A Partial Glossary of Spanish Geological Terms ... - Pubs Warehouse

fabrica nf fabric (petrographic) | /. siderurgica
iron works
faceta nf facet (of a gem)
facies nfpl facies | /. abisal abyssal facies | /.
continental continental facies | / costera coastal
facies | /. de agua dulce freshwater facies | /.
eolica aeolian facies | /. fluvial fluvial facies | /.
glacial glacial facies | /. lacustre lacustrine facies
| /. litoral coastal facies | /. marina marine
facies | /. metamorficas metamorphic facies | /.
neritica neritic facies | /. sedimentarias
sedimentary fades | def. facieologic,
facieological
facoidal adj lenticular
facolito nm phacolith, phacolite
factor nm factor | /. comun common factor | /. de
contraction shrinkage factor | /. de escurrimiento
[Col] runoff coefficient | /. deformacion
formattion resistivity factor | /. de grupo group
factor | /. especifico specific factor | /.
volumetrico formation volume factor
faena nf work, labor, task | workings | [Bol, Pe]
unpaid work (a type of corvee) | [Ch] work
gang, shift | /. mineral mine workings
fahlbanda nf fahlband
faja nf belt or zone of rock, mineralization, etc |
band of mineral in a vein | /. petrolifera
petroleum zone
fajado nm prop (of mine timber)
fajeado,-da adj banded
falda nf slope, hillside | wing or leg of a saddle
falsificar el mineral vtr to salt (a mine)
falso,-sa adj false | /. matriz pseudo-matrix | /.
pena false bedrock | /. salto false throw of a
vein or fault
falla nf fault | /. activa active fault | /. acostada
thrust fault | /. antitetica antithetic fault | / casi
vertical de dezplazamiento horizontal wrench fault
| /. conforme conformable fault (to bedding) | /.
corriente strike fault | /. de altoempuje upthrust
fault | /. de ascenso normal fault | /. de
buzamiento dip fault | /. de cabalgamiento
overlap fault | /. de descenso reverse fault | /. de
desgarre strike-slip fault | /. de despegue
detachment fault | /. de desplazamiento
horizontal strike-slip fault | /. de desplazamiento
oblfcuo oblique-slip fault | /. de direccion strike
fault | /. diagonal inclined fault | /. escalonada
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step fault | /. de estratificacion bedding-plane
fault | /. de gravedad gravity fault, normal fault
| /. directa normal fault | /. distributativa step
fault | /. en escalera step fault | /. escalonada step
fault | /. escarpada [Mex] fualt scarp | /. falsa
pseudo-fault, horse | /. girada pivotal fault | /.
gravitacional normal fault | /. horizontal strike-
slip fault | /. inversa reverse fault | /. inversa de
bajo angulo thrust fault, overthrust ] /. lateral
lateral fault | /. marginal boundary fault | /.
normal normal fault | /. por empuje thrust fault
| / por empuje inferior underthrust fault | /.
ramificada branching fault | /. rumbodeslizante
strike-slip fault | /. segun buzamiento dip-slip
fault | /. simple normal fualt | /. sinsedimentaria
synsedimentary fault | /. transformante
transform fault | /. transcurrente strike slip fault
| /. transversal dip fault
fallado,-da adj faulted
fallamiento nm faulting
fallar vtr to fault
fallo nm [Bol] fault deformation
fameniano,-na adj Famennian
fameniense adj Famennian
fanega nf [Me"x] unit of land measure (about 8.8
acres)
fanegada nf unit of area equivalent to 576
estadales (about 6600 square meters) | unit of
capacity of 225 to 555 liters
faneritico,-ca adj phaneritic
fanerocristalino,-na adj phaneritic
faneromero,-ra adj phaneritic
fangal nm marsh, bog
fanglomerado nm fanglomerate
fango nm mud, slime, ooze | sludge | [Isla
Carman, Me"x] layer of black, earthy salt | /. de
glaciar glacial mud or silt | /. mineral slimes
fangoso,-sa adj muddy, silty
faralldn nm [Bol] wallrock | [Pe] outcrop of a
vein
farmacolita nf pharmacolite
farmacosiderita nf pharmacosiderite
fase nm phase
faunico,-ca adj faunal
faunistico,-ca adj faunal
faz nf front, face | /. de laboreo working face
feldespatico,-ca adj feldspathic
feldespato nm feldspar | /. calizo anorthite | /.
de cat anorthite | /. nacarado or opalado adularia
| /. potasico potash feldspar | /. sodico albite | /.
verde claro amazon stone | /. vitreo sanidine