Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Verebungsfläche
English translation:
peneplain/erosion surface
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David Williams
Jul 23, 2015 10:20
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German term
Germany
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Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: German to English
Verebungsfläche
German to English
Science
Geology
Context:
"unterteilt in staffelartige Gleitschollen mit Abrisskanten, Steilstufen und Verebungsfläche"
In a geological report. I'm also not too sure about staffelartige Gleitschollen.
* Sentence or paragraph where the term occurs: See above
* Document type: Geological report
* Target audience: Geologists
* Country and dialect (source): German
* Country and dialect (target): British English
"unterteilt in staffelartige Gleitschollen mit Abrisskanten, Steilstufen und Verebungsfläche"
In a geological report. I'm also not too sure about staffelartige Gleitschollen.
* Sentence or paragraph where the term occurs: See above
* Document type: Geological report
* Target audience: Geologists
* Country and dialect (source): German
* Country and dialect (target): British English
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | peneplain |
Cilian O'Tuama
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| 3 | erosion surface |
Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
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Proposed translations
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Cilian O'Tuama
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German term (edited):
Verebnungsfläche
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peneplain
missing N, Verebnungsfläche
A corrosion surface.
Verebnungsfläche, durch planierende Abtragung entstandene Ebene, welche den geologischen Untergrund ungeachtet seiner strukturellen Gegebenheiten (z.B. Falten, schräggestellte Schichten, Verwerfungen) schneidet. Kappungsfläche, Rumpffläche.
http://www.spektrum.de/lexikon/geographie/verebnungsflaeche/...
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpffläche
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peneplain
A corrosion surface.
Verebnungsfläche, durch planierende Abtragung entstandene Ebene, welche den geologischen Untergrund ungeachtet seiner strukturellen Gegebenheiten (z.B. Falten, schräggestellte Schichten, Verwerfungen) schneidet. Kappungsfläche, Rumpffläche.
http://www.spektrum.de/lexikon/geographie/verebnungsflaeche/...
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpffläche
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peneplain
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: Do you mean erosion rather than corrosion?
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Oops, indeed. M.-W Collegiate says: a land surface of considerable area and slight relief shaped by erosion
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| agree |
Coqueiro
: auch Fastebene
8 hrs
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Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
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erosion surface
An eroded land surface, especially one that is nearly flat and featureless.
Example sentence:
"They vary with the climatic conditions which obtain on the erosion surface" from The Economic Aspect of Geology
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