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Engineering geology — Chinese–English reference

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工程地质勘察engineering geological exploration

This multilingual reference retains the source-language terms and their translations for comparison. Terminology is context-dependent; check it against your subject, audience and current reference material.

变质岩metamorphic rock

标准冻深standard frost penetration

冰川沉积glacial deposit

冰积层(台)glacial deposit

残积土eluvial soil, residual soil

层理beding

长石feldspar

沉积岩sedimentary rock

承压水confined water

次生矿物secondary mineral

地质年代geological age

地质图geological map

地下水groundwater

断层fault

断裂构造fracture structure

工程地质勘察engineering geological exploration

海积层(台)marine deposit

海相沉积marine deposit

花岗岩granite

滑坡landslide

化石fossil

化学沉积岩chemical sedimentary rock

阶地terrace

节理joint

解理cleavage

喀斯特karst

矿物硬度hardness of minerals

砾岩conglomerate

流滑flow slide

陆相沉积continental sedimentation

泥石流mud flow, debris flow

年粘土矿物clay minerals

凝灰岩tuff

牛轭湖ox-bow lake

浅成岩hypabyssal rock

潜水ground water

侵入岩intrusive rock

取土器geotome

砂岩sandstone

砂嘴spit, sand spit

山岩压力rock pressure

深成岩plutionic rock

石灰岩limestone

石英quartz

松散堆积物rickle

围限地下水(台)confined ground water

泻湖lagoon

岩爆rock burst

岩层产状attitude of rock

岩浆岩magmatic rock, igneous rock

岩脉dike, dgke

岩石风化程度degree of rock weathering

岩石构造structure of rock

岩石结构texture of rock

岩体rock mass

页岩shale

原生矿物primary mineral

云母mica

造岩矿物rock-forming mineral

褶皱fold, folding

钻孔柱状图bore hole columnar section

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