Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
encaillassement
English translation:
pebble bed/deposit
Added to glossary by
B D Finch
Oct 13, 2012 07:51
11 yrs ago
French term
Over 25 years of industrial bilingualism
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: French to English, English to French
encaillassement
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Geology
Le profil d’altération englobe par ailleurs des zones fracturées, souvent broyées, manifestations d’évènements tectoniques auxquels sont fréquemment associées des discontinuités dans la qualité physique des terrains :
Induration ou fragilisation ;
Brèches anguleuses ouvertes ou cimentées ;
Matériaux durs massifs (calcédoine) ;
Matériaux ductiles (serpentine, deweyllite) ;
Cavités, crevasses éventuellement comblées par des éboulis ;
Circulation d’eau.
Colluvions, encaillassement, verses et remblais
Induration ou fragilisation ;
Brèches anguleuses ouvertes ou cimentées ;
Matériaux durs massifs (calcédoine) ;
Matériaux ductiles (serpentine, deweyllite) ;
Cavités, crevasses éventuellement comblées par des éboulis ;
Circulation d’eau.
Colluvions, encaillassement, verses et remblais
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | pebble bed/deposit |
B D Finch
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| 3 | rock-filled pit |
Cyril B.
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Change log
Oct 16, 2012 08:27: B D Finch Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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pebble bed/deposit
"These occur on some of the beaches as pebble deposits which are protected by .... be considered an extra piece of geological equipment for research purposes."
www.jerseygeologytrail.net/WWWJGT/Superficial Deposits.html
"The Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds, about 30m thick, are well-exposed in the cliffs west of the town. They form a red coarse conglomerate, poorly cemented but with a firm matrix of speckled coarse sand. The Pebble Beds are distinctive in being a thick deposit with well-rounded pebbles of quartzite. Sand lenses occur within the pebbles beds. The Pebble Beds are overlain by a red sandstone, the Otter Sandstone."
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~imw/Budleigh-Salterton.htm
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Note added at 9 hrs (2012-10-13 17:16:56 GMT)
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Admittedly, I have not found any French refs to "encaillassement" as a geological feature. Hence the low confidence level. Perhaps there is a French geologist out there who could shed more light on this?
www.jerseygeologytrail.net/WWWJGT/Superficial Deposits.html
"The Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds, about 30m thick, are well-exposed in the cliffs west of the town. They form a red coarse conglomerate, poorly cemented but with a firm matrix of speckled coarse sand. The Pebble Beds are distinctive in being a thick deposit with well-rounded pebbles of quartzite. Sand lenses occur within the pebbles beds. The Pebble Beds are overlain by a red sandstone, the Otter Sandstone."
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~imw/Budleigh-Salterton.htm
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Note added at 9 hrs (2012-10-13 17:16:56 GMT)
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Admittedly, I have not found any French refs to "encaillassement" as a geological feature. Hence the low confidence level. Perhaps there is a French geologist out there who could shed more light on this?
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you"
1 hr
rock-filled pit
Something like that
Discussion
on. Une barrière a été édifiée sur le pourtour de la parcelle (poteaux en
gaiac munis de 4 fils de fer barbelés) : dimensions 135 m x 75 m. Une porte en
fils a été montée sur la RM la et un chemin d'accès à la parcelle de 80 m avec
**encaillassement sur 20 cm** a été réalisée par une entreprise de la place."
I have also seen "encaillassement de route et chemin", so given that the above is a mere 20cm, this must mean a gravel/pebble bed.