SHALES

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American English-Russian dictionary. Американский Англо-Русский словарь. 2012

SHALES — lashes hassle
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SHALE — I Any of a group of fine-grained, laminated sedimentary rock s consisting of silt-and clay-sized particles. Shale constitutes roughly 60% …
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SILTSTONE — hardened sedimentary rock that is composed primarily of angular silt-sized particles (0.0039 to 0.063 mm [0.00015 to 0.0025 inch] in …
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SHALE — any of a group of fine-grained, laminated sedimentary rocks consisting of silt- and clay-sized particles. Shale is the most abundant …
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OIL SHALE — any fine-grained sedimentary rock containing solid organic matter that yields significant quantities of oil when heated. This shale oil, commonly …
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OCEAN CURRENT — horizontal and vertical circulation system of ocean waters produced by gravity, wind friction, and water density variation in different parts …
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MOLASSE — thick association of continental and marine clastic sedimentary rocks that consists mainly of sandstones and shales formed as shore deposits. …
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KEROGEN — complex mixture of compounds with large molecules containing mainly hydrogen and carbon but also oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur. It is …
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HEAVY OIL AND TAR SAND — crude oils below 20 API gravity are usually considered to be heavy. The lighter conventional crudes are often waterflooded to …
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CYCLOTHEM — complex, repetitive stratigraphic succession of marine and nonmarine strata that are indicative of cyclic depositional regimes. Ideal cyclothem successions are …
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CLAY MINERAL — any of a group of important hydrous aluminum silicates with a layer (sheetlike) structure and very small particle size. They …
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BLACK SHALE — also called Carboniferous Shale, variety of shale that contains abundant organic matter, pyrite, and sometimes carbonate nodules or layers and, …
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WITWATERSRAND SYSTEM — major division of Precambrian rocks in South Africa (the Precambrian began about 3.8 billion years ago and ended 540 million …
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TRIASSIC PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. first period of …
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STURTIAN SERIES — division of Proterozoic rocks in south central Australia (the Proterozoic Eon lasted from 2.5 billion to 540 million years ago). …
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SILURIAN PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. interval of geologic …
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PERMIAN PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. last period of …
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OUACHITA GEOSYNCLINE — a linear trough in the Earth's crust in which rocks of the Paleozoic Era (from 225,000,000 to 570,000,000 years ago) …
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OLD RED SANDSTONE — thick sequence of Devonian rocks (formed from 408 to 360 million years ago) that are continental rather than marine in …
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LONGMYNDIAN — major division of Late Precambrian rocks and time in the southern Shropshire region of England (the Precambrian began about 3.8 …
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LLANVIRN SERIES — sequence of Ordovician rocks first studied in North Wales (the Ordovician Period lasted from 505 to 438 million years ago). …
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LEONARDIAN STAGE — post-Wolfcampian time of deposition of the Lower Permian Series of rock strata in the United States, especially well-developed in the …
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GULF SERIES — major division of Upper Cretaceous rocks (66.4 to 97.5 million years old) in the Gulf coastal region of the United …
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GRAND CANYON SERIES — major division of rocks in northern Arizona dating from Precambrian time (about 3.8 billion to 540 million years ago). The …
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DEVONIAN PERIOD — interval of geologic time from 408 to 360 million years ago. The fourth period of the Paleozoic era, it follows …
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CRETACEOUS PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. third period of …
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CONEMAUGH SERIES — geochronological division of the Pennsylvanian Period in the United States, which is approximately equivalent to the Late Carboniferous Period (320 …
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COAL MEASURES — major division of Upper Carboniferous rocks and time in Great Britain (the Upper Carboniferous Period began about 325,000,000 years ago …
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BELT SERIES — major division of late Precambrian rocks in North America (the Precambrian lasted from 3.8 billion to 540 million years ago). …
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BALTIC STATES, HISTORY OF — history of the area from prehistoric times to the present. Additional reading Clarence A. Manning, The Forgotten Republics (1952, reprinted …
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