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- Shale containing such proportion of
hydrocarbons as to be capable of yielding
petroleum on slow distillation.
Source: Leet, L. Don. 1982.
Physical Geology, 6th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
- A kerogen-bearing, finely laminated brown or black sedimentary rock that
will yield liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons on distillation.
CF: bituminous shale petrolo-shale. AGI
Source:
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
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