Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
refusal
English answer:
resistance/refusal
Added to glossary by
Veronica Prpic Uhing
Mar 20, 2007 22:01
17 yrs ago
English term
refusal
English
Tech/Engineering
Petroleum Eng/Sci
coring
about coring for sediment analysis (sea bottom), in particular about sample collection.
ive sediment cores had less than 60 percent recovery
These cores were collected at locations where ***refusal was met on gravel***.
I don't understand the part of sentence enclosed in ***, could you help me by rephrasing it?
thanks
ive sediment cores had less than 60 percent recovery
These cores were collected at locations where ***refusal was met on gravel***.
I don't understand the part of sentence enclosed in ***, could you help me by rephrasing it?
thanks
Responses
3 +4 | resistance/refusal | Veronica Prpic Uhing |
4 | acoustic dispersion | Anton Baer |
4 | rejection | zax |
2 | refuse? | Jack Doughty |
Responses
+4
47 mins
Selected
resistance/refusal
Geo term
Refusal or resistance to advancing push tool
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/10190646-3vqS4z/nat...
samples collected at particular refusal point
http://www.lumbertontwp.com/gov/updates/MLC_LabAnalysis_Data...
http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/marine/saco-sand/...
Refusal or resistance to advancing push tool
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/10190646-3vqS4z/nat...
samples collected at particular refusal point
http://www.lumbertontwp.com/gov/updates/MLC_LabAnalysis_Data...
http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/marine/saco-sand/...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks!!"
17 mins
refuse?
I am thinking of the noun "refuse" (stress on the first syllable), which has nothing to do with the verb to refuse or with refusal, but means garbage, rubbish, junk, which could be covering the sea bed. This is a mistake which is not likely to be made by a native English speaker, but maybe the writer of this is not one.
I think it should read:
These cores were collected at locations where ***refuse was encountered on the gravel***.
("Met" means much the same as "encountered", but the latter is what one would use in English here, if my theory is right).
I think it should read:
These cores were collected at locations where ***refuse was encountered on the gravel***.
("Met" means much the same as "encountered", but the latter is what one would use in English here, if my theory is right).
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Richard Benham
: I am wondering whether there is not just a pathetic fallacy at work here: maybe the drill "refused" to continue drilling when it hit the gravel?
24 mins
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5 hrs
acoustic dispersion
It sounds like the initial 'coring' was done by a modern technique relying on acoustics to penetrate soil layers and to return an accurate assessment of the lower layers. When gravel broke up the acoustics, i.e. the acoustic probe 'met refusal' at the gravel layer, the traditional drill was sent down to bring up a physical sample.
See http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/marine/saco-san...
See http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/marine/saco-san...
14 hrs
rejection
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