Gilgai (English spelling)

Japanese: ギルガイ(英語表記)gilgai
Gilgai (English spelling)
This term is of Australian origin and was described in relation to hilly land. The terrain is made up of circular hills 1m in diameter and depressions 1.5m in diameter, formed by the expansion and contraction of calcareous soil [Ollier: 1969]. It means clay in Ukrainian.

Source: Asakura Publishing Dictionary of Petrology Information

Japanese:
円丘の多い土地で記載されたオーストラリア起源の語である.この地形は円形の径1mの丘と1.5mの窪みでできており,石灰質土壌の膨張と収縮によって形成された[Ollier : 1969].ウクライナ語で粘土の意味.

出典 朝倉書店岩石学辞典について 情報

<<:  Gilgamesh (English spelling)

>>:  Kiel Canal - Kiel Canal

Recommend

Badminton - badminton (English spelling)

It is a sport in which players hit a shuttlecock ...

River buffalo

...Domesticated species were first domesticated i...

Koshimachi - Kinoenemachi

〘Noun〙 ("Machi" means festival) On the d...

Subculture - Kaibunka

Please see the "Subculture" page. Sourc...

Aluminum Bronze - Aluminum Seido

A Cu-Al alloy with copper as the main component a...

Knossos (English spelling)

An ancient city on the northern coast of Crete in ...

Philippine-American War - Philippine-American War

A war fought between the Philippines and the Unite...

Physical chemistry - butsurikagaku (English spelling) physical chemistry

A branch of chemistry that uses theories of physi...

External renal hilus

… [Exhaust system] The excretory organ of most po...

Canal tonnage - canal tonnage

The tonnage of a ship is the basis for determining...

Sugarplum (English spelling)

...hard candy (candy with little moisture) with a...

Kanto

[1] (meaning east of the checkpoint) [1] Since the...

Erimo [town] - Erimo

A town in Horoizumi District, Hokkaido. It include...

Muong

...The theory that Vietnamese is a descendant of ...

aerial yam

...It has also been introduced into the West Indi...