Prof.

Nicolae Anastasiu Dnd-Daniel Manuchian

DICIONAR DE TERMENI GEOLOGICI Sedimentologie-Sisteme depozitionale (ENGLEZ ROMN) A.

accomodation = spaiu disponibil accretionary wedge = Andean-type arc = arc de tip Aldean air-abraded = coroziune Algoma-type iron-formations = ferilite stratificate tip Algoma allocyclic controls, event = alociclic, control a., eveniment alluvial = aluvial alluvial-fan = con aluvial alluvial-flat = pnz aluvial along-strike = de-a lungul direciei anastomozing system = sistem anastomozat antidunes = antidune appareance = fenomen arc = arc arc-related = arc asociat arc crust = arc crustal arcuate fold-thrust belt = artifact = artefact, obiect al omului primitiv, relict ash = cenu a.flow = curgeri de cenu (cineritice) attached lobes = lobi legai (ataai) authigenesis = autigenez autochthonous = autohton autochthonous complex of gabbros = complex gabbroic autohton autocyclic, controls = autociclic, control a. avulsion = avulsie

B.
backarc basin = bazin backarc (de tip backarc) bafflestone = balanced basin = bazin compensat barchane = dune semilunare barrier island = insul barier barite = baritin base level = nivel de baz basement = fundament basin = bazin basin-and-range-type transtensional basin = bazin transtensional de tip bazine-i-catene basin fill = umplutura bazinului basin-floor fan = con bazinal basin to input = bazin de alimentare basin-wide = bazin 1

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bay = golf, baie beach rock = nisipuri cimentate n zone de plaj bed = strat, liton bed boundaries = limitele litonilor (stratelor) bedded jasper = bedforms = forme de fund (din baza curentului) bed load = sarcina (debit) de fund bedding = stratificaie beding = ncovoiere beding by curve parallel simple shear = ncovoiere cu curbare paralel forfecat simplu belt = centur, zon, regiune, strmtoare ngust bindstone = biolithite = biolitit bird foot = picior de pasre black shale = argile negre blocks = blocuri body of water = corp de ap standing body of water = corp de ap stttor boulder = galet, bloc, bolovan, lespede de stnc boulder clay = argil cu blocuri (eratic) boulder period = er glaciar boulder stone = bloc, bolovan, lespede de stnc bolder wall = moren borings = perforii n roci i galei bottom currents = cureni de fund boundstone = bioloitit bottom set = set bazal braidplain deposit = depozite de albie de tip mpletit braided channel deposits = sedimente de canal mpletit braided channel systems = sisteme de canal mpletit braided fluvial = ruri mpletite braided-stream environment = ambian fluvial mpletit sandy braided-stream environment = ambian fluvial mpletit nisipoas break = ruptur, fractur, deschiztur, crptur, despictur, bre breakdown = alterare, accident breccias = brecii boulder = foarte grosier (to) build = a nla, a ridica build-outs = nclecarea build-up = bioconstrucie, acumulare, cretere, dezvoltare (to) build-out = a exonda bulk = structur burial = ngropare burial diagenesis = diagenez trzie, de ngropare progresiv burrows = caneluri colmatate, tuburi colmatate, structuri canaliforme (to) bury = a ngropa

C.
calcic nodules = noduli calcaroi 2

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calcic tubules = forme alungite calcaroase caliche soil = calcret (caliche) carbonate buildups = boconstrucie carbonatic c.platform = platform carbonatic carbonate ramp = ramp carbonatic casts = mulaje de urme symdromous casts = riduri dendritice catchment = bazin de captare, de recepie catchment area = bazin (de ru), bazin tributar, bazin de captare, capcan petrolifer catchment basin = bazin de acumulare a apei (de recepie a precipitaiilor), colector de ap cement = ciment = drusy = druzic = fibrous = fibros = meniscus = de contact = mosaic = echigranular, mozaic = porous = de pori = overgrowth = de supracretere cessation of depozition = discontinuitate stratigrafic channel = canal anastomosing = anastomozat floor = aluviuni bazale high-sinuosity = sinuozitate mare low-sinuosity = sinuozitate sczut clogged stream channel = umplutura canalului chloralgal = coral-algal chlorozoan = chute bar = bar de inundaie (to) circumscribe = a mrgini, a limita, a circumscrie, a ncercui clastic = clastic, frmicios, detritic clastic dykes = filoane clastice clastic succession = sccesiune clastic (detritic) cliff = falez climbing ripple lamination = ondulaii ascensionale cluster = acumulare, grmad, mulime coarse = grosier coarse alluvial detritus = detritus aluvial grosier coarse alluvial-fan = con aluvial grosier coarsening up sequence (CUS) = secven prograd (progradaional) coarse tail = granoclasai normally coarse tail = normal granoclasai inversely coase tail = invers granoclasai coast = coast, rm cobble = piatr de pavat, cremene, silice component clastes = componeni clastici complex flood events = evenimentele complexe de curgere concentration = concentrare, concentraie, condensare continental-shelf enviroment = ambian de self continental continental-interior basin = bazin continental-intern continental-margin arc environment = ambian de arc-marginal continental continental-margin backarc basin = bazin backarc de margine continental 3

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contraction fault = falie de contracie convolute bedding = stratificaie convolut convolute lamination = laminaie convolut, microondulat coprolites = coprolite correlative conformity course = flux, curs cracks = crpturi mud cracks = crpturi de uscare, poligoane de contracie syneresis cracks = crpturi de sinerez crawling traces = urme de locomoie crawling trails = urme de trre, de reptaie, de tip repichnia crevase spaly deposits = sedimente de sprtur n grind (con de crevas) cross-beds = stratificaie oblic (ncruciat) cross-bedded deposit = depozit stratificat oblic cross-bedding = stratificaie oblic (ncruciat) cross-lamination = laminaie oblic (ncruciat) crude = primar, imatur, neprelucrat crumbly = sfrmicios current = curent, uvoi, curgere, scurgere current liniation = liniaie de curent current ripple = ondulaii de curent current velocity -= viteza curentului current bedding = stratificaie oblic / diagonal / normal current-ripple cross lamination = ondulaii de curent cu laminaie oblic current structures = structuri de curent current-modified = cureni modificai cutting = excavare, sptur cyclothem = ciclotem

D.
deep desicated = desecat de mare adncime deepening up = de adncime din ce n ce mai mare deep marine (sea) = mare adnc deep water = ap adnc degree = grad, treapt, proporie delta lobe = lob deltaic d.front = front deltaic, delt submers d.plain = cmpie deltaic, delt emers delta = delt river-dominated delta = delt construit de ruri tide-dominated delta = delt construit de maree wave-dominated delta = delt construit de valuri delta-front = delt frontal coastal delta front = delt frontal de coast delta-plain = cmpie deltaic (aluvial) dendritic ridge moulds = riduri dendritice depth = adncime, profunzime, adnc depocenter = depocentru deposit = depozite 4

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near-shore-marin deposit = depozite de plaj braided-stream deposit = depozite de cursuri mpletite toe deposit = depozite distale depositional environment = mediu depoziional depositional basin = bazin depoziional depozitional systems = sistem depoziional desiccation = uscare desiccation feactures = urme de uscare desiccation cracks = crpturi de uscare detrital grain = granul detritic detritical mineral = mineral detritic (de origine) detached lobes = lobi separai (detaai) diatom ooze = ml diatomitic dike (dyke) = dike, filon eruptiv (to) dip = a se sedimenta, a se nclina, a cdea, a se surpa, a se afunda dip = nclinare, pant, povrni discharge = debit, scurgere flashy discharge = debit torenial (curgere torenial) disconformities = discordane dish structure = lamine concave discontinui (to) displace = a disloca displacement = dislocare, deplasare disrupted bedding = bioturbaii disrupted sediments = sedimente cu bioturbaii distributary = afluent distributary channels = canale ramificate (distributare) distributary-mouth-bar = bar distributiv de la gura de vrsare disturbance = dislocare, discontinuitate stratigrafic downcutting = downthrow = falie, cdere, cufundare draa = asociaii de dune (dune complexe) dune = dun, dun hidraulic dune-scale structure = structur de dune la scar mare (megadune) cliff-top dune = climbing dune = dun ascendent

E.
(to) embay = a nchide, a nconjura, a cresta (un rm cu golfuri) embayed grain = litoclast embayed monocrystalline grain = granoclast litificat embayment = ni, coroziune environment = mediu, ambian equilibrum point = punct de echilibru erratic boulder = bloc eratic (to) erode = a eroda, a coroda erosion = eroziune, erodare erosion surface = suprafa erozional estuarine systems = sistem de estuar eustasy = eustasie 5

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glacial = e.glaciar global = e. global tectono-e. = e. tectonic eustatic effects = efecte eustatice evaporativ pumping = drenaj prin evaporare evaporites = evaporite event = eveniment event bedding = stratificaie disciclic (aleatoare) exposure = denudare, dezgolire extension = extensie extension parallel = extensie paralel extension fault = falie de extensie extent = ntindere, extindere, dimensiune

F.
fabric = modul de dispunere spaial a particulelor facies transition = facies de tranziie fan = con fan deltas = delte conice fan-patten = fan head trench = canal situat n partea proximal a conului (canal de alimentare) fan toe = con distal fan catchment = consolidarea conului fans = conuri de mare joas fault = falie, deplasarea unui strat sau a unui filon, ruptur, dislocaie, fisur fault-bounded basin = bazin faliat fault breaks = falii rupturale fault cross-cutting = fault cuts = cute falii fault cuts formation = formaiunea cutelor-falii fault-related = falii asociate fault-related sedimentation = falii asociate sedimentrii fault-repeated = reactivarea faliei fault-slip = fault sets in extensional mode = (to) fault = a deplasa, a falia, a dezaxa = a se deplasa, a se falia feature = caracteristic, trstur, particularitate, urm feeding traces = urme de hrnire fenestral cavities (birdseyes) = goluri fenestrale feeding structures = urme de hrnire, de tip pascichnia (to) fill = a umple, a colmata fill channel = canal colmatat feldspar (feldspath) = feldspat field = cmp, teren, bazin, regiune bogat n zcminte (to) fill = a umple, a ocupa, a acoperi, a astupa fill = umplutur fine = fin fine-grained = granulaie fin, fin granulare 6

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finely laminated = laminaia fin finer in grade = granulaie mai fin finger stone = fosil de belemnit fining up sequence (FUS) = secven retrograd (recesional) fining-upward character = caracter retrograd fining-upward cycle = cicluri FUS (retrograde) flaggy = ntins flaser bedding = stratificaie flaser (de mulaj argilos) flat = cmpie, depresiune, filon orizontal, strat orizontal flat lamination = laminaie orizontal, laminaie paralel (to) flatten = a turti, a aplatiza flatly = orizontal flood = curgere flood plain = cmpie aluvial flooding surface = suprafa de inundare sheet-flood = flow = flux, erupie, curent, curgere grain flow = curgere cu presiune dispersant, curgerea granulelor mud flow = curgere mloas debris flow slurry flow unidirectional flow = curgere unidirecional aqueous flow = curgere de sedimente (nisipoas) flood flow = curgere torenial flow banded = curgere stratificat difereniat streamflows = curgeri toreniale flow units = uniti de curgere fluid inclusion = incluziune fluid fluidized flows = curgeri fluidizate flute casts = caneluri de eroziune fluvial systems = sistem fluvial fold = cut fold-trend = folds = cute flexural folds = cute flexurale flexural flow folds = cute flexurale de curgere flexural slip folds = cute flexurale de alunecare cross-folds = cute nclinate folding = cutare shear folding = cutare de forfecare slip folding = cutare de alunecare (forfecare) foramol = foraminifere-molute foreland basin = bazin de foreland (vorland-germ.) foreset = set frontal foreset lamina = lamin frontal formally = din punct de vedere al formei, ca stratotip formation = formaiune, structur, sistem, stratificaie, seciune formation of concretions = concreionare formation of the soil = solificare foreshore = plaj, partea care rmne uscat la reflux framestone = 7

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framework = structur, schelet, osatur framework-grain = structur granular fresh water = ap dulce fringing reefs = recifi dantelai (litorali)

G.
gashes = fracturi tension gashes = fracturi de tensiune geological setting = geologia regiunii genetic stratigraphic sequences (units) = secventratigrafice genetice geometrical models = modele geometrice geopetal structures = structur geopetal glass shard = vitroclaste glauconite = glauconit grain = granul, clast grain supported = orto, granule (particule) dominante grain size = granulometria, dimensiunea granulelor grainstone = calcar granular, alochemic grained = granulaie (to grain = a sfrma, a mruni, a granula) granitic basement = fundament granitic grade = granoclasare graded bed = strat granoclasat graded bedding = stratificaie gradat, granoclasare grading = granoclasare normal grading = granoclasare normal distribution grading = granoclasare complet coarse tail grading = granoclasare complet granule conglomerate = microconglomerate gravel = pietri, nisip aurifer, strat aurifer, rudit gravel bars = bare de pietri gravelly channel = canal nisipos gravity flow deposits = sedimente de curgere gravitaional processes = procese de c.g. grazing traces = urme de trre ground = sol, teren solid guano phosphate = guano gutter casts = mulaj de suprasarcin (hidroplastic)

H.
half graben = graben incomplet (semigraben) hardgrounds = discontinuitate bazinal (hiatus) hard grounds = suprafee ntrite herring bone = os de pete herringbone cross-lamination sets = seturi de laminaii oblice n os de pete herringbone cross-stratification = stratificaie (structur) oblic n os de pete headland = promotoriu hiatus = hiatus high-energy delta = delt de mare energie 8

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highland = inut muntos, platou, orogen high stand = nivel nalt hinterland = regiune situat n interior, arie surs cratonic hinterland = regiunea cratonic intern, craton intern horizontal grazing burrows = urme orizontale de hrnire (de tip pascichnia) hummocky cross-stratification = stratificaie oblic de tip hummocky

I.
incised valleys = vale incisiv (canion, vale adnc) induration = litificare (masivitate) inlet = golf mic (golfule), strmtoare ngust, fiord, sn de mare inter-flow = confluen, interfluviu inter-surge = intertorenial intra-arc assemblage = ansamblu intra-arc intrabasinal shifts = variaii intrabazinale interbedded = intercalaie, interstratificaie interflow = confluen interstitial clots = mas interstiial ironformations (BIF)= ferilite stratitificate (taconite) ironstones = (IS) = ferilite corpusculare (minette) island arc = arc insular

J.
joint = falie, suprafa de contact

L.
labile = instabil labile framework grains = structuri granulare instabile labile lithic fragments = fragmente litice instabile labile grains = granule instabile labile material = material instabil lack of grain-size contrast = uniformitate dimensional lacustrine flooding surface = suprafa de inundare lacustr lags = pnz mulat surface lags = lahar = curgere noroioas (vulc.) laminae = lamin, lamine laminated = laminaii finely l. = laminaii fine lamination = laminaie, stratificaie fin, exfoliere convolute lamination = laminaie convolut, curbicortical corrugated lamination = laminaie contorsionat planar lamination = laminaie planar (paralel) wavy lamination = laminaie cu ondulaii de valuri ripple cross-lamination = ondulaii de curent asociate cu laminaii concoide land plants = plante de uscat landscape = relief 9

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landward stepping = cu naintare spre continent late-in-the-flood-cycle = prile distale ale curgerilor lateral accretion = acreie (sedimentare) lateral lateral link hemisphroid (LLH) = structuri laminice de nlnuire, structuri de tip Collenia lava = lav (to) lay = a se depune layer = strat, liton, zcmnt, strat, stratificaie, ptur, albie, matc granule layer = liton arenitic gravel layer = liton ruditic layering = liton lee side = panta sub curent, faa ondulaiei lens = zcmnt lentiliform lenticular bedding - = stratificaie lenticular less angular = subangular limestone = calcar liquidized flows = curgeri lichefiate lithic = litic lithic fragment = fragment litic, litoclast lithologie = lithology = litologie lithosphere = litosfer load cast = mulaje de suprasarcin load casting = tasare diferenial loam sand = nisip argilos low-matrix = matrice redus low stand = nivel sczut lower flow regime = regim de curgere inferior lower intercepts = lowermost unit = unitate bazal

M.
mafic volcanic rock = roc vulcanic mafic making = accidente de teren (pe suprafaa unei planete) mantle = strat de lav, manta de protecie, roca din acoperi, nveli mapping = cartografie Marianas-type arc assembleges = ansambluri de arcuri de tip Mariane marginal playa = zon periferic, marginal marks = urme (propriu-zise) flute marks = caneluri de eroziune crescent marks = urme semilunare flute rill marks = urme meandrate rill marks = urme de iroire groove marks = anuri de dragaj chevron marks = riduri de dragaj prod marks = urme de nfigere bounce marks = urme de ricoare brush marks = urme cu rid frontal ripple marks = ondulaii la suprafaa litonului, ondulaii depoziionale resting marks = urme de odihn, de ngropare, de tip cubichnia 10

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mass flow processes = procese de curgere n mas massive bedding = stratificaie masiva (neorganizat) matrix = matrice matrix supported = para, matrice dominant mature quartz arenite = cuararenit matur megaripples = megaondulaii melting = topire, fuziune partial melting = topire parial meniscate back-filled burrows = urme umplute cu material Mesozoic arc volcanic rocks = roci vulcanice din arcuri Mezozoice meteoric diagenesis = diagenez meteoric microbial ball = oncoid microbial mat = pat algal monocrystalline grain = granul monocristalin, granoclast monocrystalline quartz = cuar monocristalin mountain = munte, muntos, alpin, orogen, orogenic mud = ml, argil mud rich = bogat n argil mud mounds = elevaii (protuberane) mloase mudstone = argilit mud drapes = plaje noroioase mudrock = roc argiloas

N.
natural levee = grind nearshore-marine envirenment = ambian de plaj nepheloid layers = nivele nefeloide (cureni de contur) neptunian dykes = dyke neptunian (clastic) nodular cherts = silicolit nodular nonembayed grain = granul liber non-stratified delapsion = alunecri nestratificate normative analysis = analize normative nuee-ardente (fr.) = nori arztori

O.
off-shore = coast, rm oil shale = argil bituminoas oncoids = oncoide orbital forcing = fore orbitale organic matter = substan organic o. productivity = productivitate biotic oroclin = orogenic event = eveniment orogenic outcrop = afloriment outlier = dmb-martor (martor de eroziune) olistolith = olistolit, bloc imens ongoing volcanism = activitate vulcanic orogen-parallel extension = 11

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overbank deposits = sedimente de intercanal (peste maluri) overburden pressure = presiune de suprasarcin overland = pe uscat over-supplied basin = bazin suprancrcat overturned beds = strate rsturnate oxbow lake = lac belciug (de meandru prsit) ooze = ml

P.
package = pachet, secven paleocurrent arrow = direcie de paleocurent paleoenvironmental analysis = analiz paleoambiental (paleomediu) parting lineation = liniaie discontinu passive continental margins = margini continentale pasive patch = strat peat = turb pebble = mediu pebbly = granular pedogenesis = pedogenez pellet = pelet pelloids = peloide periodicity = periodicitate phenocryst = fenocristal photic zone = zon fotic phyllosilicate = filosilicai phyllosilicate matrix = matrice filosilicatic phyllosilicate material = material filosilicatic phytoclast = fitoclast pile = stiv sediment pile = stiv sedimentar (de sedimente) pillow = pern (structur pilow) planar cross-bedding = stratificaie oblic tabular plant rootlets = rdcini de plante plate-margin = margine de plac active-plate-margin = margine de plac activ plutonic roots = fundament plutonic policrystallin grain = granul policristalin policrystallin quartz = cuar policristalin porosity porous~ cavernous~ cellular fenestral p. intergranular p. moldic p. = de mulaj primary p. secundary p. shelter = protectie shrinkage p. = de contractie prin deshidratare vugs p. = vacuolar prod casts = mulaj de impact, canelura de impact 12

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prograding wedges = prisme de progradare de nivel nalt prone = n pant, nclinat, rpos, abrupt pull-apart structures = structuri de tip pull-apart pure beding = ncovoiere pur

Q.
quartz = cuar quartz arenite = arenit cuaros, gresie cuaroas, cuararenit quartzite = cuarite, gresie cuaroas silty q. = cuarite siltice

R.
radial thrusting = (to) raft = a transporta n suspensie rain = ploaie rain spots = urme de picturi de ploaie raindrop imprints rainstorms = ploii toreniale rainfall = avers, ploaie torenial, precipitaii multe, rupere de nori ramps = rampe range = direcie, caten, lan ravinement = reactivare r.surface = suprafa de reactivare reactivation surface = suprafa de reactivare recrystallization recristalizare red-bed sediment = sediment de tip red-bed redox potenial (Eh) = potenial redox regolith = regressive systems tracts = cortegiu regresiv relative sea-level = nivel-(-ul mrii) relativ r.s.l.curve = curba relativa a n.m r.s.l.cycles ciclu relativ reservoirs = rezervor (de petrol, ap), colector, magazin resistant lithologies = resorption embayment = ni de coroziune reting traces = urme de odihn retrogradation = retrogradare reworking = reprelucrare rhodoliths = rodolite rhythmic succesions = secvene ritmice rhythmites = ritmite ripple = ondulare ripple index = indice de ondulare ripple cross lamination = ondulaii ale structurii interne ripple drift laminae = ondulaii cu lamine oblice continue ripples = ondulaii curent ripples = ondulaii de curent climbing ripples = ondulaii ascendente 13

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wave ripples = ondulaii de valuri wind ripples = ondulaii eoliene piled ripples = ondulaii suprapuse necate rip-up = galei moi rising sea level = ridicrii (nlrii) nivelului marin roadcut = versantul drumului rock = roc rockfall = cderi de blocuri run-off rates = ratele de curgeri toreniale

S.
S-flowing = ru meandrat sample = eantion, prob sand = nisip, arenit sand rich = bogat n nisip sand sheets = pnze de nisip sandstone = gresii wave-rippled sandstone = gresii cu ondulaii de valuri sand drift = nisip mictor sand bank = banc de nisip sand bar = bar de nisip, banc sandflat = deert, cmpie nisipoas sand hill = dun sand streak = apofiz de nisip sand-size = dimensiuni arenitice sand-dominated terrestrial sedimentation = sedimentare continental dominant nisipoas sands sea = mare de nisip, pnz de nisip (to) scour = a eroda, a spla, a cura scour = eroziune, erodare scour-and-fill structures = structuri de eroziune colmatate sea level = nivelul mrii (ca nivel de baz) sea level change = oscilatii de nivel (ale mrii) sea page refluxion = drenaj marin la reflux seals = ecrane (n petrol, nivele impermeabile) seaward steeping = cu naintare spre bazin (mare/ocean) section = profil, seciune sediment = sediment, depunere, depozit, rezidiuu sediment load = sarcin (debit solid, n sedimente) seismic facies = facies seismic sediment starved basin = bazin subalimentat (aport redus de sedimente) sediment provenance = sursa sedimentelor sedimentary loggin = coloan litologic sedimentary sequence = secven sedimentar sedimentary sistem = sistem sedimentar sequence = secven sequence boundaries (SB) = limite de secven depoziional sequence stratigraphy = stratigrafie secvenial basin-wide sequence = secven bazinal set = ansamblu, set tabular cross-set = set oblic tabular (laminaia oblic tabular) 14

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trough cross-set = set oblic concoid (laminaia oblic concoid) setting = mediu, direcia unui curent, scurgere, poziie coastal setting = mediu de coast (costal) cratonic setting = mediu cratonic tectonic setting = mediu tectonic stable continental-interior setting = mediu continental-intern stabil extensional arc setting = mediu extensional al arcului shale = marn, isturi argiloase (bituminoase), roc argiloas n lamele shallow water = ap puin adnc (<200 m) shallow marine = mare puin adnc shallow lake = lac puin adnc shallower-slope = shallowing up = de adncime din ce in ce mai mic shape = form sharp = abrupt shear = forfecare pure shear = forfecare pur simple shear = forfecare simpl sheet = pnz, strat sheetflood = curgere gravitaional sheet flood deposit = pnze de nisip sortat sheeted dike = dyke-uri acoperite shelf = self shelf break = ruptura de pant a elfului shelf margin systems tracts = cortegiu de margine de elf (SMST) shrinkage = contractare shoal = banc de nisip shoaling = depunere aluvionar shorelines = linie de rm sieve deposit = pietriuri lobate silt = ml, aluviune, silt siltstone = siltite muddy s. = siltite argiloase slickensides = oglinzi de friciune slides = deformri interne reduse slope = pant, taluz, povrni slumps = deformri interne apreciabile, slump-uri slurry = ml, noroi smooth = oglind de friciune soft-sediment = sedimente moi sorting = sortare source rock = roci surssubaerial erosion surfaces = suprafa de eroziune subaerian spatial variations = variabile spaiale spheroidal structures (SS) = stromatolite sferoidale spreading = lire, ntindere, difuzare, care se rspndete (to) shrink = a se contracta, a se strmta, a strmta, strmtare soil = sol, teren source area = aria surs stable continental-interior interpretation = interpretare continental-intern stabil stage = stadiu, perioad, faz 15

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star dunes = dune stelare steep = prpastie, rp = abrupt, prpstios, povrnit, rpos stocked hemospheroid (SH) = structuri laminice izolate, structuri de tip Cryptozoon storey = etaj stone = piatr, pietri stoss side = panta n curent, spatele ondulaiei straight crystal face = fa dreapt de cristal, fa de cristal, fa cristalografic straight river = ru cu un curs drept (fr sinuoziti) strain = deformare, solicitare strata = strat, formaiune, depozit stratigraphic thickness = grosime stratigrafic stream = curent stream power = fora curentului stream channel deposit = aluviuni de canal, sub curent streambed = direcie de curgere, stratului, cureni de fund streamflood = curgeri toreniale streamflow processes = procese de curgeri toreniale strike = direcie strike-slip = decroare strike-slip axes (data sets) = axe de decroare stromatactis = stromatactis structure = structur, textur, compoziie, alctuire, organizare flame structure = structuri n form de flacr ball structure = pseudonoduli pillow structure structurally thickened = cumulri structurale (tectonice) stylolites = stilolite sub-wave-base sedimentation = sedimentare sub baza valurilor submarine fans = conuri submarine subsequent tectonic fragmentation = fragmentare tectonic urmtoare (subsecvent) subsequent transition = tranziie subsecvent (urmtoare) subsidence = subsiden subsiding continental environment = ambian continental subsident substantial granitic = material granitic superimposed = suprapus surface legs = depozite bazale (to) surge = a curge torenial swamp, marsh = mlatin syneresis cracks = crpturi de sinerez (deshidratare) system = sistem fluvial system = sistem fluviatil deltaic system = sistem deltaic systems tracts = cortegiu sedimentar

T.
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talus deposits = depozite de pant (aluviale) talus slope = panta taluzului tectonic event = eveniment tectonic tectonic setting = poziie tectonic tectonically driven = micri tectonice tepee structures = structuri tepee hidroplastice terrain = regiune, teritoriu, pmnt, sol, teren terrane = terane orogenic terrane = terane orogenice terrestrial = terestru, de pe uscat, de uscat, pmntesc = sistem terestru, continental thicker up sequence (TkUS) = secven cu strate din ce n ce mai groase thickness = grosime, densitate, strat, ptur thinner = strate din ce n ce mai subiri thinner up sequence (TnUS) = secven cu strate din ce n ce mai subiri throw = sritura unei falii, amplitudinea faliei thrust belt = ariaj thrust wedge = tidal deposits = sedimente mareice tides = mareetranssgresion = transgresiune tracks, trails traces = urme de traciune, trre traction structures = structuri de traciune transgression = transgresiune transgressive = transgresiv transitional = de tranziie, intermediar, de trecere = sistem de tranziie transport-parallel simple shear = transport paralel forfecat simplu trench = fractur major trend = orientare, direcie trough = continuu, concoid, sinclinal, canal trough cross-bedding = stratificaie oblic concoid trough cross-lamination = laminaie oblic concoid truncation = trunchiere, ntrerupere tuff = tuf (cinerite consolidate) turbidite facies = facies turbiditic turbidites = turbidite turbidity currents = curenI de turbiditate high-density = de densitate mare low-density = de densitate sczut type section = zona de stratotip type locality = locul de stratotip

U.
unconformity = discordan, discontinuitate angular unconformity = discordan (discontinuitate) unghiular (to) underlie = a sta la baz, a fi substratul undulose extinction = extincie ondulatorie unit = liton uplift = horst, falie ascendent 17

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(to) uplift = a nla, a ridica upper flow regim = regim de curgere superior upper-intercepts = upper plane bed = partea superioar a litonului (stratului) upward coarsening of the formation = progradarea formaiunii upward movement = micare ascendent upwards-coarsening transition = tranziie de la fin spre grosier upwards-coarsening sequences = secvene de tip coarsening-up

V.
varves = varve vein = filon volcanic = vulcanic volcanic bomb = bomb vulcanic volcanic glass = sticl vulcanic, obsidian volcanic lava = lav volcanic rock = roc vulcanic, eruptiv volcanic phenocristic quartz = cuar vulcanic fenocristalin volcanic terrain = teren vulcanic volcanism = vulcanism volcano = vulcan volcano-sedimentary succession = succesiunea vulcano-sedimentar vulcanically active basin = bazin vulcanic activ

W.
wackes = wackes (silto-lutite masive, neorganizate) washouts = caneluri de eroziune water fall = cataract waterlain deposits = depozite acvifere waterlain gravels = depozite bazale de canal watershed = cumpna apelor, bazin de ap waves = valuri sand waves = valuri de nisip weakness plan = plan de fisuraie (to) wear down = a roade, a eroda (to) weather = a altera (prin condiiile climatice) weathering = alterare, degradare, dezagregare, eroziune wedge-shaped peds = fundament n form de pan wet = umiditate width = grosime a stratului (ntre baz i top), lime, ntindere wind regime = regim eolian winkle = cut, inegalitate within-bed stratification = stratificaie intern a litonului working = prelucrare wrench fault = falii

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