A rock formed
by the accumulation and
cementation of mineral grains
transported by wind, water, or ice
to the site of deposition or
chemically precipitated at the
depositional site. Rock formed
from the accumulation of
sediment, which may consist of
fragments and mineral grains of
varying sizes from pre-existing
rocks, remains or products of
animals and plants, the products
of chemical action, or mixtures of
these
Biogenic sedimentary rock
Composed primarily of biogenic
sediments
Calcareous sedimentary rock
Chemical sedimentary rock A
sedimentary rock made up of
chemical sediments. Example
rock salt
Buck stone
Underlying rock
Loose, loose rock or stuff
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Traprock, trap
[civ] [geo]
Ultrabasic rock
Ultramafic rock An igneous rock
consisting dominantly of mafic
minerals, containing less than 10
percent feldspar. Includes dunite,
peridotite, amphibolite, and
pyroxenite
Wall rock
Greenstone An altered or
metamorphosed mafic igneous
rock that owes its dark color to
the presence of chlorite, epidote,
or amphiboles
Glassy rock
Volcanic rock
Adjoining rock/well
???
[geo]
[geo]
Squeezing rock
Swelling rock
Extrusive rocks
[geo]
[geo]
[geo] [min]
Igneous rocks
[geo]
Neptunic rocks
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Roca vtrea
Roca volcnica
Roca/pozo vecino
Rocalla Conjunto de piedras o
fragmentos desprendidos de las rocas
Rocas deformables
Rocas expansivas
Rocas extrusivas, generalmente sinnimo
de rocas volcnicas
Rocas gneas. Rocas formadas a partir de
la solidificacin de magma fundido
Rocas neptnicas
[min]
Rocky
Field stone
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Idler roller
Troughing idlers
[min]
[min]
Rhodium
Rhodochrosite, rodocrosite
[chem]
[geo]
Rhodonite
[geo]
Rhombohedron
Overflow channel
Hydraulic breaker
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Jack knife
Drift
[geo]
[min]
[min] [pet]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
Bucket wheel
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
Roto-percussion
???
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Brittle failure
[min]
Circular failure
Rock failure
Rougher (flotation)
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Jad
Cutt loader
Coal cutter for vertical
Cutter, cross cutter
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Ruby
Rubidium
[geo]
[chem]
[geo]
Carborundum wheel
Guide roller
Wrinkle
[mec] [min]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
Joint roughness
Hydraulic roughness
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Footwall
[min]
Course to steer
[geo]
Ore run
Course Made Good, CMG
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Alternate egress
Exploration drive
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Ruthenium
[chem]
Rutile
[geo]
Maldenhair
Astillen
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Bail (to)
Take a sample
???
[min]
[geo] [met]
[alpinism]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[min]
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Sakiyeh (Arabian)
[geo]
[geo]
Glauber salt
Rocksalt
Mine salt
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Lunchroom
[min]
Salband
Clay band/gouge
Fault gouge, gouge Soft,
uncemented, pulverized clay-like
material found along some faults
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Overfall oulet
Outshot
Tight, tite (col)
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Mud pot
Jog
Overfall
Net slip
Selvedges
Fluccan
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Santa Ana
[geo]
Sapropel
Ore slime
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Saturated
[geo]
[geo]
Saxonian stage
Scats material (ore particles)
larger or coarser than the slots or
openings of the trommel screen,
which falls off of the end of the
trommel through a chute and onto
the scats collection conveyor. The
material on the oversize
recirculation conveyors. Trommel
oversize material
[geo]
[min]
Schliers, schlieren
[geo]
Schwazite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Concentrate drier
Rotary dryer
Oil-fired rotary dryer
[met]
[met]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Entry section
Mine longitudinal
Cross-section, cross section, Xsection, cutaway view
Lateral secretion
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Scythense
Sebkha (rabe) Chott
Sebkha rea emergida en las
inmediaciones del lmite de marea alta o
de zonas lacustres y en la que se deposita
una importante cantidad de evaporitas
Secador de concentrado
Secadora rotativa
Secadora rotativa alimentada por petrleo
Seccin Dibujo que representa la
estructura interna de un terreno, de un
edificio o de un cuerpo cualquiera cortado
segn un plano imaginario generalmente
vertical.A diferencia del perfil topogrfico
la seccin muestra la parte cortada
Seccin (de corte) longitudinal
Seccin cartogrfica (1) Coleccin de
documentos cartogrficos de una
biblioteca; (2) Lugar de una biblioteca que
sirve para guardar y consultar documentos
cartogrficos
Seccin de entrada
Seccin longitudinal, perfil longitudinal
Secin (de corte) transversal, vista de
corte
Secreccin lateral
Sector clido Sector comprendido entre
los frentes clidos y fr,o de una borrasca
ondulatoria ocupado por aire
relativamente clido
Sector econmico Cada una de las tres
grandes categoras (sector primario, sector
secundario y sector terciario) en que suele
dividirse la actividad econmica
Sector, ronda, rea o distrito determinado
en el interior de la mina
Secuencia de extraccin en pirmide
Secuencia de llamada
Secuencia de llamada de la jaula
Secuencia deposicional Parte de una
sucesin estratigrfica relativamente
concordante de estratos genticamente
relacionados y cuyo techo y muro son
discontinuidades o continuidades
correlativas. Se trata de una unidad
estratigrfica "hbrida", en parte limitada
por discontinuidades y en parte unidad
cronoestratigrfica
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Beat
[min]
[min]
[elc] [min]
[elc] [min]
Secuencia estratodecreciente
(Thinning-upwards sequence)
Secuencia caracterizada por la disminucin
progresiva de espesor de los estratos
hacia el techo
Secuencia granodecreciente
(Coarsening-upwards sequence)
Secuencia en la que hacia el techo hay
una disminucin progresiva del tamao
medio de grano
secuencia intercalada/sedimentaria
interbedded/sedimentary
sequence
Sedentary
Sedimentary
???
[geo]
[geo]
Sedentario
Sedimentario
Sedimento Materia que, habiendo
estado suspendida en un lquido, se posa
en el fondo
Sedimento biognico
[geo]
Sedimento qumico
[geo]
Graded sediments
Fine silt, coarse silt, silt grade
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Sedimetacin
[geo]
Segregation
Magmatic segregation
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Scavenger-rinse solution
Alternate means of escape
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[alpinism]
[min] [met]
[min] [met]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Half-graben
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Nine bells
[min]
[geo]
Ring off
[min]
Block signals
[min]
Bell signals
???
[min]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
Senility
[alpinism]
[geo]
Remote sensor
[elc] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Level interval
Joint spacing
Magnetic separation
Dense-medium separation, heavymedia separation
[min]
[min]
[met]
[met]
Partition
Buffer
Centrifuge
[geo]
[geo]
[mec] [met]
Magnetic separator
Scalper
Sequanian
???
[min] [met]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Sericite
[geo]
Sericitization
[geo]
[geo]
Set of joints
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Cooling coil/blower
Serpentine
Serpentinous
???
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Intermittent duty
[elc] [mec]
Water permit
Easement
Barring drive
???
Pseudo anticline
Pseudo fossil
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
Fibercrete
[alpinism]
[civ] [min]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
sial the upper layer of the
continental crust, so called
because it is rich in silica and
aluminum oxide. Compare sima
sicilian
siderite
ironstone, chalybite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
siciliense
siderita
siderita, calibita, hierro esptico, cuarzozafiro, cuarzo azul carbonato de hierro,
arcilla y materia carboncea, que se
presenta en ndulos, capas o lechos en las
formaciones hulleras
Siderita, FeCO3 Carbonato frrico. Mena
de hierro que se encuentra en los
yacimientos de carbn y en los sedimentos
jursicos de Inglaterra
Sideroltica Se dice de la formacin o
facies detrtica, rica en cuarzo, caolinita y
xidos e hidrxidos de hierro, resultado de
la removilizacin de un manto de
alteracin latertico
[met]
[geo]
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Wire saw
Swede saw
Diamond saw
???
[min]
[civ] [min]
[civ] [min]
[alpinism]
Piping
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Warning signs
[min] [pet]
Sodium silicate
silica silicon dioxide (SiO2) as a
pure crystalline substance makes
up quartz and related forms such
as flint and chalcedony. More
generally, silica is the basic
chemical constituent common to
all silicate minerals and magmas
Siliceous, silicious, silicic Of,
relating to, or derived from silica
or silicon containing or
resembling silica or a silicate
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Silicification
[geo]
Silicified
Silicify
Silicium, silicon
[geo]
[geo]
[chem]
Silicosis
[min]
Silimanite, fibrolite
[geo]
Saddle hanger
Saddle
Chairs
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Crosshead chairs
Sillimanite
[min]
[geo]
Silurian
Sylvanite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Sylvinite
[geo]
Sylvite, langbeinite
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Simbiosis
[geo]
Symmetrical
Vehicle Routing Simulation, VRS
Traffic simulation
[geo]
[inf] [min]
[inf] [min]
[geo]
Unsupported
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Sinemurian
Left-lateral
[geo]
[geo]
Syngenesis
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Sismicidad
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Ssmico
Sismo
sismo de placa
Sismo final, rplica (de sismo)
Sismo, choque
sismo, terremoto, temblor
Sismgrafo aparato que registra los
sucesos ssmicos en un mina profunda
[geo]
[geo]
Sismograma
Sismologa
[geo]
Sismoscopio
System (stratigraphy) A
stratigraphic unit larger than a
series, consisting of all the rocks
deposited in one period of an era
[geo]
Sistema (estratigrfico)
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Stacker system
Automated underground haulage
system
Process Control System, PCS or
Distributed Control System, DCS
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Sistema de desempaamiento
Sistema de despacho
[inf] [min]
[min]
[geo]
Hoisting system
Earth system System involving
continuous interaction of the solid
Earth, the atmosphere, the
oceans and living things
Slurry system
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Stand-by system
Automated haulage system
N system
[tech]
[min]
[min]
N primed system
[min]
[geo]
Q system
[min]
Q primed system
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[inf] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
skarn metasomatically altered
limestones; what happened is that
a granite or granite-like magma
intruded limestone; the heat and
pressure alter the limestone to
marble; but right at the contact
between the granite and the
marble, chemicals can be
exchanged; with so much calcium
it is no surprise that calcium
silicates are formed; typical skarn
minerals are Wollastonite,
Vesuvianite, Spessartine and
many others; often skarns are
very rich in ore minerals;
Pitkjaranta and Dalnegorsk are
also skarns; there are many types
of skarns depending mostly on the
type of intruding rock; some
mineralogically interesting skarns
contain high levels of boron;
examples are Solongo,
Titovskoye, Tayozhnoye and a few
similar deposits near Verkhoyansk
[geo]
Arc-door skip
Kimberly skip
Throwaway skip
[min]
[min]
[min]
SKYLAB
[geo]
???
Slope Mass Rating, SMR
[alpinism]
[civ] [min]
Track-mounted
Upon
???
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Overhead, overload
Overstressed
Underwind
[geo]
[geo]
[mec] [min]
Overtravel
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Overbreak
General foreman, mine foreman
[min]
[civ] [min]
[min]
overlay (to)
undercut
[geo]
[min]
Sapping
[geo]
Coal cutter
bearin, block out, snub
day drift, mine gallery
mining contractor
Natrium
Choky
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[chem]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Overlap
[tec]
Overlapping
[geo]
Weldable
Solfatara
Solidification
Dissolved solids
???
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[alpinism]
[min]
Water-soluble
Outcoming solution
[met]
[geo]
Dilute solution
[met]
[chem]
[met]
[chem]
Electrolytic solution
Barren solution
Pregnant solution, preg solution
[met]
[met]
Solute
[met]
[chem]
[met]
[geo]
Solvent
[geo]
[geo]
Colorados, Iron hat, Oxidized cap,
Rabban
Shallow
[geo]
[min]
Rotary drill
Boring
Wireline diamond drilling
Diamond core tests
Sounding
Definition/exploration drilling
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min] [geo]
[geo]
Piper
Strapping
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo] [min]
[geo]
Bullhorn
[min]
Shoring
???
[civ] [min]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Ground support
[min]
[min]
[min]
Excavation
[geo]
???
Lee
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Sovjs (Russian)
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Steering
[geo]
[geo]
Mild
[geo]
Bamboo understory
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Stratabound (estratocontrolado o
estratoconfinado) Depsito mineral
contenido en determinados horizontes o
niveles
Suave, moderado, blando, dulce
Sub- Prefijo que signifa bajo, por debajo
de, casi
Subarcosa Arenisca con un 75-95% de
cuarzo, feldespatos ms abundantes que
los fragmentos de rocas y escasa matriz
detrtica
Subcobertura de bamb
Subduccin Hundimiento en la
astenosfera de una placa cortical ocenica,
probablemente como consecuencia de su
mayor peso, en el lmite con una placa de
corteza continental que, al ser ms ligera,
queda en superficie
Subgalera
Subhedral, hipidiomrfico
Subir al exterior
Sublimacin Nombre cientfico para
designar la transformacin o conversin de
un cuerpo slido en vapor o viceversa sin
pasar por el estado lquido; p.ej. paso
directo de la nieve o del hielo (sin pasar
por el estado lquido) en vapor
sublimado
Subnivel, entrepiso
[min]
Intermediate level
[geo]
[geo]
Subsidence
[min]
[geo]
Subsidencia; Hundimiento
[geo]
[geo]
Substitucin inica
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Bedrock
[geo]
Subdrill
Underground
Underlying
Succinic
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Subsuelo
subsuelo depsitos residuales que se
extienden entre la tierra vegetal por
arriba, y el lecho de roca por debajo, los
tres escalonados
Subsuelo, cama de roca, lecho rocoso,
lecho de roca (1) roca o suelo
meteorizado que se encuentra
inmediatamente debajo del suelo; (2)
rocas subyacentes al material no
consolidado
Subtaladrar
Subterrneo
Subyacente
Succnico
Bed succesion
[geo]
Sucesin de mantos
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Suelo arcilloso
[geo]
Suelo clacreo
[geo]
[geo]
Gravel ground
Residual soil A soil presumed to
have developed in place as the
product of decomposition and
disintegration of bedrock
Rocky soil
Flinty ground
Seizings
[geo]
[geo]
Suelo congelado
Suelo de grano fino Suelo que tiene un
tamao de grano con una mediana (D50)
menor a 75 micrones
Suelo de grano grueso. Suelo que tiene un
tamao de grano con una mediana (D50)
mayor a 75 micrones
Suelo gredoso
Suelo orgnico, sobrecapa, capa superior o
arable todo material geolgico que yace
encima del lecho de roca. Se almacena
hasta el cierre de mina y luego se restaura
Suelo pedregoso
Suelo residual
Sulphatization
Barium sulfate
Sulphosol
[geo]
[geo] [min]
[geo]
Sulphuric
Vitriolic
Sulfurize, sulphurize, sulfur To
combine or impregnate with sulfur
or one of its compounds
Sulphide
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Suelo rocoso
Suelo siliceo
Sujetadores, agarradores, amarres para
cables
Sulfatizacin
Sulfato brico
Sulfosal, sulfosol. Cualquier solucin
coloidal en cido sulfrico concentrado
Sulfrico
Sulfrico
Sulfurizar
[geo]
Sulfuro
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Hydrogen sulfide
[min]
Sulfide, sulphide
Sulphureous, sulfurous
drown (to)
Quenching
catch basin, catchpit, sinkhole
depression in ground surface
caused by collapse into a cave
below
???
[min] [met]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[min]
[civ] [min]
Surficial, superficial Of or
relating to a surface and esp. the
Earths surface; oppossed to
subterranean
Rubbing surface
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
superficie de discontinuidad
[geo]
???
[geo]
Unweathered surface
spoon-shaped surface
Surface staining only
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Supergene Deposited or
enriched by generally downwardmoving solutions, used esp. of an
ore deposit; opposed to
hypogene. Of or relating to a
process of deposition by generally
downward-moving solutions
[geo]
Superglacial
High baller (col)
General superintendent
[geo]
[min]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Super-saturacin
Overlying
Overlying, over-lying
Superincumbent
Omission of beds
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
Oil well blowing
Suspension A method of
sediment transport in which the
turbulence of a fluid is able to
keep particles supported in the
fluid
Switched
Seam, suture A thin layer or
stratum (as of rock) between
distinctive layers; also a bed of
coal or other valuable mineral of
any thickness
Suture The line of juncture
where continental rocks on two
converging plates meet. Example
The region in the Himalayas
where the Eurasian and IndianAustralian plates meet
SX-EW, SX y EW
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Sutura
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Brattice
Deflector brattice
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Tagboard
[min]
Tachylite
Stemming
[geo]
[min]
Taconic
[geo]
[geo]
Incline cut
Exploration drill hole
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Talcose
Thallium
Shaping
Machine shop
[geo]
[chem]
[geo]
[min]
Satellite shop
[min]
Talc schist
[geo]
[geo]
Talud
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Natural slope
Batter
Grain size, grain-size
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Effective size
Lebus-grooved drum
[civ] [met]
[min] [pet]
Cleaning drum
Agglomeration drum
[geo]
[met]
[min]
tank, container
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Talud continental
Tare weight
???
[trans]
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Depletion allowance
Pumping rate
Infiltration rate
[fisc] [min]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Taxa
Tunnel Boring Machine, TBM,
Boomer
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Hanging layer
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Process-proven
Geostatistical methods
Troubleshooter
State-of-the-art technique
Electronic detonation technology
Tektite
Tectonic-stratigraphic
[min] [met]
[pet]
[geo] [min]
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[pet]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Tectnica
[geo]
Andean tectonism
[geo]
[geo]
Tephrite
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Gondola cableway
Telecommand
[mec] [min]
[tec]
[geo]
telluric, telluride
needle ice
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
sandstorm
Template
Toughness
Nipper
Rock grapple
Spread
Tenor Percentage or average
amount of metal or mineral in an
ore
Turnbuckle
Tension A stress that tends to
pull a body apart
Normal stress
Surface tension
[geo]
[min]
[met]
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[min] [geo]
High stress
Medium stress
Thermal stresses
Tensor
Gravity take up
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
Tensin normal
Tensin superficial, es la fuerza de
contraccin superficial de un lquido por la
cual tiende a adoptar una forma esfrica y
presentar la menor superficie posible
Tensiones elevadas
Tensiones medias
Tensiones trmicas
Tensor (mecnica de rocas)
Tensor por gravedad
[geo]
Wedge theory
Unwedge theory
Queueing theory
Tertiary A time dating from
about 65 to 2 million years ago
Early tertiary
Late tertiary
Thermic
[min]
[min]
[inf] [mec]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Geologic thermometer
Terreplein
embankment
causeway, earth fill, embankment,
filling, landfill, mound
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Alluvial terrace
Coastal terrace, raised beach
Broad base bank/terrace
Hillside terrace
Elevated beach
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Solid ground
Squeezing ground
[geo]
[min]
Swelling ground
Coal field, coalfield
[min]
[min]
Bad ground
Unstable ground
Floating earth
Heavy ground
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Clod
earthy, terreous
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
testigo de erosin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Testigo rezumante
Tetraedral
Tetraedrita
Tetraedro de silicio o de slice
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Tetragonal
Tetrahedrita, tetraedrita, mineral de Fahl,
mineral de cobre gris Sulfuro de cobre y
antimonio, (Cu, Fe)2(Sb, As)S3; contiene
otros metales como bismuto, mercurio,
plata (como en las viejas minas de plata
de Devn y Cornualles), zinc y hierro
Tetris (argot) Hacer la mochila es casi
tan difcil como hacer el juego del tetris ya
que intentar que quepa todo lo que
pensamos que necesitamos no suele ser
una tarea muy sencilla que digamos
[geo]
[geo]
Textura afantica
[geo]
[geo]
Textura arencea
Textura fanertica
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Textura
Textura
Textura
Textura
[geo]
Textura piroclstica
grfica
intersertal
lamelar
ojosa
Porphyritic texture
[geo]
[geo]
Flow structure
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Thanetian
Thematic Mapper, TM
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Stamp up time
Waiting time
Queueing time
Standup time
[geo]
[min]
[mec] [min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Reaction time
Retention time
[met]
[met]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Open-field
[geo]
Alum earth
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Tierra margosa
Tierra negra
Tierra, suelo
[geo]
Diatomaceous earth
Dry land, dryland A general
term for semiarid and desert lands
Marl earth
Muck soil
Earth
[geo]
[geo]
Rare earths
Tillite
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Bell
[elc] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
Phenophthalein dye
Indicator dye
Thiourea
[civ] [min]
[civ] [min]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
Drawn
[geo]
[geo]
Tie bar
blast, draft, pull
???
[civ] [min]
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Titanomorphite
Titanous
Holder of a blasting certificate
thixotropic
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min] [pet]
Black chalk
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Basaltic tuff
Calc sinter
[geo]
Vitreous tuff
Volcanic tuff
Hassock
sinter
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Pyroclastic tufa
[geo]
Toellite
[geo]
Hopper
Feed bin
[civ] [min]
[min]
Loadout chute
[min]
Bin
Glory hole
Automatic sampler
Cross-hole tomography
Seismic tomography A
technique for three-dimensional
imaging of the Earth's interior by
using a computer to compare the
seismic records from a large
number of stations. Similar in
concept to a CAT scan used for
medical purposes
Tonalite
[min]
[min]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Topaz
Topography The shape of the
Earth's surface, above and below
sea level; the set of landforms in
a region; the distribution of
elevations
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Sand pipe
???
Regular lay
[geo]
[alpinism]
[mec] [min]
Screw
Shotcrete
[geo]
[civ] [min]
Thorium
Thorite
Storm
[chem]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Car puller
Navy winch
[ferr] [min]
[min]
???
[alpinism]
Flattened strand
[min]
Torpedo
???
[mec] [min]
[alpinism]
[min]
[min]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
Cold lahar
Tortonian
Hardpan A general term for a
relatively hard layer of soil at or
just below the ground surface,
cemented by silica, iron oxide,
calcium carbonate, or organic
matter. Compare caliche, claypan,
fragipan
???
Calcination of the ore
Hot rolled total
Cold rolled total
Fully grouted, birdcage bulbed,
cable bolts are the preferred type
of ground support for providing
support to the stopes/pillars
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Surface work
Driving head ways
Wheel dozer, loader, excavator;
Front-end, front end loader
Blast furnace top
Scraper loader
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[alpinism]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
roll-on/roll-off
Momentum transfer In a rock
slide the forward transfer of
energy by the collision of one
block of rock with the next block
forward. The process makes
possible progressively more rapid
movement of material in
downslope positions
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
Transgression
[geo]
Foot traffic
Mine transit
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
transpiracin
[geo]
[civ] [min]
trachytic
[geo]
[geo]
Left-hand overstep
Multiple overstep
Water treatment
Treat (to)
Travertine (tufa) A terrestrial
deposit of limestone formed in
caves and around hot springs
where cooling, carbonatesaturated groundwater is exposed
to the air. Variety of limestone
which forms stalactites and
stalagmites and other deposits in
limestone caves (dripstone) and
the mouths of hot and cold
calcareous springs. A terrestrial
deposit of limestone formed in
caves and around hot springs
where cooling, carbonatesaturated groundwater is exposed
to the air
Fresh water limestone
Cross tie, Crosstie, Sleeper
[geo]
[geo]
[eco] [met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[met]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
End plate
???
[min]
[alpinism]
Plotted
Tracing
[geo]
[geo]
Narrow work
[geo]
[geo]
Trazas de elemento
[geo]
Wire drawing
???
[min]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Tremolite
Pump Train Two or more pumps
connected in series to generate
sufficient pressure to move the
fluid being pumped at the
required rate
Unit train
Merchant mill
Road train
[geo]
[min]
Continuous mill
Drill string
[min]
[min]
[min]
[trans]
[min]
[min]
Tren de la unidad
Tren de pequeos hierros comerciales
Tren de remolques tirado por tractor de
camin
Tren en continuo
Tren o sarta de varillas o de barrenas,
sarta de perforacin
[min]
[alpinism]
Cutting tool
Mud bit
[geo]
[min]
Pilot bit
Triangulation The method of
locating an epicenter by
determining how far it lies from
three widely separated
seismographs
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Trias, Triassic, Muschelkalk
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Triclinic
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Tridymite
Wheat
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Trigonal
Trigonite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Trench coat
Dog
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
Triplite
[geo]
[geo]
Trichite
Fine crushing
Crushing
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Bucking
[min]
Crushed
Jaw crusher
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min] [ferr]
[min]
Air mover
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Truck-farming
[geo]
Footwall cut-off
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
Triturado
Trituradora o chancadora o machacadora
(Es, Mx) de mordaza, de mandbulas o de
quijada. Las chancadoras trabajan en seco
Trituradora, martillo perforador, rompe
bancos, picador, [Ar] derrocadora, [Ch]
romperroca, [Es] martillo rompedor,
martillo mecnico usado para reducir a
golpes trozos grandes de mena o
estril,consiste en un brazo articulado que
posee una punta de acero en su extremo,
la cual aplicada con vibracin sobre un
trozo de roca o colpa permite quebrarla
Trocha carrozable Camino abierto en la
maleza
Trocha normal, entreva normal, [Mx]
ancho tipo
Trocha, cuando se habla de locomotoras y
trenes, se refiere al ancho de la va, entre
rieles
Trompa venturi, dispositivo para
enfriamiento de aire subterrneo por aire
comprimido
Tropopausa Plano de discontinuidad
entre la troposfera y la estratosfera
caracterizado por un cambio brusco en el
gradiente trmico. Aunque su situacin
vara ligeramente segn las estaciones del
ao suele estar a unos 16 kilmetros
sobre el ecuador, a unos 9 kilmetros a 50
grados de latitud y a unos 6,5 kilmetros
sobre los polos. Investigaciones recientes
revelan que la tropopausa no es un plano
nico sino que es un conjunto de planos
superpuestos
Troposfera Capa inferior de la atmsfera
comprendida entre la superficie terrestre y
la tropopausa
Truck-farming Cultivo especializado de
hortalizas y fruta que crecen ms alejados
de los mercados que los que se conocen
por market-gardening
Truncamiento en el bloque de piso, o en el
bajo de la falla
Truncamiento en el bloque del alto (en el
alto de la falla)
Tsampa (del nepals) Harina de avena
tostada y molida. Alimento bsico en la
alimentacin sherpa
TSM, hacia la minera sostenible
[geo]
[geo]
[min] [pet]
Penstock
Slick line, concrete pipe
[geo]
[min]
Pipefitter
[pet] [min]
blooey
Pitot tube
Blow pipe, blowpipe
column
Welded pipe
Trickle pipe
???
[min] [pet]
[mec] [min]
[min]
[met] [pet]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Tumulus
Tundra
Coyote hole
Diversion tunnel
Drainage tunnel or gallery
Gopher hole
Soft rock tunnel
Shalow tunnels
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Tungsten
[chem]
Peat
Bituminous peat
Turfary
Turbidite The sedimentary
deposit of a turbidity current,
typically showing graded bedding
and sedimentary structures on the
undersides of the sandstones.
Sedimentary deposit settled out of
turbid water carrying particles of
widely varying grade size.
Characteristically displays graded
bedding
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
turbo-drilling
Thuringite
Tourmaline
[min] [pet]
[geo]
[geo]
Tourmalinization
Dayshift
Graveyard shift
Turonian
Turquoise
[geo]
[tec]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
???
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[met]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Universe
[geo]
Uralite
Uranate
Uranium
[geo]
[geo]
[chem]
[geo]
???
UTC
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
Ouvarovite
Car dumper
Interstice
Vacuum, void, MT (empty)
[geo]
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[min]
Longtom
end/side -dump minecar
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
Sheath
Valence
???
Valley, lande
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
[geo]
Valle colgante
[geo]
Valle en V
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Assess (to)
Valvate
Dart Valve A plug-type valve,
commonly used in launders tank
bottoms for slurry on/off flow
control, and in flotation cell tail
boxes for level control. The dart is
normally conical in shape (similar
to a rubber stopper) and fits into
a round valve opening. This
tapered shape provides a means
of controlling flow as the dart is
raised or lowered in the valve
opening
Needle valve
Feed override valve
Pressure Reducing Valve, PRV
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
Valle glaciar
Valle maduro/obsecuente
Valle senil
Valle sinclinal/tectnico
Valor de entrada de agua
Valor, Intensidad (1) Componente del
color definida por la luminosidad o
sensacin de claridad o de oscuridad que
represente; (2) Variable visual definida por
el impacto visual en relacin con la
reflectancia luminosa del signo ya sea en
color, en gris o en una trama
Valorar, valuar, estimar, determinar
Valvado
Vlvula Cnica Vlvula tipo tapn, usada
comnmente en los fondos de tanques de
lavado para control de flujo ON/OFF de
mezclas y en las cajas de relave de las
celdas de flotacin para control de nivel.
Es normalmente de forma cnica (similar a
una tapa de jebe) y encaja en una
abertura redonda de la vlvula. Esta forma
ahusada proporciona un medio de
controlar el flujo al elevar y bajar el huso
en la abertura de la vlvula
[mec] [min]
[min]
[mec] [min]
Vlvula de aguja
Vlvula de sobre-avance
Vlvula reductora o de reduccin de
presin
Vanadium, Va
[chem]
Vapour
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Tamping pole
Extension steel
[min]
[min]
Hanging rod
[min]
Variolite
Varve clay
Bawke
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Vector
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Utility vehicle
[min]
Conveyance
[min]
[geo]
[met]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Velocidad de detonacin
Velocidad de infiltracin
Velocidad de los satlites A todos los
efectos prcticos los satlites del sistema
GPS se mueven a 1,8 kilmetros por
segundo
velocidad sobre el fondo velocidad sobre
el fondo en oposicin a la velocidad sobre
el agua
Venas fibrosas antitaxiales
Venilla (de mineral), vetilla
Venita, lminas
Venoso
Ventana Abertura practicada en una
pelcula actnicamente opaca (de las
radiaciones luminosas, especialmente de
las solares)
Ventana atmosfrica Cada una de las
porciones del espectro electromagntico
en el que la atmsfera ofrece poca
atenuacin a la radiacin electromagntica
Ventilacin
Ventilacin forzada, [Ch] ventilacin
reforzada, a diferencia de la ventilacin
natural
Ventilacin natural, corriente de aire
natural
Ventilador alineado
Ventilador axial de paletas
Ventilador con labe de admisin de paso
variable
Ventilador eductor/secundario
Ventisquero Acumulacin de nieve por
el viento o los aludes
Venus Planeta de nuestro sistema solar.
Segundo planeta ms cercano al Sol
Veranillo de San Martn Nombre con el
que se designa un periodo de buen tiempo
que tiene lugar cada ao alrededor del 11
de noviembre (da de San Martn). En
realidad, no se trata de un hecho aislado
ya que las variaciones del tiempo en esta
poca del otoo son frecuentes y pueden
dar lugar a periodos de bonanza
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Vent
Mechanical ventilation, force
ventilated
[min]
[mec] [min]
Natural ventilation
[min]
In-line fan
Vane axial fan
Variable-pitch vent fan
[mec] [min]
[min]
[min]
Exhaust/booster fan
???
[min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
Vermiculite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
[alpinism]
[geo]
Vesicular
[geo]
Broil
Locker room
[geo]
[tech]
Composite vein
Quartz vein
Epithermal vein
Ladder vein
Barren lode
Lode plot
Dropper
Ledge
Master lode
Branch vein
Shoot A concentration of
mineral values
Blind chimney
Rake vein
Vein
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Veta compleja
Veta de cuarzo
Veta epitermal
Veta escalonada
Veta estril
Veta horizontal
Veta lateral
Veta metalfera, capa, manto
Veta principal
Veta ramificada
Veta rica, [Mx] chimenea mena de alta
ley en columna
Veta sin afloramiento
Veta vertical
Veta, agrietamiento mineralizado segn
plano definible con inclinacin superior a
45 respecto de la horizontal
Veta, filn, yacimiento, manto, capa
???
Virgulian
Viscoelasticity
[alpinism]
[geo]
[min]
Vetas en rosario
Va Itinerario trazado en una pared,
cima o aguja para realizar su escalada
Va de acceso Carretera o camino que
conduce directamente a las casas o
propiedades situadas a lo largo de su
trazado
Va en zigzag
Va normal Es el itinerario ms fcil,
conocido y frecuentado que conduce a una
determinada cumbre. Aunque no por ello
hay que considerarlo muy fcil en cuanto a
lo que se refiera al grado de dificultad
Viento Corriente de aire horizontal que
vara desde la 'brisa' hasta el 'huracn'.
Los vientos pueden tener un movimiento
vertical pero esto sucede raras veces en la
superficie terrestre. Ver escala de Beaufort
Vira Repisa
Virguliense
Viscoelasticidad
Viscosity A measure of
resistance to flow in a liquid. The
internal resistance to flow in a
liquid
[geo]
Viscosidad
[geo]
Switchback
???
[civ] [min]
[alpinism]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Backsight
[civ] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Corbel
Mud capping, mud cap blast
Controlled blasting, smoothwall
blasting
Delay blasting
[civ] [min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[alpinism]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
Secondary blasting
[min]
Blast, blasting
[min]
Blast (to)
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Volcn
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[civ] [min]
[elc] [met]
[min]
Struck capacity
Voralp (German)
[civ] [mec]
[min]
[geo]
Volcn en actividad
Volcn extinguido
Volcanita Roca magmtica volcnica o
roca efusiva
Volquete a propulsin diesel-elctrica
Volquete de bajo perfil, dmper de bajo
perfil
Volquete de gran capacidad
Volquete Granby
Volquete, camin de volteo, camin de
transporte, camin acarreador, [Ch]
dmper, [Mx] camin de maroma
Voltiampermetro
Volumen aparente, Va (medicin de
deformacin ssmica)
Volumen enrasado
Vortex
[geo]
Vortex
Vertical Shaft Impact crusher, VSI
Car dump
Recumbence, toppling
[met]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Wacke
Bog manganese, wad
Wash
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Magmatic water
[geo]
Wavellite
Wernerite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Wolframite
[geo]
[geo]
[met]
Xenoblast
Xenocryst
Xenolith More a phenomenon
than a rock; a piece of rock that
ended up inside another rock;
mostly a xenolith is part of the
roof of an intrusion that fell into
the melt; because the composition
of the roof and the melt are
mostly different, the chunk of roof
will be altered by the heat and
chemistry of the melt; these
alterations resemble the contact
aureole of the intrusion;
consequently Xenoliths are mostly
similar to rocks like skarn, fenite,
etc; a piece of country rock found
engulfed in an intrusion
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
???
[alpinism]
???
Field, vein, minesite, ore body
Gold field or deposit
[alpinism]
[min]
[min]
Blind orebody
[min]
[geo]
Yacimiento de petrleo
Segregated ore
Epigenetic deposit
Epithermal deposit
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Yacimiento de segregacin
Yacimiento epigentico
Yacimiento epitermal
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Burnt gypsum
Satin spar
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
Iodine
[chem]
[geo]
Juxtaposition
Ditch
Underhand stoping
Lifters, snake holes
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
Screened
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
[chem]
Zeolita
???
[geo]
[alpinism]
Tin
Galvanizing
???
[min]
[met]
[alpinism]
Loose area
White area
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Zona de aireacin
[geo]
[geo]
???
[geo]
Cementation zone
Impact area
Fault space
Shear zone
[geo]
[mec] [min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Zona de flujo
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Zona de subduccin
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Zona desmineralizada
Zona desplomada
Zona fallada
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
zona de transicin
???
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Concentric zonation
Zoogene
???
???
[geo]
[geo]
[alpinism]
[alpinism]
Laagte
[geo]
laavenite
labeled molecules
[geo]
[chem]
labial aperture
[bio]
labial pore
[bio]
labiate
labiatiform cyrtolith
[bio]
[bio]
labile
[bio] [geo]
labile sandstone
labilizing force
[geo]
[geo]
labite
labium
[geo]
[bio]
labor
laboratory test
labradorescence
Labradorite, Labrador spar
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
Labrum, labrus
labuntsovite
labyrinth
labyrinthic
[bio]
[min]
[geo]
[bio]
labyrinth karst
[geo]
Labyrinthodont,
labyrinthodonta
labyrinthus
[bio]
lac
LaCasitan
[geo]
[geo]
Laccolite, laccolith
[geo]
[geo]
lacinia
lacinia mobilis
[bio]
[bio]
laciniate
[bio]
lacing
LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter
lacroixite
lacullan
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[bio]
lacuna [palyn]
[bio]
lacuster
lacustrine
lacy residue
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
ladder lode/vein
ladder reef
lade
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lade hole
laden
ladderback
Ladinian
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
ladu
[geo]
laesure
[bio]
laevigate
[bio]
laffitite
lag deposit
[min]
[geo]
Lagerstatte
[geo]
lag fault
[geo]
lagg
[geo]
lagging
[min]
lagging board
lagging piece
lag gravel
lag mound, mound
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
lagoon
[geo]
lagoon atoll
lagoon channel
[geo]
[geo]
lagoon cycle
[geo]
lagoon flat
[geo]
lagoon floor
[geo]
lagoon island
[geo]
lagoonlet
lagoon margin
[geo]
[geo]
lagoon phase
[geo]
lagoon plain
[geo]
lagoon scarp
lagoon shelf
[geo]
[geo]
lagoonside
lagoon slope
[geo]
[geo]
Lagorio's rule
[geo]
Lagrangian
[geo]
laguna [coast]
lagune
lahar
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
laid bare
laid down
Laihunite
laitakarite
lakarpite
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
lake [ice]
[geo]
lake asphalt
[geo]
lake ball
[geo]
lake basin
lakebed
lake biscuit
lake gage
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lake gun
[geo]
lake-head delta
lake ice
lakelet
lake loam
lake marl
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lake ocher
[geo]
lake ore
[geo]
lake
lake
lake
lake
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
oulet
peat
pitch
rampart
Lakeshore, lakeside
Lake Superior-type iron
formation
lake terrace
lallan
Lamarckism
[geo]
[geo]
lam
lambda
Lambert's law
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Lamb's problem
lambskin
Lam constants
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lamella
lamellar
[geo]
[geo]
lamellar columella
[bio]
[bio]
[geo]
[bio]
lamellar ligamente
[bio]
lamellar linkage
[bio]
lamellar pyrites
lamellar wall
[geo]
[bio]
lamellibranch
lamina [bot]
lamina [paleont]
lamina [sed]
[bio]
[bio]
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
laminar layer
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
laminar slip
laminar velocity
[geo]
[geo]
laminar wall
[bio]
laminaset
[geo]
laminated [petrology]
[geo]
[geo]
laminated quartz
lamination [ign]
[geo]
[geo]
lamination [sed]
[geo]
Laminate
[geo]
laminoid
[geo]
lammerite
lampadite
[geo]
[geo]
lamprobolite
lamproite
[geo]
[geo]
lamprophyllite
lamprophyre
[geo]
[geo]
Lamprophyric
[geo]
lamprophyric kimberlite
lamproschist
[geo]
[geo]
lamp shell
lanarkite
lanceolate leaf
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
lancet plate
land
land accrecin
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
land bridge
[geo]
deslizamiento laminar
velocidad laminar, de la corriente de
agua, sin turbulencias
Pared o tabique laminar; de slice en
frstulas de diatomeas
Laminaset, set, lminas concord.
limitadas por superficie de erosin no
dep
laminado, hojoso [petrologa]; en
rocas sedimentarias, lminas de < 1cm
espesor
laminada, foliada, exfoliada, hojosa
[estruc sed]
cuarzo fajeado
laminacin, disposicin en capas muy
finas [ign]
laminacin/ lmina/ estruct. laminada
[sed]
laminita, roca detrtica finamente
laminada
laminoide, lateralmente alargado
paralelo a estratificacin
lammerita
lampadita, variedad de espuma de
manganeso con < 18% Cu y Co
lamprobolita, hornblenda basltica
lamproita, nombre de grupo, roca
gnea hipabisal o extrusiva rica en K y
Mg
Lamprofilita
lamprfido, roca gnea porfdica donde
los mficos forman fenocristales
lamprofdica, textura porfdica
holocristalina de los lamprfidos
kimberlita lamprofdica, orangeita
lampro-esquisto lamprfido
metamorfizado con estructura
esquistosa
braquipodo
Lanarkita
hoja lanceolada, ancha en base y
afilada en punta
placa en lanceta en blastoideos
Tierra, terreno, pais (no suelo)
acrecin del terreno, ganancia de
terreno al mar o a zona inundada
disparo ssmico
asfalto pesado o de mala calidad
Landauita
landblink reflejo amarillento de
superficie nevada en regin polar
puente intercontinental
land chain
land compass
Landenian
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Landerite
[geo]
landesite
landfall
landfill
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
landfilling
[geo]
landflood
[geo]
landform
landform map
land hemisphere
land ice
landlocked
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
landlocked embayment
landmark
landmass
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
landmass displacement
[geo]
[geo]
landsbergite
land sculpture
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
landslide breccia
[geo]
landslide lake
[geo]
landslide sapping
[geo]
landslide scar
landslide shear surface
[geo]
[geo]
landslide track
Landsliding, landslip
[geo]
[geo]
land survey
[geo]
[geo]
cadena de agrimensor
brjula de campo
Landeniense, Paleoceno Superior
(sobre Mont-Heers., bajo Ypresiense)
landerita variedad de granate
grosularia
Landesita
desprendimiento de tierras
relleno de tierra, vertido controlado,
vertedero pblico, terrapln
depositar basuras slidas urbanas en
depresiones del terreno
landflood desbordamiento de rios en
el terreno
Formas, aspectos del relieve terrestre
mapa o diagrama fisiogrfico
hemisferio terrestre
hielo terrestre o continental
masa de agua cerrada por brazo de
tierra
baha cerrada o casi cerrada
hito, mojn, vrtice topogrfico, linde
gran masa de tierra firme, terreno a
estudiar como una unidad
desplazamiento de masas terrestres
(terremoto)
guijarro de fosfato
TM de Landsat, Mapas Temticos
realizados con el Lansat, serie de
satlites americanos
Landsbergita, moschellandsbergita
esculpir o modelado del paisaje
(geomorfologa)
terrales y virazones
lineas oscuras cerca del horizonte, por
falta de luz reflejada del terreno
brecha de deslizamiento o movimiento
de tierras
lago por deslizamiento de tierras, lago
de barrera, por deslizamiento
socavamiento (zapa) del deslizamiento
de tierras, ensanche por socavamiento
cicatriz o surco del desplazamiento
superficie de deslizamiento, superficie
cizalla de deslizamiento
huella del deslizamiento
corrimiento hacia abajo o
deslizamiento
estudio del terreno, agrimensura,
geodesia
land-tied island
[geo]
land waste
land water
lane
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lngbanite
langbeinite
Langhian
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
langisite
langite
Langmuir cell
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lannonite
lansfordite
lantern
lantern-node
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lanthanides
lanthanite-(Nd)
Laphamite
lapiaz
lapidary
lapidificacin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lapidofacies
[geo]
lapieite
lapies
Lapilli
lapillistone
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Laplace azimuth
Laplace equacin
[geo]
[geo]
Laplace stacin
[geo]
laplandite
lapout
lap-out map
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lapparentite
lappet
[geo]
[bio]
lapse
[geo]
[geo]
lapse rate
[geo]
laqueiform
[bio]
Laramic/Laramian Orogeny
[geo]
[geo]
larderellite
lardite
[geo]
[geo]
lard stone
large auger
large boulder
large cobble
large-ion lithophile elements
large spring
larkspur
larnite
larosite
larry
larsenite
Larsen method
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
larvikite
[geo]
[geo]
lashing
lash-like
lasque
lasso cell
latch on
late diagenesis
late-glacial
late mature valley
late neanic stage
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
late orogenic
latent magma
[geo]
[geo]
latera
lateral [drill]
[geo]
[geo]
lateral [paleont]
[bio]
[geo]
lateral [streams]
lateral [vulcanology]
[geo]
[geo]
lateral accrecin
[geo]
lateral bud/channel/edge
lateral consequent stream
[bio]
[geo]
lateral corrasion
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
lateral dissepimente
[bio]
lateral dune
[geo]
lateral face
lateral fault
[bio]
[geo]
lateral increase
[bio]
lateral lake
[geo]
[geo]
lateral lobe
[bio]
lateral log
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lateral saddle
[geo]
lateral search
lateral shared coverplate
lateral spread
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lateral
lateral
lateral
lateral
lateral
lateral
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
storage
strain
stream terrace
tooth
thrust of the soil
valley
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
lateral variacin
[geo]
lateral wall
[bio]
laterite
laterite perfil
laterite soil
Lateritization, laterization
Laterolog
late tectonics
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
late Tertiary
late wood
[geo]
[geo]
lath
lath adjuster
[geo]
[geo]
lath [cryst]
[geo]
lath [paleont]
lath rule
lath-shaped
latilamina
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Latin square
latite
[tech]
[geo]
latitude by account
latitude in
latitude level
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
latitudinal
latiumite
Latosol
latrappite
lattice [cryst]
lattice [reef]
lattice bar/pore/spine
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
lattice constant/parameter
lattice defect
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lattice energy
lattice orientation
lattice pitch
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lattice plane/point
lattice-preferred orientacin
lattice row
lattice shell
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lattice spacing
[geo]
lattice strain
lattice structure
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
latus
[bio]
laubmannite
Laue camera
[geo]
[geo]
Laue class
Laue equations
[geo]
[geo]
Lauegram
[geo]
Laue group
laueite
Laue method
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Laue spot/pattern
Laue symmetry
[geo]
[geo]
laumontite
launavite
launder
[min]
[min]
[min]
lauoho o pele
Laurasia
[geo]
[geo]
laurdalite
[geo]
laurelite
Laurentian
[min]
[geo]
laurionite
laurite
laurvikite
[min]
[min]
[min]
lausenite
lautarite
lautite
lava
lava ash
lava ball
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lava blister
lava breccia
[geo]
[geo]
Espaciamiento o distanciamiento
reticular
deformacin del retculo cristalino
estructura fenestrada, reticular, o en
celdillas
textura de la celdilla [meta]
enrejado/ entramado/ celdilla
Lattorfiense, sup.Eoceno (bajo
Rupel)/Latdorfiense Priaboniense
latus, una de las placas en concha de
crustceos cirripedos
[min]
Cmara de Laue, en anlisis por
difraccin con rayos X
clase de Laue = grupo de Laue
ecuaciones de Laue, para difraccin en
estructuras cristalinas
Lauegrama, en cristalografa con rayos
X
grupo, clase cristalina, de Laue
Laueita
Mtodo de Laue, tcnica de anlisis por
difraccin con rayos X
Mancha/modelo en Laue, en lauegrama
simetra de Laue, cuando falta un
centro de simetra
Laumontita
Launavita
reguera, canalizo, batea, artesa,
lavadero
cabello de Pele
Laurasia, protocontinente del
hemisferio N
laurdalita = lardalita, sienita alcalina
con + del 10% modal de foids
Laurelita
Laurentino, Arcico sup.-bajo
Keewatiense
Laurionita
Laurita
Laurvikita, larvikita, granito azul,
sienita alc. pasando a monzonita
lausenita
lautarita
Lautita
Lava
ceniza volcnica
Bomba o bola de lava, seudobomba,
bola volcnica
protuberancia o ampolla de lava
brecha de lava / un tipo de brecha
volcnica
lava cauldron
lava cave
lave cavern
lava column
lava cone
lava-dam lake
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lava
lava
lava
lava
lava
desert
diverting
dome
drain channel
field
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lava
lava
lava
lava
flood
flow
flow coast
flow-unit
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lava fountain
lava-inflacin cleft
[geo]
[geo]
lava lake
lava levee
[geo]
[geo]
lava
lava
lava
lava
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
plain
plateau
plug/sheet
rag
lava rent/ring
lava rise
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lava
lava
lava
lava
lava
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
shield
slump scarp
stream
subsidence scarp
toe
lava tongue
lava tree
[geo]
[geo]
lava-tree mold
lava trench
lava tube
lava tunnel
lava upheaveal
lavendulan
lavenite
lavialite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
lavrentievite
Lavrovite
law [geomorph]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
law [philos]
law of acceleracin
law of accordant junctions
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
law
law
law
law
law
law
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
of
of
of
of
of
of
faunal assemblages
faunal succession
homonymy
nature
original continuity
original horizontality
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
law of priority
law of rational index
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
law
law
law
law
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
of
of
of
of
refleccin
refraccin
storms
stream gradients
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
law of symmetry
law of twinning
law of unequal slopes
law of universal gravitacin
lawrencite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
lavrentievita
lavrovita
teso redondeado [geomorf] (trm. en
Escocia)
ley natural [filos]
ley de la aceleracin
ley de las uniones conformes = l. de
Playfair
ley de las reas de la cuenca orden
de corriente y rea media de cuenca
ley de constancia de ngulos
interfaciales = const. ngulos
interfaciales
ley de la constancia de proporciones
relativas
ley de la correlacin de facies
ley de relaciones de corte y cruce (de
anterioridad p. e.)
ley de las proporciones definidas
ley de los declives iguales
ley de volmenes iguales = l. de
volmenes de Lindgren
ley de los derechos extralaterales = ley
del pice
ley de las asociaciones faunsticas
ley de la sucesin faunstica
ley de la homonma = l. de prioridad
ley de la naturaleza = derecho natural
ley de la continuidad original
ley de la horizontalidad original = ley
de Steno
ley de la prioridad (de publicacin)
ley de los ndices racionales = ley Hay
= l-intercepciones racionales
ley de intercepciones racionales = ley
de los ndices racionales
ley de la reflexin
ley de la refraccin = ley de Snell
ley de los ciclones tropicales
ley de los gradientes de las corrientes,
respecto orden de c
ley de las longitudes de las corrientes,
respecto del orden de la c
ley del nmero de corrientes
ley de la superposicin = ley de Steno
ley de las relaciones de la superficie
terrestre
ley de simetra
ley de una macla
ley de las cuestas, laderas desiguales
ley de gravitacin universal
Lawrencita
lawsonbauerite
lawsonite
lawsonite-albite facies
lawsonite-glaucophane-jadeite
facies
laxite
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
lawsonbauerita
Lawsonita
facies albita - lawsonita
facies jadeta, glaucofana, lawsonita
[geo]
lay
lay bare
[geo]
[geo]
lay
lay
lay
lay
lay
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
down
land
of the land
off angles (to)
out (to)
[geo]
[geo]
layer [cart]
layer [seis]
layer [stratig]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Layer 1
[geo]
Layer 2
[geo]
Layer 3
[geo]
layer bare
layer-cake
[geo]
[geo]
layer clouds
layer charge
layer depth
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
layer
layer
layer
layer
layer
layer
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
paralell shortening
silicate
stripping
structure
tint
tinting
layered deposits
layered intrusion
layered permafrost
layered series
layered structure
latered waveguide
layering [cart]
layering [petrology]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
layering [stratig]
[geo]
layerwise
layover
[geo]
[geo]
lazarenkoite
lazarevicite
Lazarus taxa
[min]
[min]
[geo]
lazuli
lazulite
lazurite
L chondrite
leachate
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
leached capping
leached horizont
leaching
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lead [mineral]
lead [seis]
lead [streams]
lead-210 age method
lead-alpha age method
lead-alpha dating
leadamalgam
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lead glance
leadhillite
leading edge
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
leading stone
lead-isotope or lead-lead age
[geo]
[geo]
lead line
[geo]
lead ocher
lead ratio
lead spar
lead-uranium age method
lead-uranium ratio
lead vitriol
leaf-blade
leaf-bud
leaf clay
leaf gap
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[bio]
[bio]
[geo]
[bio]
leaf gneiss
[geo]
leaf gold
leaf injection
leaflet
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
leaf mold
leaf peat
leaf primordium
[bio]
[bio]
[bio]
leaf scar
leaf trace
[bio]
[bio]
leafing
leafy
[bio]
[geo]
league
[geo]
leaked fosil
[geo]
leakiness
leaking mode
[geo]
[geo]
leaking polygon
[geo]
leaky aquifer
[geo]
[geo]
lean (ore)
lean cannel coal
[geo]
[geo]
lean clay
leap
leaping
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
leaping weir
[geo]
least squares
least squares fit
least-time path
leat
[tech]
[tech]
[tech]
[geo]
leatherstone
[geo]
leavings
lebensspur
[geo]
[geo]
lechatelierite
[geo]
Le Chatelier's rule
[geo]
lechosos opal
lecontite
[geo]
[min]
oro en lmina
hoja intrusiva
foliolo (hoja) una de las partes de
una hoja compuesta [botnica]
Mantillo tierra vegetal
turba de hojas
primordio de hoja meristemo (tejido
de clulas que crecen)
cicatriz de hoja, traza foliar [botnica]
rastro foliar, tejido vascular, impresin
de una hoja [botnica]
foliacin [botnica]
frondoso, perteneciente a estruc.
sedim. que parece una hoja
legua unidad de tierra inglesa = 3
millas 'legales'
fsil resultante de goteado
sedimentario
falta de estanqueidad
onda ssmica imperfectamente
atrapada, dando una atenuacin
polgono que se pierde; error
topogrfico por polgono no cerrrado
acufero confinado por capa
semipermeable
capa confinante resquebrajada, se
puede mover el agua a otro acufero
mineral pobre o de bajo grado (ley)
carbn cannel de bajo grado = carbn
semicannel
arcilla de plasticidad media a baja
salto, dislocacin
surgente, cambio de posicin de
divisoria de aguas
vertedero para crecidas/ v. de aguas
sobrantes (presas)
mnimos cuadrados; (met. estadstica)
ajuste mnimo cuadrtico
camino - trayectoria de tiempo mnimo
(dialecto-sin. ingls) canal artificial
(corrientes)
variacion de amianto, crocidolita, cuero
de montaa
estriles (minas)
fosil de pisada de organismo, indicios
de vida
lechatelierita, slice amorfo fundido de
forma natural
regla de Le Chatelier, sobre el
equilibrio de sistemas
palo lechoso
Lecontita
lectolectoallotype
lectogenotype
lectoparatype
lectostratotype
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Lectotype
[geo]
ledge
[geo]
Ledian
[geo]
ledikite
ledmorite
[min]
[geo]
lee
[geo]
Lee arrangement
lee bank
lee depression
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lee dune
[geo]
Leean
leegte
lee-side
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lee shore
[geo]
lee-source dune
[geo]
leeward
leeward reef
[geo]
[geo]
lee wave
[geo]
[geo]
left bank
left-handed [cryst]
[geo]
[geo]
left-handed [paleont]
left-handed separacin
left-lateral fault
left-lateral separacin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
left-slip fault
left valve
leg
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
leg (tect)
leg (topog)
[geo]
[geo]
legal geology
legato injection
[geo]
[geo]
legend
[geo]
leggy
[geo]
legrandite
legum
lehiite
lehm
[min]
[bio]
[min]
[geo]
lehnerite
leidleite
[min]
[geo]
leifite
leightonite
Leintwardinian
[min]
[min]
[geo]
leiosphaerid
[bio]
leiteite
lekolith
[min]
[geo]
Lemberg's stain
[geo]
Lemnian bole
lemoynite
Lemuria
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
lenad
[geo]
lengaite
lengenbachite
length [lake]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
length [paleont]
length distorcin
[geo]
[geo]
lengthening rod
length of overland flow
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
flanco de anticlinal
tramo, trayecto, lado (triangulacin
topog.)
geologa legal = g. forense
emisin o intrusin realizada de una
sola vez
leyenda, breve lista explicativa de los
smbolos de un mapa o diagrama
tren de ondas largo, con un nmero de
ciclos o legs
Legrandita
leguminosa [botnica]
Lehiita, crandallita
lehm, (en Francia- loess) / prod. de
alteracin/ usar con otros conceptos
Lehnerita
leidleita, variedad vtrea de dacita o
riodacita (uso no reconocido)
Leifita
Leightonita
Leintwardiniense, Silrico Sup. (sobre
Bringew, bajo Whitecliffiense)
leiosfrido, un acritarco (del Ordovcico
al Silrico)
Leiteita
lekolito, masa roca gnea extrusivacomo disco- ms de dimetro que de
prof
mancha de Lemberg, test para
distinguir calcita de dolomita
tierra de Lemnos (poco usado)
Lemoynita
Lemuriano, continente imaginario en
parte central del Pacfico
lenad (trm. nemot.)
(leucita+nefelina+ad)
lengaita = natrocarbonatita
Lengenbachita
longitud del lago [lago] distanc. menor
-puntos ms distantes de orilla
longitud [paleont]
distorsin de la longitud, proporcin
distancia en mapa a escala/d. real
varilla alargadora
longitud de cuesta / l. de escorrenta
de aguas salvajes
longitud entre topes
perfil longitudinal
alargar, prolongarse / estirar/ dilatarse
pen caminero/ vigilante que recorre la
va
Lenian
[geo]
lennilenapeite
lennilite
[min]
[min]
lenoblite
lens
lensing
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
lensoid
lens-out
lentelliptical
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
lenticel
[bio]
lenticle
[geo]
lenticular
lenticular bedding
lenticular hill
lenticule
lentiform
lentil
lentil ore
Leonardian
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
leonardite
[geo]
leonhardite
[geo]
leonhardtite
leonite
leopardite
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
leopoldite
leperditiid
[min]
[bio]
lepersonnite
lepidoblastic
[min]
[geo]
lepidocrocite
lepidodendrid
[min]
[geo]
lepidolite
[min]
lepidolith
[geo]
lepidomelane
[geo]
lepidote
[bio]
lepisphere
[geo]
lepospondyli
[geo]
leptite
[geo]
leptochlorite
[geo]
leptogeosyncline
[geo]
leptokurtic
leptoma
[geo]
[bio]
leptopel
[geo]
leptosporangiate
[bio]
leptothermal
[geo]
leptynolite
[geo]
lermontovite
lesserite
lessingite-(Ce)
lestiwarite
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
letdown
letdown (sedim)
[geo]
[geo]
letovicite
lettsomite
lettucestone
[min]
[min]
[geo]
leucaugite
leuchtenbergite
[min]
[min]
leucite
leucite basanite
leucite phonolite
leucite tephrite
leucitite
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
leucitohedron
leucitophyre
[geo]
[geo]
leucoleucochalcite
leucocratic
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
leucogabbroid
[geo]
leucon
leucophanite
leucophoenicite
leucophosphite
leucophyre
[bio]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
leucopyrite
leucosome
[min]
[geo]
Leucosphenite
Leucotephrite
[min]
[geo]
leucoxene
[geo]
leumafite
[geo]
leurodiscontinuity
[geo]
levee
[geo]
[geo]
levee [streams]
[geo]
levee delta
levee-flank depression
levee lake
levee ridge
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
level [geog]
level [speleo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
level
level
level
level
level
level
level
level
level
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[water]
above threshold
bearing
board
bottom
course
crossing
cutting
level drift
level fold
level ice
leveling
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
leveling datum
[geo]
leveling instrument
[geo]
leveling jacks
leveling rod
[geo]
[geo]
leveling staff
leveling screw
level of compensacin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
level of saturacin
level of zero amplitude
[geo]
[geo]
levelperson
[geo]
level rod
[geo]
level slicing
[geo]
level surface
level trier
lever
leverrierite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
levigate
[geo]
levorotatory
levyne
lewisite
Lewistonian
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
lewistonite
[min]
lexicon
[geo]
Lg wave
[geo]
Iherzite
[geo]
lherzolite
[geo]
liandratite
Lias
[min]
[geo]
lias
[geo]
Liassic
liberite
libethenite
libolite
libracin
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
libriform
[geo]
librigena
Libyan Desert glass
[bio]
[geo]
lichen
lichenometry
[bio]
[geo]
lichen polygon
[geo]
lick
licks
liddicoatite
lido
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
lie
[geo]
liebenbergite
liebenerite
[min]
[min]
liebigite
Liesegang banding
Liesegang rings
lievrite
life assemblage
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[bio]
life cycle
life size
life test
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
life zone
[geo]
lift
[geo]
lift joint
[geo]
lift pipe
lift type working
lifted block
lifting
lifting and shifting equipment
lifting bar
lifting bridge
lifting condensation level
lifting way
lift-lock
ligament
ligamentary articulacin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
ligamente field
[bio]
ligamente groove/pit
[geo]
ligan
[geo]
light coal
light-colored
[geo]
[geo]
lighthouse
light grade
light key
light metal
light mineral
lightning stone
lightning tube
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
light oil
light red silver ore
light ruby silver
light shaft
lightweight
lightweight concrete
lignilite
lignin
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
lignite
lignite A
lignite B
lignum fossile
ligule
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
ligurite
likasite
likely
[min]
[min]
[geo]
LIL
[geo]
Lillburnian
[geo]
lillianite
lily pad
[min]
[geo]
lily-pad ice
[geo]
liman
[geo]
liman coast
[geo]
limb
limb
limb
limb
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[astron]
[palyn]
[struc geol]
[inv de campo]
limbate
[geo]
limb darkening
[geo]
limburgite
[geo]
limbus
lime
[bio]
[geo]
lime cast
lime coat
limeclast
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lime
lime
lime
lime
lime
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
concrete
concrecin
feldspar
mica
mud
lime mudstone
[geo]
lime nodules
lime olivine
lime pan [geomorph]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
limestone sonde
[geo]
limestone-bearing
lime uranite
lime wash
limewater
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
limey
limey marl
limiting beds
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
limiting sphere
[geo]
limnal
[geo]
limnetic
[geo]
limnic [coal]
[geo]
limnic [lake]
[geo]
limnic material
[geo]
limnic peat
[geo]
limnite
[geo]
limnogenic rock
[geo]
limnogeology
limno-geotic
limnogram
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
limnograph
[geo]
limnokrene
limnology
[geo]
[geo]
limnoquartzite
limon
[geo]
[geo]
limonite
[geo]
limpid dolomite
[geo]
limous
limpet
limurite
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
lin
linarite
lindackerite
Lindblad-Malmquist gravimeter
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
lindgrenite
Lindgren's volume law
[min]
[geo]
lindinosite
[geo]
lindoite
[geo]
Lindsleyite
Lindstrmite
line [cart]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
line [seis]
[geo]
line hole
[geo]
linea [paleont]
[geo]
linea [planet]
[geo]
lineage
[geo]
lineage boundary
[geo]
lineage structure
lineage zone
[geo]
[geo]
lineal series
[bio]
lineamente
[geo]
linear cleavage
linear correlacin
linear elastic fracture
mechanics
linear elemente
linear erosion
linear facies
linear flow structure
linear paralelism
linear sand ridge
linear scale ratio
linear seleccin
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lineation [sed]
[geo]
[geo]
line
line
line
line
coverage
defect
drilling
map
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
line of bearing
line of collimacin
[geo]
[geo]
line of concrescence
[bio]
line of creep
line of dip
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
line of force
[geo]
line of induction
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
line of section
[geo]
line of seepage
line of sight
[geo]
[geo]
line-of-sight map
line of strike
[geo]
[geo]
liner
[geo]
line rod
[geo]
line scanner
[geo]
line source
[geo]
line spectrum
[geo]
line-up
[geo]
lingaitukuang
linguiform process
[min]
[bio]
linguiacean
[bio]
lingulid
[bio]
linguloid
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lining
[geo]
lining off
lining pole
link [geomorph]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
link [paleont]
[bio]
[geo]
linkage [geomorph]
[geo]
linkage [paleont]
link distance
[geo]
[geo]
linked veins
[geo]
links [coast]
[geo]
links [streams]
[geo]
linn
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Linnaean species
[geo]
linnaeite
linophyre
[min]
[geo]
linsey
[geo]
lintonite
[geo]
liottite
lip [eng] = sill
[min]
[geo]
lip [geomorph]
[geo]
lip [paleont]
[bio]
Lipalian
[geo]
Liparite
[geo]
lipogenesis
[geo]
lipotexite
[geo]
lipped
lipper
lipscombite
liptinite
liptite
[bio]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
liptobiolite
[bio]
liptobiolith
[geo]
liptocoenosis
[geo]
liptodetrinite
[geo]
liquation
[geo]
liquefaccin [sed]
[geo]
liquefaccin [soil]
[geo]
liquefaccin slide
[geo]
[geo]
liquid chromatography
liquid flow
[geo]
[geo]
liquid fractionacin
[geo]
liquid immiscibility
[geo]
liquid inclusion
liquidity ndice
[geo]
[geo]
liquid limit
liquid-line-of descente
[geo]
[geo]
liquidus
[geo]
liquid-water contente
[geo]
lira
[geo]
liroconite
lisetite
liskeardite
lissamphibian
[min]
[min]
[min]
[bio]
listric fault
[geo]
listrium
[bio]
listwaenite
[geo]
litchfieldite
[geo]
lite
lith
litharenite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
litharge
lithia mica
lithia water
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Lithic
[geo]
lithic arenite
[geo]
lithic arkose
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lithic tuff
[geo]
lithic wacke
[geo]
lithidionite
Lithificacin
[min]
[geo]
lithify
[geo]
lithiomarsturite
lithionite
lithiophilite
lithiophorite
lithiophosphate
lithiotantite
lithiowodginite
lithistid
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[bio]
lithium-drifted germanium
detector
lithium mica
lithizone
[geo]
litho
lithochronostratic zone
[geo]
[geo]
lithochronozone
[geo]
lithoclast
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lithocorrelacin
[geo]
lithodeme
[geo]
lithodemic unit
[geo]
Lithodensity log
[geo]
lithodesma
[bio]
lithodomous
[bio]
lithoecozone
[geo]
lithofacies
[geo]
lithofacies map
[geo]
lithofraction
[geo]
lithogene
[geo]
lithogenesis
[geo]
lithogenetic unit
[geo]
lithogenous
[geo]
lithogeny
lithogeochemical
[geo]
[geo]
lithogeochemistry
[geo]
lithographic limestone
lithographic texture
[geo]
[geo]
lithoherm
[geo]
lithohorizonte
[geo]
lithoid
[geo]
lithoidal
[geo]
lithoid tufa
[geo]
lithologic
lithologic
[geo]
[geo]
lithologic guide
[geo]
lithologic log
[geo]
lithologic map
[geo]
lithologic unit
lithology
lithomarge
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lithometeor
[geo]
lithomorphic
[geo]
lithophagous
lithophile
[geo]
[geo]
lithophilous
lithophysa
[geo]
[geo]
lithophyte
[geo]
lithorelic
[geo]
lithosere
[geo]
lithosiderite
[geo]
lithosite
Lithosols
[min]
[geo]
lithosome
[geo]
lithospar
[geo]
lithosphere
lithospheric mantle
[geo]
[geo]
lithostatic pressure
lithostatic stress
lithostratic unit
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lithostratigraphic classification
[geo]
lithostratigraphic correlation
[geo]
lithostratigraphic horizonte
[geo]
lithostratigraphic unit
[geo]
lithostratigraphic zone
lithostratigraphy
[geo]
[geo]
lithostrome
[geo]
lithotectonic unit
[geo]
lithothamnion
[geo]
lithothamnion ridge
[geo]
lithotomous
[geo]
lithotope
[geo]
lithotype
[geo]
lithoxyl
lithozone
[geo]
[geo]
litidionite
lit-par-lit
[min]
[geo]
litter
Little Ice Age
[geo]
[geo]
littoral [lake]
[geo]
littoral [oceanog]
[geo]
littoral cone
[geo]
littoral current
[geo]
littoral drift
[geo]
Littoral explosion
[geo]
littoral shelf
[geo]
lituicone
[bio]
lituid
[bio]
liujinyinite
live cave
[min]
[geo]
liveingite
liverite
liver opal
[min]
[min]
[geo]
liver ore
[geo]
liver rock
[geo]
liverwort
[bio]
livesite
[geo]
live speleothem
[geo]
live storage
live stream
living chamber
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
living fosil
[geo]
livingstonite
lixiviation
lixivium
lizardite
L-joint
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Llandeilian
[geo]
Llandoverian
[geo]
llanite
[geo]
Llano
[geo]
llano
[geo]
Llanoria
[geo]
Llanvirnian
[geo]
LL chondrite
llyn
load
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
load-bearing wall
load cast
[geo]
[geo]
load-casted
[geo]
load-casted ripple
[geo]
load casting
[geo]
load-cast lineacin
[geo]
load-caststriation
[geo]
loaded stream
[geo]
load-flow structure
[geo]
load fold
[geo]
load metamorphism
[geo]
load mold
[geo]
load pocket
[geo]
loadstone
load wave
[geo]
[geo]
loading dig
loam
[geo]
[geo]
loaming
[geo]
loamy sand
loamy soil
[geo]
[geo]
lobate delta
lobate plunge structure
[geo]
[geo]
lobate rillmark
[geo]
lobate soil
lobe [bot]
lobe [glacial]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lobe [lake]
[geo]
lobe [paleont]
[geo]
lobe [streams]
[geo]
lobefin
local base level
local currente
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
local fauna
local-gravity map
local horizonte
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
localized circulation
[geo]
local magnitude
[geo]
local metamorphism
[geo]
local peat
[geo]
local peneplain
[geo]
local-range zone
[geo]
local relief
local sorting
[geo]
[geo]
local unconformity
location
[geo]
[geo]
locational accuracy
[geo]
lochan
[geo]
Lochkovian
[geo]
lock
Locke level
[geo]
[geo]
Lockportian
[geo]
locomorphic stage
[geo]
locular dimorphism
[bio]
locular wall
[bio]
locule
[bio]
loculus [bot]
[bio]
loculus [paleont]
[geo]
[geo]
lode [streams]
[geo]
lode claim
[geo]
lode country
lode deposit
lode filling
Lodes parameter
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lode plot
lode rock
lodestone
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lodestuff
[geo]
lode system
lode tin
lodge moraine
lodgmente
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lodgmente till
[geo]
lodranite
[geo]
loellingite
loess
loessal
loess doll
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
loess flow
[geo]
loessification
loess kindchen
[geo]
[geo]
loessland
loess nodule
loessoide
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
loes wedge
loeweite
Loewinson-Lessing
classification
loferite
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
log
[geo]
logan [geog]
[geo]
logan [geomorph]
[geo]
Logans Line
[geo]
logan stone
logarithmic mean diameter
[geo]
[geo]
loggan stone
logging
[geo]
[geo]
logging stone
logging tool
log-log plot
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lognormal distribucin
[geo]
[geo]
loipon
[geo]
lokkaite
llllingite
lolly ice
[min]
[min]
[geo]
loma
lomita
lomonite
lomonosovite
lomontite
lonchiole
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
lonecreekite
lonestone
[min]
[geo]
Longaxones
[bio]
long clay
longicone
[geo]
[bio]
longitude difference
longitudinal coastline
longitudinal conductance
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
longitudinal consequente
stream
longitudinal crevasse
[geo]
longitudinal dispersion
[geo]
longitudinal drift
longitudinal dune
[geo]
[geo]
longitudinal fault
[geo]
longitudinal flagellum
longitudinal fold
[bio]
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
longitudinal joint
[geo]
longitudinal moraine
longitudinal profile
[geo]
[geo]
longitudinal resistivity
[geo]
[geo]
longitudinal ridge
[geo]
[geo]
longitudinal section
[geo]
longitudinal septum
[bio]
longitudinal strain
longitudinal stream
[geo]
[geo]
longitudinal tilt
longitudinal valley
[geo]
[geo]
longitudinal wave
long limb
long period
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
long profile
long -range forecast
long-range order
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
longshore
longshore bar
longshore currente
longshore drift
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Longtanian
[geo]
longulite
[geo]
longwall
[geo]
longwall retreating
[geo]
longwall stoping
long wave [seis]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lonsdaleoid dissepimente
[geo]
lonsdaleoid septum
[geo]
look direction
[geo]
loop [coast]
[geo]
loop [geophys]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
loop
[geo]
loop bar
loop bedding
[geo]
[geo]
looped bar
[geo]
loop lake
[geo]
loop moraine
[geo]
loose ground
loose ice
loose line
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
loose products
loose rock
[geo]
[geo]
loose roof
loose-snow avalanche
[geo]
[geo]
loose stuff
loose suture
[geo]
[bio]
lopadolith
loparite
lopezite
lophophore
[bio]
[min]
[min]
[bio]
lophophytous
[bio]
lophotrichous
[bio]
lopolith
[geo]
Lorac
[geo]
loran
[geo]
lorandite
loranskite
Lorentz factor
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Lorentz-polarizacin factor
[geo]
lorenzenite
lorettoite
[min]
[geo]
lorica
[geo]
loseyite
losing stream
lss
lost (of) circulacin
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lost
lost
lost
lost
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mountain
river
strata
stream
Lotharingian
[geo]
lotharmeyerite
lotrite
lottal
[min]
[min]
[geo]
louderback
[geo]
louderbackite
loudounite
loughlinite
loupe
lourenswalsite
louver
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[bio]
lovchorrite
lovdarite
love arrow
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Lovenian system
[bio]
Love wave
[geo]
lovozerite
low [beach]
[min]
[geo]
low [geomorph]
low [meteorol]
low [struc geol]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
low albite
low and ball
[min]
[geo]
low-angle cross-bedding
[geo]
lorenzenita = ransayita
lorettoita (mineral de Pb-Cl de posible
origen humano)
lorica, pared en valva de
diatomea/recubrimiento tubular en
tintnidos..
Loseyita
corriente afluente
Loess, variante alemana
prdida de lodos, (sondeos) por
fisuras, poros,
cerro testigo = m. isla
ro desecado/ r. que desaparece (carst)
estratos ausentes
corriente perdida = sumidero de Carso
= arroyo seco en zona rida
Lotaringiense, en Jurasico Inf (sobre
Sinemuriense bajo Pliensbac.)
Lotharmeyerita
lotrita = pumpellita
lottal, mezcla arcillosa acuosa en
movimiento en laderas
residuo colada lava en bloque fallalimitado por plano deslizamiento
louderbackita = roemerita
loudounita
loughlinita
lupa
Lourenswalsita
Louver, 'persiana' placa tabique
transversal en arqueoc.
lovchorrita mosandrita
Lovdarita
cristales aciculares de rutilo = flecha
de amor
sistema Loveniense, en estudios
sistemat. de equinoides y edrioast.
ondas Q (ssmica geofs. terrestre) =
ondas Love
Lovozerita
oleaje de fondo = swale [playa] /
depresin, hoya, hoyo
teso redondeado [geomorf] (trm Esc)
depresin metereolgica [meteorol]
z. de mnimos [geol estruc] (trm gen)
- cuenca estruc, sinclinal
albita de baja temp
bajo y pelota' - (n. descriptivo) barra
costera, y fosa paralela
estratificacin cruzada de bajo-ngulo
(<20)
low-angle fault
[geo]
low-angle thrust
low chalcocite
lweite
low-energy coast
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
low-energy environmente
[geo]
lower
lower apez of fold
lower beach
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lower bend
lower break
lower core
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lower course
lower crustal layer
lower foreshore
lowering
lowering the casing
lower keriotheca
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
lower
lower
lower
lower
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
Paleolithic
plate
reaches
tectorium
Lower Volgian
[geo]
low flow
[geo]
[geo]
low geologic
low-grade
[geo]
[geo]
low-grade metamorphism
low grade zone
low island
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
low-K
lowland
lowland moor
low-latitude desert
low level bog
low magnesian calcite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
low marsh
[geo]
low melting
lowmoor bog
[geo]
[geo]
lowmoor peat
[geo]
low oblique
[geo]
low-pass filter
[geo]
low-pressure area
low quartz
low-rank graywacke
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
low-rank metamorphism
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lowstand wedge
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
low tide
low-tide delta
[geo]
[geo]
low-tide platform
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
low-velocity-layer correccin
[geo]
low-velocity zone
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
low-water datum
[geo]
loxochoanitic
[bio]
loxoclase
loxodrome
loxodromic curve
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
LPG
LS-tectonite
[geo]
[geo]
L-tectonite
luanheite
lublinite
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
lubricating layer
lubricites
lucasite-(Ce)
lucid atrite
lucinite
lucinoid
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[bio]
liddenite
Lders lines
[min]
[geo]
Ludfordian
[geo]
Ludhamian
[geo]
Ludian
[geo]
ludlamite
ludlockite
Ludlovian = Ludlow
[min]
[min]
[geo]
ludwigite
lueneburgite
lueshite
luetheite
luff
lugarite
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
luhite
[geo]
Luisian
[geo]
lujavrite
[geo]
lum
lumachelle
[geo]
[geo]
lumen
[bio]
lumen pore
[bio]
lumina
luminescence
[geo]
[geo]
lump
lump coal
[geo]
[geo]
lump graphite
lumping
lump ore
lump peat
lumpy
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lunabase
[geo]
lunar
lunar caustic
lunar day
lunar geology
lunarite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lunarium
[bio]
lunar landing
lunar meteorite
lunar microcrater
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lunar playa
[geo]
lunar regolith
lunar soil
lunar tide
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lunar varnish
[geo]
lunate bar
[geo]
lunate fracture
lunate mark
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lunate sandkey
[geo]
luncart
lundyite
[geo]
[geo]
lunette
[geo]
lung
lungfish
lunitidal interval
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
lunker
[geo]
lunoid furrow
[geo]
lunokite
lunula
[min]
[bio]
lunule
[geo]
lunulitiform
[bio]
lurain
lusakite
luscladite
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Lusitanian
[geo]
lusitanite
[geo]
luster
luster mottling [ign]
luster mottling [sed]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lustrous coal
lusungite
lutaceous
lutecite
Lutetian
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
lutite
[geo]
lutyte
luv-side
luxullianite
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
luzonite
LV
LVL
LVZ
LW
L wave
lychnisc
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
lycopod
lycopsid
Lydian stone
[bio]
[bio]
[geo]
lydite
lyell
[geo]
[geo]
lying side
lying wall
lyn
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
lun'okita
lnula, marca en media luna, en
selenizona, gaterpodos
lnula, rea cordada curvada en bival./
apertura testa equinoid
lunulitiforme, colnias discoidales o
cnicas de brioz.
terreno lunar = lureno
lusakita, variante estaurolita con Co
(uso no reconocido) luscladita, teralita
de olivino o essesita; sin hornb
Lusitaniense, Jursico Sup. (sobre
Oxford- bajo Kimmerid)
lusitanita, sienita de albita de color
oscuro, con anfib.sdico
lustre, brillo
brillo moteado [ign], en r. poikilticas
brillo moteado [sed], en superf. de
arenisca cementada de calcita
carbn satinado
Lusungita
lutcea, r. formada a partir de barro
lucecita = lutecina, calcedonia fibrosa
Luteciense, Eoceno Medio (sobre
Ypresiense, bajo Bartoniense)
mtodo de datacin lutcio-hafnio,
para min. con tierras raras
lutita, (n gen) r, consolidadas de
arcilla- silt; + agua dan barro
lutyta, variante de lutita
lado de barlovento de un mdano
luxulianita, granito con fenocrist. de
feld. K, Q, turmalina
Luzonita
LV = valva izquierda
LVL = capa de baja velocidad
LVZ = zona de baja velocidad
LW = bajamar, aguas bajas
ondas L = ondas superficiales
lcnisca, tipo de hexactina dictional
(espcula de esponja)
licopodio, una pteridofita [botnica]
licpsido, un licopdio [botnica]
Lidita, basanita roca ldiense, roca de
Lidia, una variedad de jaspe
lidita, basanita
dep. imperfectamente estratif. entre till
y arcilla/bloque roca- en iceberg
yacente, piso, muro
muro, piso, yacente
poza, charca, balsa; var (escocesa) de
lin
lynchet
[geo]
lyndochite
[min]
lyonsite
lypes
lyrula
[min]
[geo]
[bio]
lysimeter
[geo]
lysocline
[geo]
lyssacine
lytomorphic
M
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
Ma
manderkarren
[geo]
[geo]
maar
[geo]
Maastrichtian
[geo]
macadam
macadam effect
[geo]
[geo]
macadam sub-base
macallisterite
macaluba
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
macaulayite
macconnellite
macdonaldite
macedonite [mineral]
macedonite [rock]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
maceral
[geo]
maceration
[geo]
MacEwan crystallite
[geo]
macfallite
macfarlanite
[min]
[min]
macgovernite
Machaeridia
[min]
[bio]
machatschkiite
machine coal mining
machine drilling
mach wave
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
macigno
[geo]
mackayite
mackelveyite
mackerel sky
Mackereth sampler
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
mackinawite
mackinstryite
mackintoshite
macle [cryst]
macle [mineral]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
macled [cryst]
macled [mineral]
[geo]
[geo]
maconite
macphersonite
macquartite
macrinite
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
macromacro-axis
[geo]
[geo]
macrochoanitic
[bio]
macroclastic
[geo]
macroc1astic rock
[geo]
macroclimate
[geo]
macrococcolith
macroconch
macrocrystalline
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
macrodome
[geo]
macroevolution
[geo]
macrofabric
macrofacies
[geo]
[geo]
macrofauna
[geo]
macroflora
[geo]
macrofossil
[geo]
macrofragmental
[geo]
macrograined
[geo]
macrohabitat
[geo]
macroite
[geo]
macrolinear
[geo]
macrolithology
[geo]
macromeritic
[geo]
macromolecule
[geo]
macromutation
[geo]
macronucleus
[bio]
macrophagous
[geo]
macrophyric
[geo]
macrophyte
macropinacoid
macroplankton
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
macropolyschematic
[geo]
macropore
[geo]
macroporocarp
macroporous
macroporphyritic
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
macropygous
[geo]
macrorelief
[geo]
macrosclere
[bio]
macroscopic
[geo]
macroseism
[geo]
macrospore
[bio]
macrostrain
macrostresses
macrotectnics
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
macrotherm
[bio]
macrotidal
[geo]
[geo]
macula [paleont]
[bio]
maculose
[geo]
macusanite
[geo]
mad water
made land
[geo]
[geo]
madder dye
madocite
madreporite
[geo]
[min]
[bio]
madupite
[geo]
madupitic lamproite
[geo]
maelstrom
[geo]
maenaite
[geo]
Maeotian
[geo]
Maestrichtian
[geo]
mafelsic
[geo]
mafic
[geo]
mafic front
mafic index
[geo]
[geo]
mafic margin
[geo]
mafite
mafraite
[geo]
[geo]
mafurite
[geo]
magadiite
magadiniform
[min]
[geo]
magbasite
magellaniform
[min]
[geo]
magelliform
[bio]
maghagendorfite
maghemite
magin
[min]
[min]
[geo]
magma
[geo]
magma blister
[geo]
magma chamber
[geo]
magma column
magma klerosis
[geo]
[geo]
magma province
magma reservoir
[geo]
[geo]
magma series
[geo]
magmatic
[geo]
magmatic arc
[geo]
magmatic
magmatic
magmatic
magmatic
magmatic
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
assimilation
corrosion
deposit
differentiation
dissolution
magmatic emanation
[geo]
magmatic evolution
[geo]
[geo]
magmatic segregation
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
magmatic stoping
magmatic water
[geo]
[geo]
magmatism
[geo]
magmatist
[geo]
magmatite
magma type
[geo]
[geo]
magmosphere
[geo]
magnacycle
[geo]
magnacyclothem
[geo]
magnafacies
[geo]
magnesia alum
magnesia mica
magnesian calcite
magnesian dolomite
magnesian hornfelds
magnesian limestone
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
magnesian marble
[geo]
magnesian spar
magnesioarfvedsonite
magnesioaxinite
magnesiocarbonatite
magnesiochromite
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
magnesiocopiapite
magnesioferrite
magnesioludwigite
magnesioriebeckite
magnesite
magnesium astrophyllite
magnesium calcite
magnesium-chlorophoenicite
magnesium front
magnesium number
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
magnesium-zippeite
magnet
[min]
[geo]
magnetic aftereffect
[geo]
magnetic anisotropy
[geo]
magnetic azimuth
[geo]
magnetic balance
[geo]
magnetic basement
[geo]
magnetic bearing
[geo]
magnetic bottle
[geo]
magnetic chron
[geo]
magnetic cleaning
[geo]
magnetic compass
magnetic crochet
magnetic declination
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
magnetic dip
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
magnetic elements
[geo]
magnetic epoch
[geo]
magnetic equator
[geo]
magnetic-field intensity
magnetic-field line
[geo]
[geo]
magnetic-field strength
[geo]
magnetic flux
[geo]
magnetic-flux line
[geo]
magnetic force
[geo]
magnetic hysteresis
[geo]
magnetic inclination
magnetic induction
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
magnetic latitude
[geo]
magnetic lineation
magnetic meridian
[geo]
[geo]
magnetic moment
[geo]
magnetic needle
[geo]
magnetic north
magnetic order
[geo]
[geo]
magnetic path
[geo]
magnetic permeability
[geo]
[geo]
magnetic poles
[geo]
magnetic potential
magnetic prospecting
[geo]
[geo]
magnetic pyrites
magnetic quiet zone
[min]
[geo]
magnetic recording
magnetic resonance
magnetic reversal
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
magnetic signature
[geo]
magnetic spherule
[geo]
magnetic stability
magnetic storm
[geo]
[geo]
magnetic stratigraphy
[geo]
magnetic stringers
[geo]
magnetic survey
[geo]
magnetic susceptibility
magnetic variation
[geo]
[geo]
magnetic viscosity
[geo]
magnetic washing
magnetism
magnetite
magnetitite
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
magnetization
[geo]
magnetocrystalline anisotropy
[geo]
magnetogram
[geo]
magnetograph
[geo]
magnetohydrodynamics
[geo]
magnetoilmenite
[geo]
magnetometer
[geo]
magnetometric resistivity
method
[geo]
magnetoplumbite
magnetopolarity unit
[min]
[geo]
magnetopolarity zone
[geo]
magnetosphere
[geo]
magnetostratigraphic
classification
magnetostratigraphic
classification
magnetostratigraphic
reversal horizon
magnetostratigraphic
transition zone
magnetostratigraphic
unit
[geo]
polarity
[geo]
polarity-
[geo]
polarity-
[geo]
polarity
[geo]
magnetostratigraphic polarity
zone
[geo]
magnetostratigraphic unit
[geo]
magnetostratigraphy
[geo]
magnetostriction
[geo]
magnetotelluric method
[geo]
magnetotelluric sounding
magnetozone
[geo]
[geo]
magnification
magnioborite
magniophilite
magniotriplite
magniphyric
magnitude [geomorph]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
magnitude [seis]
magnocalcite
magnochromite
magnocolumbite
magnoferrite
magnolite
magnophyric
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
magnophorite
magnussonite
Mahalanobis distance
[min]
[min]
[geo]
main carina
[bio]
main crater
main deep
maindenhair tree
main gangway
main haulage road
main joint
mainland
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
main level
main lode
main partition
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
main scarp
[geo]
main shaft
main shock
[geo]
[geo]
main stem
[geo]
main stream
main trough
[geo]
[bio]
maitlandite
majakite
major earthquake
[min]
[min]
[geo]
major elements
[geo]
major fold
[geo]
majorite
major joint
major septum
[min]
[geo]
[bio]
makatea
[geo]
makatite
make
[min]
[geo]
makhtsh
[geo]
mkinenite
malachite
malacofauna
malacolite
malacology
[min]
[min]
[bio]
[min]
[bio]
magnoforita
magnussonita
distancia Mahalanobis, medida
multivariable de la no similaridad
carina principal, en conodontos
pectiniformes
crter principal
fosa principal
arbol ginko
galera principal
galera principal de extraccin
diaclasado principal
continente/ regin elevada y seca
cercana al agua
nivel principal
filn principal, veta madre
particin principal, tabique radial en
testa de foraminfero
escarpe principal, en el eje de un
deslizamiento de ladera
pozo principal o maestro
terremoto mayor de una secuencia =
sacudida ssmica principal
ramal principal = curso p. de una
coriente
corriente principal
fosa principal en conodontos
pectiniformes / sulcus en dinof
maitlandita = torogummita
majakita
terremoto principal, > 7 en escala de
Richter
elementos -principales -mayores = e.
conservativos, no reactivos
pliegue principal, a gran escala o
dominante
Majorita
diaclasado maestro = d. principal,
septum mayor, una septa secundaria
de esqueleto coralino
(trm polinesio), borde levantado de
arrecife de coral
Makatita
(trm coloquial) acumulacin de
mineral en una veta
(trm Israel) crater de erosin, e. de
domo estructural
Mkinenita
Malaquita
malacofauna = fauna de moluscos
malacolita = dipsido
malacologa, estudio de los moluscos
malacoma
[bio]
malacon
malacostracan
[min]
[bio]
malanite
Malaspina glacier
[min]
[geo]
malayaite
malaysianite
[min]
[geo]
malchite
[geo]
maldonite
[min]
male cone
malenclave
[geo]
[geo]
malezal swamp
[geo]
malignite
[geo]
malinowskite
[min]
malladrite
mallardite
Mallard's constant
[min]
[min]
[geo]
Mallard's law
[geo]
malleable
[geo]
Malm
[geo]
malmstone
[geo]
malpais
[geo]
malthacite
[geo]
Malthusian principle
[geo]
malting coal
mamelon [paleont]
[geo]
[geo]
mamelon [volc]
[geo]
mamlahah
[geo]
mammal
[geo]
mammillary [mineral]
[geo]
mammillary [speleo]
[geo]
mammillary hill
[geo]
mammillary structure
[geo]
mammillated surface
[geo]
mammoth
mammothite
manaccanite
manandonite
manasseite
mancusanite
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
mandarinoite
mandchurite
[min]
[geo]
mandelstone
mandible
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
mandibular palp
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mangan
[geo]
manganandalusite
manganapatite
manganarsite
manganaxinite
manganbabingtonite
manganbelyankinite
manganberzeliite
manganblende
manganese alum
manganese epidote
manganese-hrnesite
manganese nodule
manganese-shadlunite
manganese spar
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
manganhumite
manganite
mangan-neptunite
manganocalcite
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
manganochromite
manganocolumbite
manganolangbeinite
manganolite [mineral]
manganolite [rock]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
manganomelane
[geo]
manganophyllite
manganosite
manganostibite
manganotantalite
manganotapiolite
manganpyrosmalite
Mangapanian
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
mangerite
[geo]
mangrove coast
mangrove swamp
[geo]
[geo]
maniculifer
[geo]
manhole
manjak
manjiroite
man-made shoreline
mannardite
Manning equation
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
mansfieldite
mantienneite
mantle [cryst]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
mantle [geol]
mantle [interior Earth]
[geo]
[geo]
mantle [paleont]
[geo]
mantle canal
[bio]
mantle cavity
[bio]
mantle-crust mix
[geo]
mantled
[geo]
manganhumita
manganita = mena gris de Mn
mangano-neptunita
manganocalcita; variante de
rodocrosita con Ca/ var calcita con Mn
Manganocromita
manganocolumbita
manganolangbeinita
rodonita = manganolita
manganolita [roca], r. de minerales de
Mn
psilomelana = manganomelana (n.
usar); trmino de campo
Manganofilita
manganosita
manganoestibita
manganotantalita
manganotapiolita
manganopirosmalita
Mangapaniense, Pleistoceno medio
(sobre Waipipi.-bajo Nakama.)
mangerita (n. usar), miembro serie
charnoquita, como monzonita
costa de manglares
pantano, marisma, cinaga, de
manglares
maniculifera, crura de braquip.
derivada de la tipo radulfera
sima
variante de asfaltita; en Barbados
Manjiroita
lnea artificial de costa
Mannardita
ecuacin Manning; velocidad en canal
abierto de flujo uniforme
Mansfieldita
mantienneita; paulkerrita de Al
envoltura crist. [crist], zona externa en
cristal zonado; recrecimiento
manto de recubrimiento [geol]
manto terrestre [interior Tierra], bajo
la corteza -sobre nucleo
palio, manto, lbulo, repliegue,
recubrimiento, mantillo [paleont]
canal del manto, sinus palial en
braquipodos
cavidad del manto, cmara palial en
braquipodos
roca mezcla manto-corteza, una
tipologa rocosa
recubierto de un flujo- colada- de
cenizas
[geo]
mantle of waste
mantle plume
[geo]
[geo]
mantle rock
mantle source volume
[geo]
[geo]
manto
[geo]
manus
[bio]
map
map algebra
[geo]
[geo]
map collar
[geo]
map convolution
[geo]
map face
[geo]
map grid
[geo]
mapimite
map measurer
map migration
mappability
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mapping
mapping angle
map projection
map reading
map series
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mar
[geo]
marais
[geo]
Marathonian orogeny
[geo]
marble
marble crust
marble quarry
marcasite [gem]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
marcasite [mineral]
march
[min]
[geo]
March model
[geo]
marching dune
[geo]
mare
[geo]
marebase
[geo]
mare basin
marekanite
[geo]
[geo]
mare material
[geo]
maremma
[geo]
Maremmian
mareogram
mareograph
mare ridge
mare's tail
mareugite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
margaritasite
margarite
[min]
[geo]
margarite [ign]
[geo]
margarite [mineral]
margarodite
[geo]
[min]
margarosanite
marginal basin
[min]
[geo]
marginal chamberlet
marginal channel
marginal conglomerate
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
marginal cord
marginal crevasse
[bio]
[geo]
marginal
marginal
marginal
marginal
marginal
marginal
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
deep
escarpment
explosion crater
fault
furrow
granule
marginal groove
[bio]
marginalia [cart]
[geo]
marginalia [paleont]
[geo]
[geo]
marginal lagoon
[geo]
marginal lake
marginal moraine
marginal nunatak
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
marginal plain
[geo]
marginal plate
marginal plateau
[bio]
[geo]
marginal polje
[geo]
marginal probability
[geo]
marginal rampart
marginal reserves
[geo]
[geo]
marginal rim
[bio]
marginal ring
[bio]
[geo]
marginal sea
[geo]
marginal selvage
[geo]
marginal spine
[bio]
marginal suture
[bio]
marginal trench
marginal through
marginal zone
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
marginarium
[bio]
[bio]
margo
[bio]
maria
[geo]
marialite
maricite
maricopaite
marienbergite
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
marignacite
marigram
[geo]
[geo]
marigraph
[geo]
marination
marine abrasion
[geo]
[geo]
marine arch
[geo]
marine bands
[geo]
marine bank
marine bench
marine biology
marine bridge
marine-built
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
marine-built platform
[geo]
marine-built terrace
[geo]
marine cave
marine cliff
marine climate
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
marine-cut
[geo]
marine-cut bench
marine-cut platform
marine-cut terrace
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
marine-deposition coast
[geo]
marine ecology
marine-erosion coast
marine erratic
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
marine-flooding surface
marine geodesy
marine geology
marine gravity
marine ice sheet
marine invasion
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
marine limit
marine marsh
Marine Observation Satellites
marine onlap
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
marine peneplain
[geo]
marine placer
[geo]
marine plain
[geo]
marine plane
[geo]
marine platform
[geo]
marine salina
[geo]
marine snow
marine stack
marine swamp
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
marine terrace
[geo]
marine time
[geo]
marine transgression
[geo]
marin grns
[geo]
marining
mariposite
maritime
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
maritime climate
maritime plant
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mark
[geo]
marked end
marker [seis]
[geo]
[geo]
marker [stratig]
[geo]
marker band
[geo]
marker bed
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
marker point
[geo]
markfieldite
[geo]
marking
[geo]
Markov process
[geo]
marl
marlaceous
marl ball
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
marl biscuit
marlekor
marlite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
marl lake
marloesite
[geo]
[geo]
marl pebble
marl pit
marl slate
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
marlstone
[geo]
marly
marlyte
[geo]
[geo]
marmatite
marmolite
Marmorian
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
narmorize
marne
marokite
Marplatan
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
marquise cut
[geo]
marrite
marscoite
[min]
[geo]
Marsden chart
[geo]
Marsden square
[geo]
marsh
[geo]
Marshall line
marsh bar
[geo]
[geo]
marsh basin
[geo]
marsh creek
[geo]
marsh gas
marshite
marsh lake
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
marsh ore
[geo]
marga
margoso
pelota - bola-de marga/ canto
-guijarro- de marga
galleta de marga = bizcocho algal
arcilla - calcrea- aluvial concrecionada
marlita (poco u), marga dura
resistente al aire
lago de fondo margoso
marloesita (uso n rec), r. extrus. como
traquita alterada
galleta -guijarro plano- de marga
gredal
pizarra de marga (trm Ingl); no es
una verdadera pizarra
marlstone / oolta sidertica/ lutita
calcrea
margoso
margosita, trm obsoleto para pizarra
con laminacin imperfecta
marmatita = cristofita
marmolita, variante crisotilo
Marmoriense,Ordov. Med. (Chaciense,
sobre Whiter., bajo Ash.)
formarse marmol, marmorizar
marga (en francs)
Marokita
Marplatiense = Uquiense (final
Plioceno, Tras Chap.-bajo Ensen.)
talla marquesa, variante de la talla
brillante- gemologa
Marrita
marscoita, (trm poco u.), roca gnea
intrus. Q. Feld. -mesost. de gabro
Mapa Marsden, de datos
metereolgicos
cuadrcula Marsden, (cada 10),
basada en proyec. Mercator
marjal, pantano, pantanal, sin
formacin de turba
lnea de Marshall = l. de andesita
barra de la marjal, caballn estrecho
arenoso, lado hacia el mar
cubeta de marjal, depresin entre
bancos formados por corrientes
cala de marjal, canal de drenaje en
marjal salino
gas de pantanos = metano
Marshita
lago de la marjal/ l. -casi -cubierto- de
vegetacin acutica
hierro de los pantanos
marsh pan
[geo]
marsh peat
[geo]
marsh shore
[geo]
marshy
marsturite
Marsupialia
[geo]
[min]
[bio]
martensitic transformation
[geo]
marthozite
martinite
[min]
[min]
martite
marubia
masafuerite
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
masanite
[geo]
mascagnite
mascon
[min]
[geo]
mashing
[geo]
maskeeg
maskelynite
[geo]
[geo]
masking
[geo]
maslovite
masonite
masonry dam
masonry shaft
mass balance/budget
mass defect
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mass efect
mass erosion
[geo]
[geo]
mass heaving
[geo]
massicot
massif
massive [eco geol]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
massive [ign]
[geo]
massive [meta]
[geo]
massive [mineral]
[geo]
massive [paleont]
[geo]
[geo]
massive [sed]
[geo]
massive ore
massive sulfide deposit
[geo]
[geo]
mass movement
mass number
mass property
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mass
mass
mass
mass
mass
spectrograph
spectrometer
spectrometry
spectroscopy
spectrum
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mass susceptibility
mass transfer
mass transport [oceanog]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mass wasting
[geo]
master cave
master curve
[geo]
[geo]
master joint
master lode
master map
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
master stream
master wind
mastigoneme
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mastodon
[geo]
masutomilite
masuyite
mat of vegetation
matched terrace
material sorting
maternal zooid
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
mathematical geography
[geo]
mathematical geology
[geo]
mathewrogersite
mathiasite
matildite
matlockite
matraite
matric potential
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
matrice
matrix [gem]
[geo]
[geo]
matrix
matrix
matrix
matrix
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[ign]
[ore dep]
[paleont]
[sed]
matrix [stat]
[geo]
matrix porosity
[geo]
matrix rock
matrix support
[geo]
[geo]
matrosite
[geo]
mattagamite
matterhorn
[min]
[geo]
matteuccite
mattock
matulaite
Matura diamond
mature [geomorph]
mature [sed]
matureland
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mature plain
mature region
mature soil
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mature stream
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
maturity [sed]
[geo]
maturity [streams]
[geo]
maturity [topog]
[geo]
maturity index
[geo]
Matuyama Chron
[geo]
maucherite
maufite
Maui-type well
mauzeliite
mawbyite
Maw-sit-sit
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
mawsonite
maxilla
maxilliped
[min]
[bio]
[bio]
maxillule
[bio]
maximum [geophys]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
maximum slope
maximum unit weight
[geo]
[geo]
maximum water-holding
capacity
maxwell
[geo]
Maxwell liquid
[geo]
Mayaian
[geo]
mayaite
[geo]
mayenite
Maysvillian
[min]
[geo]
maze cave
[geo]
mazzite
mbobomkulite
mboziite
mbuga
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
mcallisterite
[min]
[geo]
mcauslanite
mcbirneyite
mcconnellite
mcgillite
mcgovernite
mcguinessite
m-charnockite
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
mckelveyite
mckinstryite
mcnearite
md
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
M-discontinuity
M-domains
meadow ore
meadow peat
meagre
meagre clay
meagre coal
mealy
meander amplitude
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
meander belt
[geo]
meander breadth
[geo]
meander core
[geo]
meander cusp
[geo]
meander cutoff
[geo]
meandering stream
[geo]
meandering valley
meander line
meander lobe
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
meander neck
[geo]
meander niche
[geo]
meander plain
[geo]
meander scar/scarp
[geo]
meander-scar terrace
[geo]
mcauslanita
mcbirneyita
mcconnellita
mcgillita
mcgovernita
mcguinessita
m-charnockita, con mesopertita como
nico feldesp
mckelveyita
mckinstryita
mcnearita
md = milidarcy (unidad derivada de la
Ley de Darcy, permeabilidad)
discontinuidad-M (de Mohorovicic)
dominios M, dominio rico en mica
hierro de los pantanos
turba de pantanos, turba de pradera
escaso, reducido, seco, rido
arcilla magra
carbn pobre en voltiles
Harinoso
amplitud del meandro, distancia entre
puntos de mxima curvatura..
barra del meandro, en la zona interna
de la curva
cinturn de meandro, reas sometidas
a la variacin del meandro
anchura del meandro, distancia entre
lneas que limitan su cinturn
centro del meandro, isla de roca,
espoln del 'cut-off'
cspide del meandro, cspide de
terraza
cut-off del meandro, curva abandonada
del meandro
corriente meandriforme, serpenteante
o divagante
valle serpenteante
itinerario topogrfico en zig-zag
lbulo del meandro, lengua de terreno
elevado del meandro
cuello del meandro, banda estrecha
tierra entre dos limbos
nicho del meandro, nicho de pared; en
cuevas, por erosin fluvial
llanura del meandro, creada por su
accin, o por acrecin lateral
cicatriz o escarpe del meandro, por
accin de la antigua ruta
terraza del escarpe del meandro,
terraza alternada
meander scroll
[geo]
meander shifting
meander spur
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
meander terrace
[geo]
meander train
meandroid
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
measured ore
measurement while drilling
[geo]
[geo]
measures
[geo]
mechanical analysis
[geo]
mechanical clay
[geo]
mechanical erosion
mechanical layer thickness
[geo]
[geo]
mechanical loader
mechanically layered rocks
[geo]
[geo]
mechanical metamorphism
[geo]
mechanical sediment
mechanical seismograph
mechanical stage
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mechanical twin
[geo]
mechanical weathering
[geo]
medaite
medano
medial
medial moraine
median
median carina
median diameter
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
[bio]
median fin
median lamina
[geo]
[bio]
median mass
[geo]
median moraine
median muscle
median section
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
median septum
[bio]
median stress
median sulcus
median suture
median valley
medical geology
medicinal spring
mediglacial
[geo]
[bio]
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Medinan
[geo]
mediophiric
mediosilicic
[geo]
[geo]
mediterranean
[geo]
mediterranean
mediterranean
mediterranean
mediterranean
climate
delta
sea
suite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Medithermal
[geo]
medium bands
[geo]
medium-bedded
medium boulder
medium -bright attritus
medium clay
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
desintegracin mecnica =
meteorizacin fsica = desagregacin
Medaita
medano = duna de arena
medio, de dimensiones medias
morrena mediana
mediano, del medio
carina media, en algunos decpodos
dimetro medio del tamao de
partculas en sedimentos
placa dorsal media, en crustceos
filocridos
aleta media
lmina media, en algunos briozoos
estenolem.
macizo intermedio; en cinturones
orognicos simtricos
morrena intermedia
msculo medio
seccin media, en testa de
foraminferos
septo medio, en interior valva de
braquip.
esfuerzo medio
sulco medio, en valva de ostrcodo
sutura media, en trilobites
valle de rift
geologa mdica
fuente medicinal
mediglacial = formado entre pocas de
glaciarismos
Medinan (obsoleto) Alexandriense,
Silr. Inf.(sobre Richm.-bajo Clint.)
mediofdico
mediosilcica (roca) = intermedia
(roca)
mediterrneo/ sinnimo obsoleto de
mesogeosinclinal
clima mediterrneo
delta mediterrneo
mar Mediterrneo
Suite mediterrnea, roca gnea con
alto contenido de K
Meditermal, final del Holoceno con
fuerte bajada de temperaturas
bandas- fajas- medias (de vitrita, de
dos a cinco centmetros)
capas de un tamao medio
bloque, entre 512-1024 mm
atrito semibrillante
arcilla, de 1/1024 a 1/ 512mm de
tamao medio de particula
medium-crystalline
[geo]
medium-grained
[geo]
medium-K
medium lobe
medium pebble
medium range forecast
medium sand
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
medium silt
[geo]
medium textured
medium-volatile bituminous
coal
medmontite
[geo]
[geo]
medulla
[bio]
medullary shell
medusa
meerschaum
megamegabarchan
megabias
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
megabreccia
[geo]
megacanthopore
[bio]
megacell
megacyclotema
megaclast
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
megaclone
[bio]
megacryst
megacrystalline
megacyclothem
megaevolution
megafabric
megafacies
megafauna
megaflora
megaflow mark
megafossil
megagametophyte
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mega-geomorphology
[geo]
megagrained
[geo]
[min]
megagroup
[geo]
megalineament
[geo]
megaloplankton
[geo]
megalospheric
[bio]
megalump
[geo]
megaphyric
[geo]
megapore
[geo]
megaporphyritic
megarhizoclone
[geo]
[geo]
megaripple
[geo]
megasclere
[bio]
megascopic
[geo]
megashear
[geo]
megasporangium
[geo]
megaspore
[bio]
megatectnica
[geo]
megatherm
[geo]
Megathermal
megathermal
[geo]
[geo]
megayear
megazone
megerliiform
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
Meigens reaction
[geo]
meimechite
[geo]
meinzer
meiofauna
[geo]
[geo]
meionite
meixnerite
meizoseismal
[min]
[min]
[geo]
mela-
[geo]
melaconite
melagabbroid
[min]
[geo]
melanchym
[geo]
melanellite
[geo]
melange [gem]
[geo]
melange [sed]
[geo]
melanic
melanite
[geo]
[geo]
melanocerite
melanocratic
[min]
[geo]
melanoidin
[geo]
melanophlogite
melanophyre
[min]
[geo]
melanosome
[geo]
melanostibite
melanotekite
melanothallite
melanovanadite
melanterite
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
melaphyre
[geo]
melasome
melatope
[geo]
[geo]
mle
[geo]
melikaria
[geo]
melilite
melilite basalt
[min]
[geo]
melilite nephelinite
[geo]
melilitite
[geo]
melilitolite
[geo]
meliphanite
melkovite
mellilite
mellite
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
melaconita
melagabroide, gabroide con pl/
(pl+px+ol) de 10 a 35
melanquima, sustancia hmica
compleja
melanelita, porcin insoluble de la
melanquima
melange = mezcla de diamantesdistintos tamaos >0.2 q.[gemol]
mlange [sed], cuerpo rocoso
cartografi. de , comp., en matriz
melnico = melanocrtico
melanita = pireneita, variante titnica
de andradita
melanocerita
melanocrtico, de color oscuro;
aplicado a roca gnea ricas en mficos
melanoidinos, componentes orgnicos
pardos, insolubles
melanoflogita
melanfido, trm.gen., de campo,en
roca gnea porfd. oscura + mesosta
melanosoma, parte oscura de
migmatita, rica en min. Mficos
melanostibita = melanoestibita
melanotequita
melanotalita
melanovanadita
melanterita = vitriolo verde = v. de
hierro = copperas
melfido = basalto alterado del
Carbonfero - Prmico. (obsoleto)
melasoma = melanosoma
melatopo, punto negro de la isogira ;
en ejes pticos-cristalog
mle = 'mezclados'. Diamantes
facetados redondos pequeos
melicria, estructura esqueletal de
cuarzo
melilita
basalto de melilita (obsoleto) =
melilitita
nefelinita de melilita, con + de 0 y - de
10% de ortosilicato de Ca
melilitita, roca gneavolc. Con + del
90% de melilita ; = melmafita
melilitolita, roca gnea Plut. Con
melilita dominante
melifanita
melkovita
melilita
melita
mellorite
[geo]
melmafite
[geo]
melnikovite
melonite
melonjosephite
melt [gem]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
melt [petrology]
melteigite
[geo]
[geo]
melting away
melt-freeze grains
[geo]
[geo]
melting spot
[geo]
melt metamorphism
[geo]
melting metamorphism
[geo]
melt-out till
[geo]
meltwater
[geo]
meltwater deposits
member
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
membranelle
[bio]
membranimorph
[bio]
membraniporiform
[bio]
membranous sac
[bio]
menaccanite
[min]
Menap
[geo]
Menapian
[geo]
mendeleyevite
[min]
m-enderbite
[geo]
mendip
[geo]
mendipite
mendozavilite
[min]
[min]
mendozite
meneghinite
Menevian
[min]
[min]
[geo]
mengwacke
[geo]
mengxianminite
menillite
meniscus
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
meniscus cement
[geo]
Meotian
[geo]
Meramecian
[geo]
meraspid
[geo]
meraspis
[geo]
Mercalli scale
[geo]
mercallite
Mercator chart
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Mercator projection
[geo]
Mercator track
[geo]
mercury barometer
mer de glace
[geo]
[geo]
mere [coast]
[geo]
mere [lake]
merenskyite
mergifer
[geo]
[min]
[bio]
meridian hole
[geo]
meridian line
[geo]
meridional
[geo]
meridional convergence
[geo]
meridional difference
meridional part
meridional projection
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mendozita
meneghinita
Meneviense, Cmbrico Medio -Inglat.
(sobre Solv.-bajo Maentw.)
mengwaca, una 'wacka' con el 3390 % de materiales inestables
mengxianminita
menilita, variante palo de color pardo
menisco, superficie lquida curvada por
capilaridad
cemento del menisco, tipo de cemento
precipitado en zona badosa
Meotiense, Mioceno Sup.(bajo
Sarmatiense, sobrePontiense)
Merameciense, Mississippiense Sup.
(sobre Osag., bajo Chester.)
meraspido, de meraspis- trilob. joven pigdio y cefa. diferenciado
meraspis, trilobite joven con pigdio y
cefaln diferenciados
escala Mercalli, e. arbitrria de
intensidad ssmica
mercallita
mapa dibujado con la proyeccin
Mercator
proyeccin equiareal Mercator = p.
sinusoidal
proyeccin Mercator, cilndricoecuatorial
traza Mercator, linea de rumbo en una
proyeccin Mercator
barmetro de mercurio
mer glas (francs) = mar de hielo;
glaciar largo del Pleistoceno
hoya de disolucin/ charca, estanque
[costa] (trm obs)/lindero
laguna, estanque [lago]
merenskyita
mergfera, variante del tipo radulfero
de crura de braquip.
agujero meridiano, poza de polvo en
glaciar-para posicionar el sol
lnea meridiana, intersec.plano
meridiano terrestre-y p. horizonte
meridional = hacia el sur/ movim. o
direccin entre polos de objeto
convergencia meridional =
convergencia de cuadrcula-retculadiferencia de longitud
latitudes crecientes (mapa Mercator)
proyeccin meridional, p. de mapa
acimutal centrada en ecuador
merismite
[geo]
meristele
[bio]
meristem
merlinoite
mero-
[bio]
[min]
[geo]
merocrystalline
merodont
[geo]
[bio]
merohedral
[geo]
merohedral twinning
[geo]
merohedrism
merohedry
[geo]
[geo]
merokarst
[geo]
meroleims
merom
[geo]
[bio]
meromictic lake
[geo]
meromixis
[geo]
meroplankton
[geo]
meropod
[geo]
merostome
[geo]
merostratic unit
[geo]
merosymmetric
merosyncline
[geo]
[geo]
meroxene
[min]
merozone
[geo]
merozonite
[geo]
Merriam effect
[geo]
merrihueite
merrillite
Mersey yellow coal
mertieite
merumite
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
merus
[geo]
merwinite
merzlota
mesa
mesabite
mesa-butte
mesa plain
mesarch
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mesa spring
mesa-terrace
mesenchyme
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
mesentery
[bio]
meseta
mesh [part size]
mesh [pat grd]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mesh number
[geo]
mesh structure
mesh texture
[geo]
[geo]
mesic
[geo]
[geo]
mesilla
mesistele
[geo]
[bio]
mesitis
[geo]
mesitite
mesomesobreccia
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
mesocarp
mesoclade
[geo]
[geo]
mesoclimate
[geo]
mesoconch
[geo]
mesocratic
[geo]
mesocrystalline
[geo]
mesocumulate
[geo]
mesocumulate texture
[geo]
mesoderm
[bio]
Mesogea
[geo]
Mesogean (sea)
mesogene
[geo]
[geo]
mesogenetic
[geo]
mesogeosyncline
mesogloea
[geo]
[geo]
mesograined
[geo]
mesogyrate
[geo]
mesohyle
[geo]
mesokurtic
[geo]
mesolimnion
mesolite
Mesolhitic
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
mesolithion
[geo]
mesomicrocline
[geo]
mesonorm
[geo]
mesopelagic
[geo]
mesopeltidium
[bio]
mesoperthite
[geo]
mesophilic
[bio]
mesophyll
[bio]
mesophyte
[bio]
mesophitic flora
[bio]
Mesophyticum, mesophytic
[bio]
mesoplankton
[bio]
mesopore [paleont]
mesopore [petrology]
[geo]
[geo]
Mesoproterozoic
[geo]
mesopsammon
[geo]
Mesosauria
[geo]
mesoscopic
[geo]
mesosere
[geo]
mesosiderite
[geo]
mesosoma
[geo]
mesosome
[geo]
mesosphere
mesostasis
[geo]
[geo]
mesotheca
mesothem
[geo]
[geo]
mesotherm
[geo]
mesothermal [clim]
[geo]
[geo]
mesothermal [ecol]
[geo]
mesothyridid
[bio]
mesotidal
[geo]
mesotil
mesotrophic lake
[geo]
[geo]
mesotrophic peat
[geo]
mesotrophy
[geo]
mesotype
[geo]
mesoundation
[geo]
Mesozoic
mesozonal pluton
[geo]
[geo]
mesozone
[geo]
mesozooecium
messelite
messenger
[bio]
[min]
[geo]
Messinian
[geo]
metameta-
[geo]
[geo]
meta-aluminite
meta-alunogen
meta-ankoleite
meta-anthracite
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
meta-argillite
meta-arkose
meta-autunite
metabasite
metabentonite
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
metaberyllite
metabituminous coal
[min]
[geo]
metablastesis
[geo]
metaboghead coal
[geo]
metabolite [ecol]
[geo]
metabolite [meteorite]
[geo]
metaboly
[geo]
metaborite
metacalciouranoite
metacaltsuranoite
[min]
[min]
[min]
metacannel coal
[geo]
metacarbonatite
[geo]
metachertz
metacinnabar
metaclase
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
metacolloid
[geo]
metacryst
[geo]
metacrystal
[geo]
metadata
metadelrioite
metadiagenesis
metagenesis [evol]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
metagenesis [sed]
[geo]
metagenic
[geo]
metahaiweeite
metahalloysite
metaharmosis
metaheinrichite
metahewettite
metahohmannite
metajennite
metakahlerite
metakaolinite
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
metakirchheimerite
metakttigite
metal
metal-bearing occurrence
metal-bearing structure
metal content
metal factor
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
metalignitous coal
[geo]
metalimestone
metalimnion
[geo]
[geo]
metallic
metallic accumulation
metallic bond
metalliferous
metallization
metallized hood
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
metallogenetic
metallogenic
[geo]
[geo]
metallogenic element
[geo]
metallogenic epoch
[geo]
metallogeny
[geo]
metallographic province
[geo]
metallo-organic
[geo]
metallotect
[geo]
metallotectonic
[geo]
metallurgy
metalodevite
metal stone
metaluminous
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
metamarble
[geo]
metamict
[geo]
metamictization
[geo]
metamorphic assemblage
metamorphic aureole
metamorphic complex
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
metamorphic convergence
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
metamorphic grade
[geo]
metamorphic overprint
metamorphic rank
metamorphic subfacies
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
metamorphism
[geo]
metamorphite
metamorphosis
[geo]
[geo]
matanauplius
[bio]
metanovacekite
metaparian
[min]
[bio]
metapeltidium
[bio]
metapepsis
metaphyte
metapodosoma
[geo]
[bio]
[bio]
metaprotaspis
[bio]
metaquartzite
[geo]
metarossite
metaschoderite
metaschoepite
metasediment
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
metaseptum
[geo]
metasicula
[bio]
metasideronatrite
metasilicate
[min]
[geo]
metasoma
[geo]
metasomasis
metasomatic
[geo]
[geo]
metasomatic rock
[geo]
metasomatism
[geo]
metasomatite
metasome [geol]
[geo]
[geo]
metasome [paleont]
[bio]
metaspondyle
[bio]
metastable relict
metastasis [meta]
[geo]
[geo]
metastasis [tect]
metastasy
[geo]
[geo]
metaster
[geo]
metastibnite
metastoma
metastome
metastrengite
metastudtite
metaswitzerite
metatarsus
metatect
[min]
[bio]
[bio]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[bio]
[geo]
metatectite
metatexis
[geo]
[geo]
metatexite
[geo]
metatheca
[geo]
metathenardite
metatorbernite
metatrophic
metatyuyamunite
meta-uranocircite
meta-uranospinite
metavandendriesscheite
metavanuralite
metavariscite
metavauxite
metavivianite
metavolcanics
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
metavoltine
metaxite [mineral]
[min]
[geo]
metaxite [sed]
metaxylem
[geo]
[bio]
metazellerite
metazeunerite
Metazoa
meteor
meteor crater
meteoric [meteorite]
meteoric [water]
[min]
[min]
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
meteoric iron
[geo]
meteorite flux
[geo]
meteoritics
[geo]
meteorogram
[geo]
meteoroid
[geo]
meteorolite
meteorologic tide
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
meter rod
metes and bounds
[geo]
[geo]
methane
[geo]
methane series
[geo]
methanogens
[geo]
metharmosis
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
metric carat
meulerization
[geo]
[geo]
meyerhofferite
meymacite
meymechite
MF
MG
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mGal
mgd
[geo]
[geo]
mgriite
MHHW
MHW
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
MHWN
[geo]
MHWS
[geo]
MI
miagite
[geo]
[geo]
mianthite
[geo]
miargyrite
miarolithite
[min]
[geo]
miarolitic
[geo]
miaskite
[geo]
mica book
[geo]
micaceous arkose
micaceous iron ore
[geo]
[geo]
micaceous
micaceous
micaceous
micaceous
mica fish
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
kimberlite
quartzite
sandstone
shale
mica plate
[geo]
micarelle
[min]
mica-rich domains
[geo]
mica schist
mica-trap
michenerite
micracanthopore
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[bio]
micrinite
[geo]
micrinoid
[geo]
micrite
[geo]
micrite envelope
[geo]
micritic limestone
micritization
[geo]
[geo]
microaerophilic
[geo]
microanalyzer
[geo]
microaphanitic
microatoll
[geo]
[geo]
microbial biscuit
[geo]
microbialite
microbial laminite
[geo]
[geo]
microbial mat
microbiofacies
[geo]
[geo]
microbiostratigraphy
[geo]
microbreccia
[geo]
microclastic
[geo]
microclastic rock
[geo]
microcline
microclina- pertita
microclinite
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
micrococcolith
microcodium
[geo]
[geo]
microcontinent
[geo]
microcoquina
[geo]
microcorrugation
microcosmic salt
microcracks
microcrater
micro cross-lamination
microcryptocrystalline
microcrystal
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
microcrystalline
[geo]
microdelta
[geo]
microdolomite
[geo]
microearthquake
[geo]
microelement
microeutaxitic
[geo]
[geo]
microevolution
[geo]
microfabric
[geo]
microfacies
[geo]
microfauna
microfelsitic
microflora
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
microfold
microforaminifera
microfossil
microfracture
microfragmental
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
microgal
[geo]
microgametophyte
micro-gas survey
[geo]
[geo]
microgeography
[geo]
microgeology
[geo]
microgour
[geo]
micrograined
[geo]
microgranitic
microgranular [ign]
[geo]
[geo]
microgranular [paleont]
[geo]
microgranular [sed]
micrograph
[geo]
[geo]
micrographic
[geo]
microgroove cast
microhabitat
microhardness
microhill
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
microindentation hardness
[geo]
microkarst
Microlaterolog
[geo]
[geo]
microlinear
[geo]
microlite [cryst]
[geo]
microlite [mineral]
microlith
microlithofacies
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
microlithology
[geo]
microlithon
[geo]
microlithotype
[geo]
microlitic
[geo]
Microlog
[geo]
micromeritics
[geo]
micrometeorite
[geo]
micrometeorite crater
[geo]
micrometer
[geo]
micromineral
[geo]
micromoon
[geo]
micron
[geo]
micronucleus
[geo]
micro-oil
[geo]
micro-ophitic
[geo]
micropaleontology
micropegmatite
[geo]
[geo]
micropegmatitic
[geo]
micropellet
microperthite
microperthitite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
micropetrological unit
microphagous
[geo]
[geo]
microphotograph
[geo]
microphyllous
microphyric
[geo]
[geo]
micropiracy
microplankton
[geo]
[geo]
microplate
micropoikilitic
[geo]
[geo]
micropore
[geo]
microporosity
[geo]
microporphyritic
micropulsation
[geo]
[geo]
micropygous
[geo]
micropyle
[bio]
microquartz
[geo]
microradiograph
[geo]
microrelief
[geo]
microresistivity log
[geo]
microrhabd
[bio]
Microsauria
[bio]
microsclere
[bio]
microscope stage
microseism
[geo]
[geo]
microsere
[geo]
microsolifluction
[geo]
microsommite
microspar
[min]
[geo]
microsparite
[geo]
microspheric
[geo]
microspherulitic
[geo]
microsphorite
[geo]
microsporangium
[bio]
microspore
[bio]
microstriation
[geo]
microstructure
[geo]
microstylolite
[geo]
microtectonic
microtektite
[geo]
[geo]
microtherm
[geo]
microthermal
[geo]
microtopography
[geo]
microtwinning
[geo]
microvitrain
[geo]
microwave
[geo]
microXANES
[geo]
mictite
[geo]
[geo]
mid-bay bar
midden [arch]
midden [sed]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
midden [soil]
[geo]
middle [geochron]
middle [stratig]
[geo]
[geo]
middle band
[geo]
middle diagenesis
middle ground
[geo]
[geo]
middle lamella
[bio]
[bio]
middle latitude
[geo]
middle-latitude desert
[geo]
middle limb
[geo]
middle Paleolithic
middle rib
middle Stone Age
midfan
midfan mesa
midland
mid-latitude rain forest
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mid-ocean canyon
mid-oceanic-ridge basalt
[geo]
[geo]
mid-ocean ridge
[geo]
mid-ocean rift
mid-ocean rise
[geo]
[geo]
midpoint
midrange
[geo]
[geo]
midrib
[bio]
midstream
midvein
midwater trawl
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Midwayan
[geo]
miemite
[min]
miersite
Mie scattering
[min]
[geo]
Mie theory
[geo]
migma
[geo]
migmatite
[geo]
migmatitization
migmatization
[geo]
[geo]
migrating
migrating
migrating
migration
migration
dip
dune
inlet
[ecol]
[geomorph]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
migration [petroleum]
[geo]
migration [seis]
[geo]
migration [streams]
[geo]
migration of divide
[geo]
migratory dune
miharaite
Milankovitch curve
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Milankovitch theory
[geo]
milarite
Milazzian
[min]
[geo]
mil
mild climate
mile
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
milieu
[geo]
miliolid
[bio]
milioline
[geo]
miliolite
[geo]
military geology
milk opal
milky quartz
Milky Way
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
miersita
dispersin de Mie, reflexin mltiple
ondas de luz por atmsf
teora de Mie, de dispersin de radiac.
electromag. por partculas
migma, mezcla movil de materiales de
r. slida con magma
migmatita, r. de metamorf. de medio a
alto grado
migmatitizacin = migmatizacin
migmatizacin, formacin de
migmatita
restitucin del buzamiento
duna emigrando
bocana que se desplaza
migracin [ecol]
migracin [geomorf], movimiento de
caracteres topog
migracin [petrleo], desde su r. de
origen
migracin ssmica [ss] = formacin de
imgenes, en ssmica
migracin [corrientes], desplazamiento
de corrientes (..meandros)
desplazamiento de divisorias (- de
aguas)
mdano movil
miharaita
curvas de Milankovitch, referentes a
radiacin solar en una latitud
teora de Milankovitch, sobre la
glaciacin
milarita
Milazziense (obsoleto), Pleistoceno
Sup. (sobre Siciliense, bajo Tirren.)
milsima de pulgada
clima suave
milla (1,6035 km la terrestre y 1,8532
la marina)
entorno, el medio (p.ej. ..en el que se
desarrolla..)
mililido, foraminfero de la fam.
Miliolidae
miliolina, parecido a foraminf. fam
Miliolinae
miliolita, caliza de grano fino de origen
elico
geologa - para uso -militar
palo de leche
cuarzo lechoso
Via Lctea
milled ring
[geo]
millepore
[geo]
Miller-Bravais indices
Miller cylindrical projection
[geo]
[geo]
Miller indices
[geo]
millerite
[min]
millet-seed sand
[geo]
mill-hole mining
millibar
millidarcy
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
milligal
[geo]
milling ore
[geo]
milling system
[geo]
[geo]
millosevichite
mill-rock
[min]
[geo]
millstone
[geo]
millstone grit
mima mound
[geo]
[geo]
mimetene
mimetesite
mimetic [cryst]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
mimetic [evol]
mimetic [struc petrol]
[geo]
[geo]
mimetic crystallization
[geo]
mimetite
mimicry
[min]
[geo]
minable
minal
[geo]
[geo]
minamiite
[min]
[min]
[geo]
minasgeraisite-(Y)
minasragrite
Mindel
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
Mindel-Riss
[geo]
mine
mine adit
mine and sinker
mine cage
mine car
mine coal
mine dam
mine depth
mine dewatering
mine dial
mine diggings
mine dump
mine earth
mine face
mine filling
minehillite
mine hoist
mine opening
mineragraphy
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mineral
mineral aggregate
mineral assemblage
mineral association
mineral -bearing
mineral belt
mineral blossom
mineral blue
mineral caoutchouc
mineral charcoal
mineral deposit
mineral disintegration
mineral economics
mineral facies
mineral fat
mineral fiber
mineral field
mineral filler
mineral gotten
mineral in place
mineralization [ore dep]
mineralization [paleont]
mineralize
mineralizer
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
minasgeraisita-(Y)
minasragrita
Mindel, segunda glaciacin, Pleistoceno
(sobre Gnz, bajo Riss)
Mindel-Riss, segundo periodo
interglaciar, Pleistoceno
mina
socavn
mina submarina y sumergidor
jaula de mina
vagoneta
extraccin de carbn
cerramiento (minas)
inmersin de la mina submarina
desage de mina
brjula minera
labores mineras
escombrera
yacimiento de mineral de hierro
frente (minas)
relleno de mina
minehillita
maquina de extraccin
labores mineras de preparacin
(trm obs) mineragrafa, estudio de
fases opacas minerales
mineral
agregado mineral
asociacin mineral
asociacin mineral
que contiene un determinado mineral
zona minera
cuarzo drsico, en drusas
azul de montaa, azurita en polvo
elaterita
fuseno, en carbones
yacimiento, criadero, depsito mineral
desintegracin mineral
economa mineral
facies mineral
sebo mineral, hatchettina
fibra mineral
concesin, cuenca minera
relleno mineral
mineral- carbn- extraido
mineral en criadero
mineralizacin [dep de mena]
mineralizacin- fosilizacin [paleont]
mineralizar, convertir en mineral
mineralizador, gas o fluido que
mineraliza
mineral lands
[geo]
mineral lineation
[geo]
mineral matter
mineral monument
[geo]
[geo]
mineral occurrence
mineralogic
mineralogical
mineralogical phase rule
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mineralogic maturity
[geo]
mineralogist
mineralography
mineralogy
mineraloid
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mineral
mineral
mineral
mineral
mineral
mineral
mineral
mineral
mineral
pigment
pitch
raised
reserves
resin
resources
right
rod
sands
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mineral
mineral
mineral
mineral
sequence
shows
soap
soil
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mineral spring
mineral streaking
mineral survey
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mineral
mineral
mineral
mineral
mineral
mineral
mineral
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
tallow
tar
time
vein
water
wax
wedging
mineral winding
[geo]
mineral wool
[geo]
mineral zone
mineral zoning
mine refuse
minerogenetic
minerogenic
minerotrophic peat
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
miner's auger
miner's inch
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mine tin
minette
[geo]
[geo]
mine waste
minge
mingle
minguzzite
miniature atoll
miniature lagoon
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
minibasin
[geo]
minimum [geophys]
[geo]
[geo]
minimum-delay wavelet
minimum detectable power
minimum pendulum
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
minimum phase
minimum-phase wavelet
[geo]
[geo]
minimum slope
minimun thermometer
minimum-time path
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mining
mining
mining
mining
mining
mining
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
minium
by blasting
claim
engineering
geology
subsidence
[geo]
minnesotaite
minor element
[min]
[geo]
minor elements
[geo]
minor fold
minor metal
[geo]
[geo]
minor planet
[geo]
minor scarp
[geo]
minor septum
minrecordite
minus-blue photograph
[bio]
[min]
[geo]
minus-cement porosity
minus sight
[geo]
[geo]
minute
minyulite
miocrystalline
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
miogeocline
[geo]
miogeosyncline
[geo]
miohaline
miomagmatic zone
miospore
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
miosynthem
[geo]
miothermic
[geo]
mirabilite
mirage
mire
miring
mirror glance
mirror image
mirror plane of symmetry
mirror stereoscope
mirror stone
miry
miry ground
mischungskorrosion
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
miscibility gap
miscible
misclosure
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
minnesotaita
elemento menor = e. en trazas/
oligoelementos
elementos menores, solutos en agua
marina = e. no conservativos
pliegue menor o secundario
metal menor, con poca demanda
comercial
planeta menor = asteroide
(astronoma)
escarpe menor, en los deslizamiento de
laderas
septo menor, en arrecifes de coral
minrecordita
fotografa sin-azul, f. en blanco y negro
y con filtro de azules
porosidad sin cemento
nivelada hacia delante (nivel.
topogrfica)/ visual hacia atrs (topo)
diminuto, pequeo
minyulita
miocristalino = hialocristalino =
semicristalino
miogeoclinal, cua prograda., sed. de
aguas somera-borde contine
miogeosinclinal, geosincli. con vulcan.
no asociado a sedimentacin
miohalina, salobre
zona miomagmtica = miogeosinclinal
mioespora, grano de espora menor de
200 micrmetros (trm arbi)
miosintema, sintema pequeo (trm
no usado )
miotrmico, de condiciones de temp.
terrestre que prevalecen
mirabilita
espejismo
cenagal, lodazal
fosilizacin por enlodamiento
wehrlita
imagen especular
plano de simetra especular
esptereoscopio de espejos
mosvovita
fangoso
terreno fangoso
disolucin del carbonato Ca por 2
aguas con diferente qumica
intervalo de miscibilidad
miscible
error de cierre (topog)
mise a la masse
[geo]
misenite
miserite
misfire
misfit
misfit stream
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mispickel
Mississippian
Mississippi Valley- type deposit
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
Missourian
[geo]
missourite
[geo]
mist
mis-tie
[geo]
[geo]
misy
[geo]
mistral
mitridatite
mitscherlichite
mix-crystal
mixed ages
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
mixed assemblage
mixed-base crude
[geo]
[geo]
mixed breccia
mixed crystal
mixed current
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mixed cut
[geo]
mixed dike
mixed dislocation
[geo]
[geo]
mixed eruption
[geo]
mixed flow
[geo]
mixed gneiss
mixed layer
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mixed-layer mineral
[geo]
mixed-mode crack
[geo]
mixed ore
mixed peat
mixed tide
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mixed volatile
[geo]
mixed water
[geo]
mixing
mixing coefficient
mixing dissolution
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mixing
mixing
mixing
mixing
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
layer
length
ratio
zone cave
mixite
mixolimnion
[min]
[geo]
mixoperipheral growth
[bio]
mixotrophic
[geo]
mixtite
[geo]
mixtum
mixture dissolution
[geo]
[geo]
mizzle
mizzonite
MLLW
MLW
MLWN
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
MLWS
MMR
[geo]
[geo]
MM scale
[geo]
Mn
[geo]
mo
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
moat [streams]
[geo]
mena mixta
turba mixta
marea mixta, con 2 mareas altas y 2
mareas bajas en un da
unidad topoestrtica mixta, con lmites
litolgicos y paleontolg
voltil mixto; en sistemas roca- fluidoes de ms de una especie
agua mixta (juvenil y meterica)/ a.
rica en cloruros y sulfatos
mezcla
coeficiente de mezclado, intercambio
disolucin por mezclado, del carbonato
por 2 aguas distinta compo
capa de mezcla
longitud- distancia-de mezcla
proporcin de lo mezclado
cueva de zona de mezclado, de 2
aguas de distinta composicin
mixita
mixolimnion, zona- 1/2 acutico
lentico meromictico con circulacin
crecimiento mixoperifrico, en valvas
de braquipodos
mixotrfico, organismo que se nutre
con 2 mecanismos auto-heter
mixtita = diamictita, r. sed. grano
grueso, sin considerar su origen
mixtum = mixtita no consolidada
disolucin por mezcla, de carbonatos
por aguas de distinta compos
llovizna, orvallo
mizonita
MLLW = bajamar media ms baja
MLW = bajamar media
MLWN = marea muerta media ms
baja
MLWS = marea viva media ms baja
MMR = mtodo de resistividad
magnetomtrico
Escala MM = escala de Mercalli
modificada
Mn = alcance medio / amplitud media
(mareas)
(trm Suecia),'harina de roca', limo
glacirico
foso glaciar [geol glac]
fosa marina [geol marino]
laguna que separa arrecife barrera de
costa [arrecife]
lago de meandro abandonado (cutoffoxbow) [corrientes]
moat [volc]
[geo]
[geo]
moat lake
[geo]
moberg
[geo]
mobile belt
mobile component
[geo]
[geo]
mobility
[geo]
mobilizate
[geo]
mobilization
[geo]
Mocha stone
[geo]
mock
mock
mock
mock
mock
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
bondstone
lead
moon
ore
sun
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
modal diameter
[geo]
modderite
mode
[min]
[geo]
mode [petrology]
[geo]
mode [stat]
[geo]
mode I crack
[geo]
mode II crack
[geo]
[geo]
model
modelling
[geo]
[geo]
model scale
[geo]
mode of arrangement
mode of occurrence
moderate breeze
moderate-energy coast
moderately pitched
moderate sea
moderately sorted
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
modern carbon
modern evolutionary fauna
[geo]
[geo]
modified drift
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
modulated structure
[geo]
modulus
[geo]
modulus of compression
[geo]
modulus of elasticity
[geo]
modulus of incompressibility
modulus of rigidity
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
modumite
[geo]
moel
[geo]
mofette
[geo]
mofettite
[geo]
mogote
[geo]
mohavite
Mohawkian
[min]
[geo]
mohite
Mohnian
[min]
[geo]
Moho
[geo]
mohole
[geo]
Mohorovicic discontinuity
[geo]
disposicin, distribucin
yacimiento, modo de presentarse
viento bonancible (grado 4)
costa de moderada-energa
con inclinacin moderada
marejada fuerte, mar gruesa (grado 5)
moderadamente ordenado, (en
sedimentologa)
carbono moderno = c. contemporneo
fauna evolutiva moderna, marina,
durante Mesozico y Cenoz
acarreos glaciricos estratificados
(gradados)
escala de Mercalli modificada
proyeccin poli -cnica modificada
(uso no reconocido) modlibovita,
polcenita sin monticellita, con biotita
estructura modulada, en disposiciones
atmicas cristalinas
mdulo, escala geomtrica que define
el espacio de una cueva
mdulo de compresibilidad =
compresibilidad
mdulo de elasticidad = m. elstico =
m. de e. de volumen
mdulo de incompresibilidad
mdulo de rigidez = m. de elasticidad
en cizalla = m. de cizalla
mdulo de elasticidad de volmenes =
m. de elasticidad
modumita, esexita o anortosita claras
con bitow. pir. anfib. biot
cerro redondeado con vegetacin en la
cima. (trm de Gales)
mofeta, fumarola de anh. carbnico y
agua
mofetita, gas natural de dixido de
carbono y agua
mogote, cerro de caliza de lados
empinados, en llanura de aluvin
mohavita = tincalconita
Mohawkiense, Ordovcico Medio (sobre
Chazien., bajo Cinncin.)
mohita
Mohniense, Mioceno med-sup (sobre
Luisien., bajo Repettiense)
Moho, abreviatura de discontinuidad de
Mohorovicic
perforacin hasta discontinuidad e
Mohorovicic
Discontinuidad de Mohorovicic, separa
corteza inferior del manto
Mohr circle
Mohr envelope
[geo]
[geo]
mohrite
Mohr-Knudsen method
[min]
[geo]
mohsite
Mohs scale
moil
moire (cart)
moire [mineral]
moissanite
moist playa
moisture
moisture capacity
moisture content
moisture content [coal]
moisture content [soil]
moisture deficiency
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
moisture-density curve
[geo]
moisture-density test
[geo]
moisture equivalent
moisture index
[geo]
[geo]
moisture meter
molar
molarity
molasse
molasse sandstone
mold [paleont)
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mold [sed)
[geo]
Moldavian
[geo]
moldavite [astron]
[geo]
moldavite [mineral)
moldering
[geo]
[geo]
moldic porosity
[geo]
mole
[geo]
molecular clock
[geo]
molecular paleontology
[geo]
molecular proportion
[geo]
mole fraction
molera
mole track
mollic epipedon
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Mollisols
molluscivorous
[geo]
[geo]
molluscoid
[bio]
mollusk
[geo]
Mollweide projection
[geo]
molt
molten
moluranite
molybdate
molybdenite
molybdenite-3R
molybdic ochrer
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
molybdite
molybdofornacite
molybdomenite
molybdophyllite
molysite
moment
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
moment magnitude
moment map
[geo]
[geo]
moment measure
[geo]
moments
moment tensor
[geo]
[geo]
monacanth
[geo]
monactine
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
monadnock berge
[geo]
monadnock phase
[geo]
monalbite
[geo]
monaxial
monaxon
[geo]
[bio]
monazite
monazite-(La)
moncheite
monchiquite
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
mondmilch
[geo]
monetite
mongolite
mongshanite
monheimite
moniliform
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
moniliform wall
[bio]
monimolimnion
[geo]
monimolite
monk rock
monkey
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
monkey drift
monmouthite
[geo]
[geo]
monobasic
monocentric
[geo]
[bio]
monochromatic illuminator
[geo]
monochromatic light
monochromator
monoclinal
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
monoclinal nose
monoclinal flexure
monoclinal scarp
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
monoclinal shifting
[geo]
monocline
monoclinic sistema
monocolpate
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
Monocot, monocotyledon
monocrepid
[bio]
[bio]
monoecious
[bio]
monofacies
[geo]
monogene
[geo]
monogenetic
[geo]
monogenic
monogeosyncline
[geo]
[geo]
monoglacial theory
[geo]
monographic burst
monograptid
[geo]
[bio]
monohedron
monohydrocalcite
monolete
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
monolith
[geo]
monomaceral
[geo]
mononict breccia
monomictic [lake]
[geo]
[geo]
monomictic [sed]
[geo]
monomineralic
monomorphic
monomyarian
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
Monongahelan
[geo]
monophyletic
[bio]
Monoplacophora,
monoplacophoran
[bio]
monopleural
monopodial
[bio]
[bio]
monoporate
[bio]
monopyroxene
Monorhina
monosaccate
[geo]
[bio]
[bio]
monoschematic
[geo]
monosomatic chondrule
[geo]
monofacies, en formaciones
uniformemente reductoras
mongena = monogentico = roca
gnea con un solo mineral
monogentico, de una nica fuente de
formacin
monognico = monogentico
monogeosinclinal = fosa geos. nica a
lo largo de borde continental
teora del monoglacial; que no hubo
fases interglaciales
explosin 'monogrfica'
monogrptido, graptolito de fam
Monograph.
monoedro, forma cristalina
monohidrocalcita
monolete, espora embrioftica con una
lesura de una lnea o marca
monolito, pieza entera de roca de
varios metros de larga
monomaceral, microlitotipo de carbn
de un nico maceral
brecha mononctica, b. monominerlica
monomctico [lago], con un sola
circulacin libre anual, en verano
monomctico [sed], r. sed. formadas de
un solo min
monominerlico
monomrfico
monomiarios, molusco bivalvo con un
solo msculo posterior
Monongahelense, Pennsilvaniense Sup
(sobre Conem. Bajo Dun.)
monofiltico, derivado de un
antepasado comn
monoplacforos, monoplacoforo,
moluscos con una concha similar a una
lapa, perteneciente a clase
Manoplacfora
monopleural, en graptolito escandente
monopodial, teniendo un eje principal
de crecimiento
monoporado, granos de polen con un
solo poro [botnica]
monopiroxeno = clinopiroxeno
Monorrinos, subclase de Agnatos
monosacado, grano de polen con una
sola vescula [botnica]
monoesquemtico, dep. min. con una
textura uniforme
cndrulo monosomtico, c. de un solo
cristal
monostomodaeal
[bio]
monostratum
monostromatic
[geo]
[geo]
monosulcate
monothalamous
monothem
monothermite
monothetic
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Monotremata
[geo]
monotrichous
[geo]
monotrophic
[geo]
monotropy
[geo]
monotypic
[geo]
monroe
[geo]
monrolite
mons
[min]
[geo]
monsmedite
monsoon
[min]
[geo]
monster
[geo]
monstrosity
[geo]
Montanan
montane
montanite
montan wax
montbrayite
montdorite
montebrasite
Monte Carlo method
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
monteponite
monteregianite
montesit
montgomeryite
Montian
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
monticellite
monticle
monticule [geomorph]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
monoestomodeal, estomodeos de
plipos clrales escleract.
monoestrato, una capa aislada
monoestromtico, tejido foliceo de
una sola capa de clulas
monosulcado = monocolpado (polenes)
monotalmico = unicular
monotema, unidad cronoestratigrfica
monotermita, min. de caolinita
monottica, clasificacin basada en
una sola o pocas caracterst
Monotremados, orden nico de
mamferos, subclase Prototerios
monotricos, bacterias con un solo
flagelo en un polo
monotrfico, que se alimenta de un
solo tipo de comida
monotropa, relacin entre dos formas
diferentes de = sustancia
monotpico, taxn que incluye un solo
taxn
terraplen pequeo de barro, en llanos
de marea en regiones fras
monrolita
mons, palabra para montaas de otros
planetas
monsmedita
monzn, vientos cuya direc. cambia
con las estaciones
monstruo, organismo con formas
exageradas estraas a l
monstruosidad, parte de organis. con
fuerte desviacin de formas
Montaniense, Cretcico Sup. americano
montano = subalpino = alpestrino
montanita
ozoquerita, bitumen slido
montbrayita
montdorita
montebrasita
mtodo de Monte Carlo, proceso de
muestreado aleatorio
monteponita
monteregianita
montesita
montgomeryita
Montiense, Paleoceno (sobre Daniense,
bajo Thanetiense)
monticellita
montculo
montculo, cono volcnico secundario
[geomorf]
monticule [paleont]
[geo]
montiform
montmartrite
montmorillonite-saponite
montrealite
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
montroseite[mineral]
montroseite [sed]
montroyalite
montroydite
monument [geomorph]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
monument [surv]
[geo]
monumental peak
monumented upland
[geo]
[geo]
monzodiorite
monzogabbro
monzogranite
monzonite
monzonorite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Moody diagram
[geo]
mooihoekite
moolooite
moonmilk
[min]
[min]
[geo]
moonquake
[geo]
moonscape
Monnshine
[geo]
[geo]
moonstone
[geo]
moon tide
moor
[geo]
[geo]
moor coal
moored mine
mooreite
moorhouseite
moorish
mooring
Moorish dome
moorland
moorland pan
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
moorland peat
moorpan
[geo]
[geo]
moor peat
moorstone
moorum
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
moory
mopungite
mor
moraesite
morainal
morainal apron
morainal channel
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
morainal plain
morainal stuff
morainal topography
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
moraine
moraine
moraine
moraine
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
kame
lodge
loop
plateau
moraine rampart
[geo]
morainic
morainic debris
moralla
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
morass
morass ore
morassic
MORB
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mordenite
[min]
moreauite
morelandite
morencite
morenosite
morganite
morinite
morion
morlop
morozeviczite
morphocline
morphogenesis
morphogenetic
morphogenetic region
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
morphogenetic zone
morphogeny
[geo]
[geo]
morphographic map
[geo]
morphography
[geo]
morphologic region
[geo]
[geo]
morphologic series
[geo]
morphologic species
[geo]
morphologic unit
[geo]
morphology [geomorph]
morphology [meteorite]
morphology [paleont]
morphology [soil]
morphometrics
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
morphometry[geomorph]
[geo]
morphometry [lake]
morphosculpture
[geo]
[geo]
morphosequence concept
[geo]
morphosequent
[geo]
morphospace
[geo]
morphospecies
[geo]
morphostratigraphic unit
[geo]
morphostructure
[geo]
morphotectnica
[geo]
morriner
[geo]
morro
Morrowan
[geo]
[geo]
Morsumian
[geo]
mortar bed
[geo]
mortar structure
[geo]
zona morfogentica
morfognia = morfologa interpretativa
de regin = geomorfognia
mapa morfogrfico = diagrama
fisiogrfico
morfografa, morfologa descriptiva de
regin = geomorfografa
regin morfolgica, por su paisaje,
litologa, estructuras rocosas.
concepto de secuencia morfolgica = c.
de morfosecuencia
serie morfolgica, de fsiles que varan
en algo particular entre s
especies morfolgicas, basadas solo en
caractersticas morfolg
unidad morfolgica, reconocible por su
caracter topogrfico
morfologa [geomorf] = geomorfologa
morfologa [meteorito]
morfologa animal [paleont]
morfologa [suelo]
morfomtricos, anlisis estadsticos de
morfologas en organism
morfometra [geomorf], medidas y
anlisis matemat. en geomorf
morfometra lacustre [lago]
morfoescultura, aspecto topog. menor
que morfoestructura
concepto de morfosecuencia = c. de
secuencia morfolgica
morfosecuente, forma que no refleja la
estructura subyacente
morfoespcio, en morf. Terica- formas
posibles de taxn
morfoespcies, espcies reconocidas
solo por su morfologa
unidad morfoestratigrfica, una unidad
Estrat
morfoestructura, aspecto topogrfico
mayor por estruct. geolgica
morfotectnica, interpretacin
tectnica de formas del relieve
esker, montculo estrecho, largo, de
acarreos en aguas del glaciar
morro, colina costera
Morrowiense,Pensilvan. ms inf.
(sobreChester.-Miss., bajo Atok.)
Morsumiense, Mioc Sup-Plioc.Inf.
(sobre Syltiense, bajo Scaldis. )
capa en mortero = estructura
cataclstica = e. en mortero
estructura en mortero
mortar texture
[geo]
Mortensnes
[geo]
mortlake
[geo]
morvan
[geo]
MOS
[geo]
mosaic [geomorph]
mosaico [paleont]
[geo]
[geo]
mosaic [petrology]
[geo]
mosaic [photo]
[geo]
mosaic brecha
[geo]
mosaic structure
[geo]
[geo]
mosandrite
[min]
moschellandsbergite
Moscovian
[min]
[geo]
moscovite
mosor
[min]
[geo]
moss [bot]
moss [eco geol]
moss agate
Msbauer effect
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Mssbauer
[geo]
spectrometer/spectrometry/spe
ctroscopy
Mssbauer spectrum
[geo]
moss coral, moss animal
mossite
[bio]
[min]
moss land
moss peat
moss polyp
mother cell
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
[bio]
mother crystal
[geo]
mother geosyncline
[geo]
motherham
mother lode
mother of coal
mother of emerald
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
mother-of-pearl
mother rock [eco geol]
[geo]
[geo]
motile
mottled grey
mottled ice
mottled limestone
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mottled structure
[geo]
mottling
[geo]
mottramite
Mott Smith gravimeter
motu
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
motukoreaite
mould
mouldered
moulding sand
moulin
moulin kame
moulin pothole
mounanaite
mound
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
mound breakwater
mound spring
mountain and bolson desert
mountain apron
mountain base/basin
mountain blue
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
mountain breeze
mountain building orogeny
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mountain chain/range
mountain climate
mountain cork
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mountain course
[geo]
mountain
mountain
mountain
mountain
mountain
mountain
creek
crystal
flax
flour
folding
glacier
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mountain green
[geo]
mountain group
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
mountain making
mountain meal
mountain milk
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mountain of accumulation
[geo]
mountain of circumdenudation
[geo]
mountain of denudation
mountain of dislocation
[geo]
[geo]
mountainous
mountain paper/soap/waste
mountain pediment
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mountain recesses
mountain ridge
Mountainside, mountain slope
mountain sistema
mountain tallow
mountain- top detritus
mountain tract
mountain wall
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mountain wave
mountain wood
[geo]
[min]
mountant
mounting
mounting gallery
mountkeithite
mourite
mouth [geol]
mouth [paleont)
mouth frame
mouth of the river
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
torrente
cristal de roca, variante cuarzo
lino de montaa, variante de asbesto
harina de montaa, diatomita
plegamiento de montaas
glaciar de montaa, g. alpino, formado
en ladera de montaa
verde de montaa, ocre verde,
malaquita, crisocola
macizo montaoso, agrupacin de
cumbres o de sierras
manto de hielo de pie de monte
mountainita
cuero de montaa, variante de
amianto, crocidolita
orognesis
diatomita, harina fsil, trpoli
leche de montaa, l. de luna (var ligera
de carbonato ccico)
montaa de acumulacin, de material
de la corteza terrestre
testigo residual, cerro testigo, montaa
relicto
montaa de denudacin, cerro testigo
montaa de dislocacin, de
plegamiento o falla
montaoso
Papel/jabn/derrubios de montaa
pedimento o plataforma rocosa al pie
de una montaa
repliegues de la montaa
cumbre de la cordillera
ladera de montaa
sistema montaoso
sebo de montaa, hatchettina
campo de bloques
tramo alto (rios) = tramo de torrentes
pared de montaa, ladera muy
empinada
ola montaosa
madera de montaa = madera de
roca; poligorskita fibrosa
ascendente
Ascendente, marco, soporte, engaste
galera ascendente
mountkeithita
mourita
desembocadura
boca [paleont]
marco de boca
desembocadura del ro
moutonne
[geo]
movable bed
[geo]
movement horizons
[geo]
movement picture
[geo]
movement plan
[geo]
moveout
[geo]
moving average
moving belt
moya
moyite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
moyle
mozarkite
mpororoite
M position
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[bio]
mroseite
MSL
MSS
MTL
M-type granitoid)
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
much-faceted
mucilaginous
muck [mining)
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
muck [sed]
[geo]
mckeite
mucking
muckite
muckle
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
mucks
muck soil
mucro
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mucron
mucronate
[bio]
[geo]
mud [drill]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mud ball
[geo]
mudbank
[geo]
mud belt
[geo]
mud breccia
mud-buried ripple mark
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mud drape
muddy [geomorph]
muddy gravel/sand
mud eater
mud engineer
mud field
mud flat
mud-flat polygon
mudflow [mass move]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mudflow [volc]
mudflow fan
mudflow levee
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mud fluid
[geo]
mud geyser/glacier
mud lava
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mud motor
mud-mound
mud pellet
mud pit
mud polygons
mud pot
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mud pump
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mud-rock flood
[geo]
mudrush
[geo]
mud shaker
mud shale
mudslide
mud socket
mud solution
mud spot
mud stalagmite
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mudstone
mudstone conglomerate
[geo]
[geo]
mudstone ratio
[geo]
mudstream
[geo]
mud-supported
[geo]
mud tongue
mud tuff
mud volcano
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
mud wave
[geo]
mugearite
[geo]
muirite
mukhinite
mull [coast]
mull [soil]
Mllerian law
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
Mller's glass
mullicite
mullion structure
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
mullite
mullitization
mullock
mullock dump
multiband
multicellular
multicoloured
multicycle landscape
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
[geo]
multifossil range-zone
[geo]
multigelation
[geo]
multilocular
multimembrate apparatus
multipartite map
multiple biseries
multiple detectors
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
[geo]
multiple-drift method
multiple-exposure method
[geo]
[geo]
multiple fault
multiple geophones
multiple intrusion
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
multiple shotholes
[geo]
multiple sill
multiple tunnel
multiple twin
multiple vent basalts
multiple working hypotheses
multiplex
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
multiplicity [cryst]
[geo]
multiplicity [seis]
multiply primitive cell
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
multi-ring crater/basin
[geo]
multisaccate
[bio]
multiserial
multispectral data set
[geo]
[geo]
multispectral images
[geo]
multispectral scanner
[geo]
multispectral sistema
[geo]
multispiral
multistory sandbody
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
Multituberculata
[geo]
multivariate
[geo]
multivariate analysis of
variance
multivincular
[geo]
multi-year ice
[geo]
multopost
[geo]
mummeite
mundic
mundick
mundite
mundrabillaite
municipal solid waste
muniongite
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[min]
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
munirite
munro
[min]
[geo]
[geo]
muntenite
muong nong type
[geo]
[geo]
mural deposit
[bio]
mural escarpment
[geo]
muralite
[geo]
mural jointing
mural plate
mural pore
[geo]
[geo]
[bio]
mural ridge
[bio]
mural rim
[bio]
murambite
[geo]
murataite
murbruk structure
[min]
[geo]
[bio]
multiespiral
cuerpos arenosos de varias fases
superpuestos
juego-conjunto -set- de datos
multitemporales, de distintas pocas
Multituberculados = Allotherios,
mamferos hervvoros extintos
multivariado, con ms de dos
propiedades
anlisis multivariado de la varianza =
MANOVA
multivincular, tipo de ligamento de
molusco bivalvo
hielo de muchos aos = hielo antguo,
de ms de 3 m de espesor
(raro. u) multopost = muy posteriores;
procesos en rocas gneas ya
consolidadas
mummeita
mndica = pirita
pirita
mundita
mundrabillaita
desechos slidos municipales
(uso no reconocido) muniongita, r.
hipabisal parecida a tinguaita
munirita
(trm. Esc)colina, + de 900 m alto
separada de otra por depresin
sistema de color Munsell, s. de
clasificacin de los colores
muntenita, variante de ambar
tipo muong-nong, variante masiva,
negra o parda de tectita = indochin
depsito mural, un dep. cameral en
conchas de nautiloideos
acantilado mural, con una ladera casi
vertical
muralita, fiteral del carbn, en algunos
tipos de vitrenos
diaclasas prximas entre s
placa mural = p. compartimental
poro mural, en las paredes de
tabulados y de poliperitos
espinazo mural, en ltimo septo de
cefalpodos ectococleados
borde mural, linea de unin en
gimnocisto de brioz. Queilosto
(uso no reconocido) murambita,
basanita de leucita
murataita
estructura murbruk = e. en mortero
murchisonit
Murderian
[geo]
[geo]
murdochite
muri
[min]
[geo]
muriform
murite
[geo]
[geo]
murmanite
muromantite
murram
[min]
[min]
[geo]
murunskite
murus reflectus
[min]
[bio]
Muschelkalk
[geo]
muscle field
[bio]
muscle platform
[bio]
muscle scar/mark
muscle track
[bio]
[bio]
muscovado
muscovite
Muscovy glass
musgravite
mush
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
mush frost
mushistonite
mushroom rock/ice/diapir
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
mushroom stalagmite
mushy
musical sand
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
muskoxite
mussel
mussel band
mussite
mustard gold
mutant
mutation
[min]
[bio]
[geo]
[min]
[geo]
[bio]
[bio]
mute
[geo]
muthmannite
mutual inductance
[min]
[geo]
mutualism
[geo]
muzgas
MVT
MWL
[geo]
[geo]
[geo]
myBP
[geo]
mycelium
[bio]
mycobiont
[bio]
Mycology
mycorrhiza
[bio]
[bio]
mylonite
[geo]
mylonite gneiss
[geo]
mylonitic structure
[geo]
mylonitization
[geo]
myocyte
[bio]
myodocope
[bio]
myophore
[bio]
myophragm
[bio]
myostracum
[bio]
myriapod
[bio]
myrickite
myrmequita
[min]
[geo]
myrmequita-antiperthite
[geo]
myrmequita-perthite
[geo]
myrmekitic
[geo]
mytilid
[bio]
mytiliform
[bio]
muthmannita
inductancia mutua, en circuitos
elctricos
mutualismo, relacin mutua entre dos
organismos, ambos identific
lenar
MVT = dep. tipo Valle del Mississippi
MWL = nivel medio del agua, nivel de
aguas medias
myBP = millones de aos antes de
Cristo
micelio, red de hifas que es la base
vegetatita de hongos
micobionte, componente fngico de un
liquen
Micologa, estudio de hongos
micorriza, asocin simbitica de raices
de plantas y hongos
milonita, roca de metam. producida en
zona de dislocacin tectnica
neis milontico, entre milonita y
esquisto
estructura milontica, con intensa
microbrechificacin
milonitizacin, milonizacin
formacin de milonita
miocito, clula contractil fusiforme en
esponjas
miodocopo, ostrcodo perteneciente al
orden Myodocopida
miforo, parte de concha adaptada
para fijacin de un msculo
miofragma, protuberancia mediana de
concha secundaria, braquipodos
miostraco = hipostraco, endocutcula
de exoesqueleto
miripodo, artrpodo perteneciente ala
superclase Myriapoda
myrickita
mirmequita, intercrecimiento de
plagioc. y cuarzo vermicular
mirmequita-antipertta,
intercrecimiento de plagioc. + ortoc.
vermicular
mirmequita-pertta, intercrecimiento
microclina + plagioc. vermic
mirmequtica, text. g. microscpica
con intercrecimientos Q+Plg
mitlido, molusco bivalvo de la fam.
Mytilidae
mitiliforme, concha con forma de
zapatilla de molusco bivalvo
myxomycete
[bio]
myxosponge
[bio]