Jan 3, 2012 11:10
12 yrs ago
Portuguese term

de difícil entendimento (neste contexto)

Portuguese to English Science Geology
Estudos mostram que o sistema aqüífero Tubarão possui grande complexidade hidrogeológica, haja vista o ambiente deposicional extremamente complexo de seus sedimentos, e a consequente ocorrência de fácies interdigitadas de difícil entendimento espacial e estratigráfico.

Proposed translations

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difficult to understand from a spatial and stratigraphic standpoint.

suggestion
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Obrigada, Sheila!"
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Inexplicable from a spatial and stratigraphic point of view

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Peer comment(s):

disagree Mark Robertson : I might accept the use of explain to translate entender (understand) but inexplicable indicates impossibility not difficulty.
40 mins
It's not the literal translation but it's the sense
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difficult to understand in spatial and stratigraphic terms

HIH
Peer comment(s):

agree Georgia Morg (X)
26 mins
Thank you
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
9 hrs
Thank you
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1 hr

hard to interpret

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Note added at 1 heure (2012-01-03 12:54:04 GMT)
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as in "Layer-thickness determination and stratigraphic interpretation
using spectral inversion: Theory and application"
Charles I. Puryear1 and John P. Castagna1
Peer comment(s):

agree T o b i a s
1 day 3 hrs
Thanks a lot
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