kivien iskostuneisuus

00:11 Oct 1, 2018
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Finnish to English translations [PRO]
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Finnish term or phrase: kivien iskostuneisuus
This is an excerpt from a description of a river habitat modeling project. The sentence below is specifically talking about how features of the river bottom were assessed:

"Kivien iskostuneisuus [määritettiin] kolmiluokkaisella asteikolla (täysin iskostunut (indeksi 3), osittain iskostunut (2) ja täysin irtonaista (1)) ..."

It seems as though "iskostuneisuus" refers to how firmly established the stones are in the riverbed, i.e. how easy/difficult it is to knock them loose.

However, even if I'm right about this, it seems as though there must be a technical term in English that corresponds to "iskostuneisuus" -- what would that term be?

Thanks
G. L.
United States
Local time: 17:24


Summary of answers provided
4sedimented,sedimentation
finnword1


  

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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sedimented,sedimentation


Explanation:
iskostuminen: Sedimentissä kerrostumisen jälkeen tapahtuva klastit ja perusmassan toisiinsa liittävän aineksen kiteytyminen tai saostuminen
huokosiin; ks. sedimenttikivi.


    Reference: http://www.geologinenseura.fi/suomenkalliopera/SANASTO.pdf
finnword1
United States
Local time: 20:24
Native speaker of: Finnish
PRO pts in category: 8
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