Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Auffüllungsböden

English translation:

backfill

Added to glossary by Saskia
Mar 22, 2003 13:07
21 yrs ago
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German term

Auffüllungsböden

German to English Tech/Engineering Geology
It is part of a geophysical investigation.

Die in den Auffüllungen gemessenen Schlagzahlen für N10 von 1 bis z.T. >30 belegen eine lokal sehr lockere bis z.T. sehr dichte Lagerung. Die stark unterschiedlichen Schlagzahlen für N10 belegen einen sehr inhomogenen Baugrund.

Die aus den Auffüllungsböden entnommenen Bodenproben wurden auf die Schwermetalle Arsen, Blei, Cadmium, Chrom, Kupfer, Nickel, Quecksilber und Zink sowie polycyclische aromatische Kohlenwasserstoff (PAK) untersucht.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 backfill
5 Made ground
4 -1 land fills

Proposed translations

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backfill

soil used to fill in an excavation, sometimes imported to the site

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Note added at 2003-03-22 13:26:44 (GMT)
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sorry that is the answer to your previous question, this should be the

backfilled site/ground

the soild used is tested for etc
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agree gangels (X)
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agree Nicole Trebbin
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Made ground

would be my choice here.
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land fills

also solid waste land fills and sanitary landfills, see goggle for land fills, compaction testing, soil testing, e.g. http://www.health.state.nd.us/ndhd/environ/wm/pdf/guide5.pdf
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disagree heikeb : Landfill = Deponie
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