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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

alcotana

English translation:

allocthonous

Added to glossary by Ryan Kelly
Apr 27, 2019 23:18
5 yrs ago
Spanish term

alcotana

Spanish to English Science Geology Mining
Como resultado de estos movimientos, las cantidades alcotanas de sal también forman parte del mecanismo de entrampamiento en los flancos suroeste y sureste del prospecto

This is a document from Mexico for geological specifications at an oil drilling site.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 allocthonous
3 salt mined with pickaxe

Discussion

Marta Maojo Apr 30, 2019:
From a geologist friend: " ..the rising salt deposit has displaced sediments on the
... flanks forming a trapping mechanism ... A diagram would be useful to be 100% sure.
Thomas Walker Apr 27, 2019:
More context, please I'm having a hard time contextualizing this. Can you give us a full paragraph or more, ideally with text on both sides of the question text?

Proposed translations

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allocthonous

It's a typo for alóctanas.

2. geol. [Material] que se origina en un lugar distinto al de su yacimiento primitivo y que ha sido transportado por algún agente geológico:
se ha producido una acumulación de materiales alóctonos en el fondo del valle.

3. geol. [Suelo, roca o formación] geológica cuyos materiales proceden de otros yacimientos:
rocas alóctonas.

allocthonous. Adjective. Of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/allocthonous

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Note added at 3 hrs (2019-04-28 02:32:07 GMT)
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http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/alóctono

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Note added at 3 hrs (2019-04-28 02:33:23 GMT)
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Hence "Como resultado de estos movimientos".

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Note added at 14 hrs (2019-04-28 13:21:57 GMT)
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In Dutch, "allochtoon" is a fairly common word for "immigrant", ie "person from a different soil".
Note from asker:
Wow! Good eye Phil! I also understood it as a pickax, but had no idea how that would have been shoehorned into that phrase.
Peer comment(s):
agree neilmac : Well spotted!
4 hrs
agree bigedsenior : allocthonous salt seems to be a fascinating sub-branch of geology
4 hrs
agree Wendy Streitparth
6 hrs
agree Charles Davis : Well done! Alóctono, not alóctano, in Spanish, and allochthonous, not allocthonous, in English (though the latter seems to admitted as a variant). A word that's often misspelt, not surprisingly.
1 day 16 hrs
agree Thomas Walker : Brilliant, Phil. I'm a degreed geologist, & it didn't come to me...
2 days 12 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a bunch Phil!"
2 hrs

salt mined with pickaxe

Alcotana es un zapapico o piocha. Creo entonces para entender esto sería traducir la frase: cantidades alcotanas de sal; lo que interpreto: cantidades sacadas con zapapico, quizá en contraposición a las sacadas con maquinaria o herramientas otras.
Y se refiere necesariamente a la sal de mina o roca/mined salt) y no de mar (salt harvest).

https://www.ferreteriaonlinevtc.com/406-alcotanas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickaxe
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