soft shale
1shale — [ʃeıl] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: scealu shell, scale ] a smooth soft rock which breaks easily into thin flat pieces …
2shale — ► NOUN ▪ soft stratified sedimentary rock formed from consolidated mud or clay. DERIVATIVES shaly (also shaley) adjective. ORIGIN probably from German Schale …
3shale — n. soft finely stratified rock that splits easily, consisting of consolidated mud or clay. Phrases and idioms: shale oil oil obtained from bituminous shale. Derivatives: shaly adj. Etymology: prob. f. G Schale f. OE sc(e)alu rel. to ON skaacutel… …
4shale — [[t]ʃe͟ɪl[/t]] shales N MASS Shale is smooth soft rock that breaks easily into thin layers …
5shale — noun soft finely stratified sedimentary rock formed from consolidated mud or clay. Derivatives shaly (also shaley) adjective Origin C18: prob. from Ger. Schale; related to Engl. dialect shale dish (see scale2) …
6shale — noun (U) a smooth soft rock which breaks easily into thin flat pieces …
7Burgess shale type preservation — The Burgess shale of British Columbia is famous for its exceptional preservation of mid Cambrian organisms. Around 40 other sites have been discovered of a similar age, with soft tissues preserved in a similar, though not identical, fashion.These …
8Burgess shale type fauna — A number of assemblages bear fossil assemblages similar in character to that of the Burgess shale. While many are also preserved in a similar fashion to the Burgess shale, the term Burgess shale type fauna covers assemblages based on taxonomic… …
9Burgess Shale — Infobox Rockunit name = Burgess Shale caption = Marella , the most abundant Burgess Shale organism. type = Geological formation prilithology = Shale otherlithology = namedfor = Burgess Pass namedby = Charles Doolittle Walcott region = Yoho… …
10Emu Bay shale — infobox Rockunit caption = North Coast of Kangaroo Island, Emu Bay © David Simpson type = Geological formation prilithology = Shale otherlithology = namedfor = namedby = region = The north coast of Kangaroo Island, around Emu Bay and Cape D… …
