Nov 21, 2007 08:22
16 yrs ago
German term

gestreckte Felsmauern

German to English Science Geology glaciers
Insbesondere entlang der Nordlandküste und auf den Lofoten sind die Berggestalten allseitig derart von Karen angefressen, dass die trennenden Kämme zu schmalen Graten reduziert sind und die Berge, die früher eine Hauben- oder Kegelform hatten, nunmehr als scharfkantige Pyramiden, Trapeze oder lang gestreckte Felsmauern erscheinen.

This is what I have so far:
In particular along the northern coast and in the Lofoten, the mountains are eroded on all sides by corries and so the dividing crests are reduced to narrow ridges and the mountains that used to be dome or cone-shaped now appear as sharp-edged pyramids, trapezoids or stretched walls of rock.

Is there a geological term for this?
Change log

Nov 21, 2007 09:19: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Social Sciences" to "Science"

Proposed translations

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extended walls of rock

Or elongated, or just long. For walls of rock, also cliffs, or pallisades if you need to wax lyrical. I don't think there is a special geological term for this.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-11-21 10:24:57 GMT)
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It has just dawned on me that you are actually describing an arete. I'm not sure that you really need a geological term, because your source text doesn't use geological terms either, only general descriptions. P.S. Weren't you called Scheiblein a short while ago?
Peer comment(s):

agree Steffen Walter
49 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks"
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a long strech of rock-walls


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Note added at 11 hrs (2007-11-21 19:42:15 GMT)
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I meant a long stretch of rock walls.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Steffen Walter : streTch
42 mins
yikes! can't believe it - Thanks Steffen! :) (corrected)
neutral Armorel Young : rock walls
1 hr
Stimmt - thanks, armorel!
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