Related Words for shale

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sandstone
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Noun, Verb
mudstone
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Noun
limestone
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Noun, Verb
coal
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Noun
hydrocarbon
xx/x
Noun
outcrops
//
Noun
carboniferous
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Name
clastic
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Noun
basalt
x/
Noun
lignite
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Noun
fracturing
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Noun
drilling
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Noun
dolomite
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Noun
quartzite
//
Noun
petroleum
x/xx
Noun
sedimentary
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Noun
subsurface
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Noun
deepwater
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Noun
sands
/
Noun
mineral
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Noun
bituminous
x/xx
Noun
carbonate
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Noun
fossil
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Noun
rock
/
Noun
shell
/
Noun
seashell
/x
Noun
shoal
/
Noun
scull
/
Noun
shelf
/
Noun
hull
/
Noun
stool
/
Noun
nutshell
/x
Noun
shore
/
Noun
speck
/
Noun
flake
/
Noun
urchin
/x
Noun
shack
/
Noun
bark
/
Noun
shank
/
Noun
shake
/
Noun
skimmer
/x
Noun
coop
/
Noun
wrack
/
Noun
brick
/
Noun
surface
/x
Noun
prop
/
Noun
scuttle
/x
Verb
bulge
/
Noun
sea chest
//
Phrase, Noun
shot
/
Noun
shingle
/x
Noun
sill
/
Noun
scar
/
Noun
stock
/
Noun
keel
/
Noun
squid
/
Noun
pile
/
Noun
casket
/x
Noun
sounding
/x
Adjective
skin
/
Noun
skid
/
Noun
shout
/
Noun
baleen
x/
Noun
slush
/
Noun
brack
/
Name
holm
/
Name
skiff
/
Noun
carcass
/x
Noun
helm
/
Noun
carbonaceous
/x/x
Verb, Adjective
siltstone
/x
Noun
weathers
/x
Verb
interbedded
xxxx
Verb, Adjective
silty
/x
Verb
intercalated
xxxxx
Verb
overlies
/xx
Verb
siliceous
/xxx
Adjective
chert
/
Noun
alluvial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
anthracite
/xx
Noun
blackboard
/x
Noun, Verb
chalk
/
Noun, Verb
deltaic
x/x
Adjective
jurassic
x/x
Name, Adjective
lacustrine
xxx
Adjective
mesozoic
xx/x
Name, Adjective
ore
/
Noun
pennsylvanian
xx/xx
Name, Adjective
schist
/
Noun
slate
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tar
/
Noun, Verb
triassic
x/x
Name, Adjective
whiteboard
/x
Noun, Verb
pigeon
/x
Noun, Verb
salad
/x
Noun
grape
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dicky
/x
Name, Adjective
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
butt
/
Noun, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pidgin
/x
Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
maypole
/x
Noun, Verb
nickel
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
sfa
x
Name
girly
/x
Adjective, Noun