Look up: shale

1. Shale
   Shale is a type of rock that is formed from clay that has been pressed into thin sheets.
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2. shale
   a sedimentary rock made up largely of clay particles arranged so the rock has fissility -- i.e., will split readily parallel to bedding laminae.
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3. shale
   [n] - a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
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4. shale
   a fine-grained sedimentary rock composed mostly of consolidated clay or mud. Shale is the most frequently occurring sedimentary rock.
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5. Shale
   An oil bearing rock found at Kimmeridge in Dorset. Pieces turned on a lathe to make bracelets and bangles.
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6. Shale
   Loose, easily fragmented stones that contain ironstone or cover coal seams especially. These may contain hydrocarbons (CH-compounds) as oils, very occasionally used as fuels or jewellery pieces.
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7. Shale
   a thinly laminated sedimentary rock made of tiny clay-sized sedimentary particles.
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8. shale
   foliated metamorphic rock finer grained than gneiss; it possesses a well-marked tendency to split into thin layers, except when puckered or folded by movement subsequent to the development of schistosity Category: Chemistry
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9. Shale
   Shale noun [ Anglo-Saxon scealy , scalu . See Scalme , and confer Shell .] 1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod. 'The green shales of a bean.' Chapman. 2. [ German shale .] (Geol.)...
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10. Shale
    Shale transitive verb To take off the shell or coat of; to shell. « Life, in its upper grades, was bursting its shell, or was shaling off its husk.» I. Taylor.
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11. shale
    1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod. 'The green shales of a bean.' ... 2. [G. Shale. ... <geology> A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure. Bituminous shale. See Bituminous. ... Origin: AS. Scealy, scalu. See Scalme, and cf. Shell. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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12. shale
    noun a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
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13. Shale
    • (v. t.) To take off the shell or coat of; to shell. • (n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod. • (n.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
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14. shale
    any of a group of fine-grained, laminated sedimentary rocks consisting of silt- and clay-sized particles. Shale is the most abundant of the ... [14 related articles]
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15. Shale
    Fine grained sedimentary rock composed of lithified clay particles.
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16. Shale
    A rock formed by consolidation of clay, mud, or silt, having a laminated structure and composed of minerals essentially unaltered since deposition.
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17. shale
    shale, sedimentary rock formed by the consolidation of mud or clay, having the property of splitting into thin layers parallel to its bedding planes. Shale tends to be fissile, i.e., it tends to split along planar surfaces between the layers of stratified rock. Shales comprise an estimated 55% of al...
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18. Shale
    Shale is a fine black sedimentary rock that splits easily into thin plates along well-defined planes parallel to the original stratification. Shale is composed of a complex mixture of microscopic clay minerals plus mica and quartz. Shale is often rich in fossils and dinosaur tracks. Shale is formed ...
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19. shale
    Fine-grained and finely layered sedimentary rock composed of silt and clay. It is a weak rock, splitting easily along bedding planes to form thin, even slabs (by contrast, mudstone splits into irregular flakes). Oil shale contains kerogen, a solid bituminous material that yields petroleum when heated
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20. Shale
    `Shale` is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite. The ratio of clay to other minerals is variable.<ref name=Blatt>Blatt, Harvey and Robert J. Trac...
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