Brèche calcaire

English translation: limestone breccia

11:03 Feb 9, 2016
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general) / Découverte de restes ..
French term or phrase: Brèche calcaire
... partiellement enrobé dans la brèche calcaire ...



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FIROOZEH FARHANG
English translation:limestone breccia
Explanation:
This is a limestone deposit (or rock) composed of broken fragments.

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Greg Irving (X)
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4 +2calcibreccia
liz askew
4 +1limestone breccia
Greg Irving (X)


  

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calcibreccia


Explanation:
https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/1569
Clastic dikes of Heart Mountain fault breccia, northwestern ...
pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1133

by WG Pierce - ‎1979 - ‎Cited by 26 - ‎Related articles
2 Feb 2012 - After fault movement had ceased, much of the carbonate fault breccia, here called calcibreccia, lay loose on the resulting surface of tectonic ..


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sorry,
I believe it is with a hyphen

calci-breccia


Clastic dikes of Heart Mountain fault breccia, ...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=25o_AAAAIAAJ
William Gamewell Pierce - 1979 - ‎Breccia
these bodies usually consist almost entirely of calci- breccia and a few volcanic fragments, although some pods contain numerous small lenses and inclusions of..

liz askew
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agree  Chakib Roula
11 mins

agree  Philippe Barré: "calcibreccia" (no hyphen) = "brèche calcaire" in Comprehensive Dictionary of Earth Science( Moureau & Brace)
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
limestone breccia


Explanation:
This is a limestone deposit (or rock) composed of broken fragments.

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Note added at 1 day22 hrs (2016-02-11 09:48:20 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks for the points. I am happy to be a help.


    Reference: http://www.britannica.com/science/breccia
Greg Irving (X)
Bulgaria
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ronald van Riet: this is far more common than the alternative translation mentioned
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