2. Verb. (third-person singular of shale) ¹
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Definition of Shales
1. shale [n] - See also: shale
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shales
Literary usage of Shales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1885)
"This interesting fact evidently points to the conclusion that, towards the close
of the deposition of the Moffat black shales, most of the graptolites ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"The Pit shales.—The youngest formation in the district with which this paper is
immediately concerned is an extensive series of shales, ..."
3. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1903)
"1876. Gasteropoda, pi. 19, fig. 30, 31. Hall. Paleontology of New York. 1879. v.
5, pt 2, p. 73, pi. 20, fig. 26, 27. Hamilton shales Bellona ..."
4. Practical Oil Geology: The Application of Geology to Oil Field Problems by Dorsey Hager (1919)
"OIL shales DEFINED (After Ziegler) "Oil shales are shales, that is, muds or clays
consolidated into rocks, from which oil and gas can be produced by ..."
5. Annual Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1898)
"The authors conclude that the beds were originally argillaceous shales, ...
Epidote and tourmaline-bearing shales occur on both sides of the Sour- land ..."
6. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1898)
"In general the younger shales, particularly near the top of the Coal ...
Greenish tinges are also more common in the younger shales than in the older. ..."
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