Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

bolones

English translation:

boulders

Added to glossary by Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Feb 15, 2007 00:59
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term

bolones

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Mining & Minerals / Gems minas auríferas
"Las terrazas aluviales en el proyecto XXX están constituidos [sic] por grandes bolones, bloques, grava, arena fina y limo, lo que dificulta la explotación"

I realize these are big, round or oval stones, but I wonder if there's a particular way to call them. Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 boulders

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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
boul·der /ˈboʊldər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bohl-der] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
a detached and rounded or worn rock, esp. a large one.

Websters.

A geologic investigation of some residual orthoquartzite boulders ...
Large, isolated, silica-cemented orthoquartzite boulders and blocks lie on a ... The boulders and blocks have long interested geologists, but little has ...
jsedres.sepmonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/33/1/53 - Similar pages
Publications
... colonization did not differ between natural boulders and blocks, nor according to the sessile assemblage, or the proximity of other boulders. ...
www.eicc.bio.usyd.edu.au/pubs/?DB=pubs&id=354 - 8k - Cached - Similar pages
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THE ALBION IMPACTOCLASTIC BRECCIA (ALBION DIAMICTITE BED ...
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nous) boulders and blocks derived from secondary. cratering. ... Boulders and blocks are circled. Figure 3. Typical grain-size frequency curve for the ...
www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2003/pdf/1995.pdf - Similar pages
USGS B 2123 -- Surficial Geology
Large areas of coarse cobbles, boulders, and blocks of quartzite and metabasalt are shown (by overprint pattern) as colluvium on Blue Ridge-Elk Ridge and ...
pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2123/surface.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):

agree Enrique Espinosa
3 hrs
Thanks, Enrique!
agree Noni Gilbert Riley : And they certainly get in the way when you want to do something with the land!
6 hrs
Thanks, aceavila!
agree Odette Grille (X)
9 hrs
Thank you, Odette!
agree bigedsenior
18 hrs
Thank you, bigedsenior!
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