sondeos & sondeos de testigo continuo

English translation: borings (boreholes) and continuous sampling borings (boreholes)

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Spanish term or phrase:sondeos & sondeos de testigo continuo
English translation:borings (boreholes) and continuous sampling borings (boreholes)
Entered by: Robert INGLEDEW

14:18 Jul 21, 2002
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
Spanish term or phrase: sondeos & sondeos de testigo continuo
Context: statistical techniques used to reconstruct a model of a slate deposit, so as to identify potentially exploitable areas.

The problem is that there isn't an exact equivalent in English in all forms of noun, verb, adjective etc.

Possible translations are boreholes, cores, exploratory drilling etc.

But I have to trandslate 'sondeos' and 'testigo continuo' as in the following extracts:

la reconstruccion del yacimiento a partir de una muestra de datos procedentes de un ***conjunto de sondeos*** (A SET OF BOREHOLES????)

la reconstruccion del yacimiento a partir de un ***conjunto de 10 sondeos de testigo continuo**** ( A SET OF ?????)

los ***testigos*** tuvieron un diametro de 63mm
(THE BOREHOLES????)

se dispuso de una muestra con n=1932 observaciones procedentes de *** los 10 sondeos*** (BOREHOLE????)

los datos de ****cada sondeo*** se dividieron en dos grupos... (BOREHOLE???)

Thanks in advance.
Lia Fail (X)
Spain
Local time: 23:21
borings (boreholes) and continuous sampling borings (boreholes)
Explanation:
Estoy acostumbrado a usar boring, pero borehole también es correcto.

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set of boreholes is correct. You can also use pattern of boreholes. Some references for set of boreholes:

Your search: \"set of boreholes\" Categories | Web Sites | Web Pages | News | Research Documents

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Drilling Quaternary Sediments of the Barrier Island - Estuarine ...
... Ground-penetrating radar will be used to tie the set of boreholes to each other
and provide a better correlation of the borehole stratigraphy to the seismic ...
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/northcarolina/htm...


A Comprehensive Modeling Environment for the Simulation of ...
... One technique, developed by Davis [6], allows the user to generate
the mesh directly from a set of boreholes obtained from a site. ...
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sowen/papers/gms/gms.html


A Deep-Water Seafloor Implosive Source with Applications for Off ...
... One possible application would be to lower it to the seafloor in the midst of a
producing and instrumented set of boreholes, firing it repeatedly in the same ...
http://aapg.confex.com/aapg/hu2002/techprogram/paper_43058.h...


Project Pathway:
... Data from an initial set of boreholes sunk around the edge of the quarries, indicated
the presence of some volatile organic compounds - as was expected from ...
http://www.project-pathway.com/html/overview.htm


USGS: Development of Region-wide Liquefaction Susceptibility and ...
... Data from a set of boreholes at any location on the fan is likely to encounter each
of these deposits and may be considered representative of the entire fan. ...
http://erp-web.er.usgs.gov/reports/annsum/vol40/nc/g3121.htm
More Results From: erp-web.er.usgs.gov





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I worked 17 years in oil companies and am quite familiar with these terms.
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Robert INGLEDEW
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Local time: 18:21
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Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2borings (boreholes) and continuous sampling borings (boreholes)
Robert INGLEDEW
5Perforation or bore holes
Atacama
5drilling / boreholes / drillholes / core
Karina Pelech
4borings and continuous coring borings
Nikki Graham
4test drillings
Edward L. Crosby III
3test boring/perforation
Maria
2continuously monitored boreholes
Ian Ferguson


  

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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
continuously monitored boreholes


Explanation:
Just a guess

Ian Ferguson
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
test boring/perforation


Explanation:
what about if you translate it as "test boring," and "continuous test boring/perforations

la reconstruccion del yacimiento a partir de un ***conjunto de 10 sondeos de testigo continuo**** ( A SET OF ?????)
**a set of 10 continuous test borings/perforations

los ***testigos*** tuvieron un diametro de 63mm
(THE BOREHOLES????) the test perforations/borings

se dispuso de una muestra con n=1932 observaciones procedentes de *** los 10 sondeos*** (BOREHOLE????) the 10 test perforations/borings

los datos de ****cada sondeo*** se dividieron en dos grupos... (BOREHOLE???) the information of each test.


TERM sondeo

Reference CSIC
(2)
TERM sonda

Reference Gran enciclopedia Larousse, 1988


Definition method of driving probe into soil or rock and of measuring resistance to ramming down or torsion in order to estimate the position and thickness of soil layers,the relative strength and composition of soil,and also brittleness and quality of rock

Reference TNC 62
(1)
TERM probing

Reference TNC 62
(2)
TERM sounding

Reference TNC 62
(3)
TERM prospecting by borings or trial pits

Reference Especificação LNEC E 1-1962-Vocabulário de Estradas e Aeródromos-Geotecnia:Prospecção
(4)
TERM boring

Reference Dict.techn.ill.II-39
(5)
TERM test boring

Reference Dict.techn.ill.II-39


Just a thought

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
borings (boreholes) and continuous sampling borings (boreholes)


Explanation:
Estoy acostumbrado a usar boring, pero borehole también es correcto.

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Note added at 2002-07-21 15:01:11 (GMT)
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set of boreholes is correct. You can also use pattern of boreholes. Some references for set of boreholes:

Your search: \"set of boreholes\" Categories | Web Sites | Web Pages | News | Research Documents

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Web Page Matches 1-20 of 25 | Next 5 >


Drilling Quaternary Sediments of the Barrier Island - Estuarine ...
... Ground-penetrating radar will be used to tie the set of boreholes to each other
and provide a better correlation of the borehole stratigraphy to the seismic ...
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/northcarolina/htm...


A Comprehensive Modeling Environment for the Simulation of ...
... One technique, developed by Davis [6], allows the user to generate
the mesh directly from a set of boreholes obtained from a site. ...
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/sowen/papers/gms/gms.html


A Deep-Water Seafloor Implosive Source with Applications for Off ...
... One possible application would be to lower it to the seafloor in the midst of a
producing and instrumented set of boreholes, firing it repeatedly in the same ...
http://aapg.confex.com/aapg/hu2002/techprogram/paper_43058.h...


Project Pathway:
... Data from an initial set of boreholes sunk around the edge of the quarries, indicated
the presence of some volatile organic compounds - as was expected from ...
http://www.project-pathway.com/html/overview.htm


USGS: Development of Region-wide Liquefaction Susceptibility and ...
... Data from a set of boreholes at any location on the fan is likely to encounter each
of these deposits and may be considered representative of the entire fan. ...
http://erp-web.er.usgs.gov/reports/annsum/vol40/nc/g3121.htm
More Results From: erp-web.er.usgs.gov





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Note added at 2002-07-21 15:02:02 (GMT)
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I worked 17 years in oil companies and am quite familiar with these terms.

Robert INGLEDEW
Argentina
Local time: 18:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Bagney: also "continuous coring"
5 mins
  -> Si, señor. Si el contexto es petróleo, la muestra (el testigo en este caso) se llama core. Muchas gracias, Peter.

agree  MikeGarcia
1 day 1 hr
  -> Gracias, Miguel.
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Perforation or bore holes


Explanation:
Bore holes is correct, but you could also use perforations.
Testigo continuo would be continuous core samples. This is the solid, cylindrical sample removed from the rock to analyse it's composition at varying depths.
Hope that helps.

Atacama
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borings and continuous coring borings


Explanation:
I agree with Robert above that borings is the term that rings more bells.
Having done some environmental investigation translations with an expert on the subject, continuous coring was the term used for testigo continuo

la reconstruccion del yacimiento a partir de una muestra de datos procedentes de un ***conjunto de sondeos*** (A SET OF BORINGS)

la reconstruccion del yacimiento a partir de un ***conjunto de 10 sondeos de testigo continuo**** ( A SET OF CONTINUOUS CORING BORINGS / or even SOIL BORINGS

los ***testigos*** tuvieron un diametro de 63mm
(CORES - this means lots of things, but here it's a cylinder of soil for later testing.

se dispuso de una muestra con n=1932 observaciones procedentes de *** los 10 sondeos*** (BORINGS

los datos de ****cada sondeo*** se dividieron en dos grupos... (SOIL)BORING


    Reference: http://est-inc.com/hdsampling.htm
Nikki Graham
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drilling / boreholes / drillholes / core


Explanation:
Hi tanto tiempo no?
to drill/Drilling and boreholes are pretty synonymous with each other and so you can use either (depending on context of course). Drillholes, are by their nature, often exploratory.
e.g. cada sondeo (each borehole)
conjunto de sondeos (a set of boreholes / drillholes).
testigos: usually "core" (and in this context seems to be so.

Suerte ... :o)


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test drillings


Explanation:
for "sondeos":

"Under a $450,000 grant from the Massachusetts Highway Department, researchers spent four years copying and scanning archival records of test drillings done across the state."

(http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v7/f4/hon.html)

Perhaps "continuous series" or "closely-spaced series" of test drillings works for "de testigo continuo".

Just my 2 cents.

Edward L. Crosby III
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