Related Words for shales

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clastic
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Noun, Noun
ordovician
x//x
Name, Adjective
basalts
x/
Noun
dolomites
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Noun
carbonates
/xx
Noun
limestones
/x
Noun
hydrocarbons
xx/x
Noun
miocene
/xx
Name
siltstone
/x
Noun
sedimentary
xx/xx
Noun
sedimentary rock
xx/xx/
Phrase, Noun
sands
/
Noun
granites
/x
Noun
graben
/x
Noun
depositional
xx/xx
Noun
devonian
x/xx
Name, Adjective
stratigraphy
xxxx
Noun
lavas
/x
Noun
oligocene
/xxx
Name
cretaceous
x/x
Name, Adjective
mudstones
/x
Noun
paleozoic
xxx/x
Name, Adjective
triassic
x/x
Name, Adjective
schists
/
Noun
sediments
/xx
Noun
brines
/
Noun
eocene
/xx
Name
gabbro
/x
Noun
sulphides
/x
Noun
geological
xx/xx
Name
basins
/x
Noun
gneiss
/
Noun
paleocene
/xxx
Name
craton
/x
Noun
permeabilities
/xx/xx
Noun
magmas
/x
Noun
proterozoic
xxx/x
Name
precambrian
x/xx
Name
natural gas
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
kaolinite
/xxx
Noun
gravels
/x
Noun
silurian
x/xx
Name, Adjective
geology
x/xx
Noun
alluvium
x/xx
Noun
mississippian
xx/xx
Name
wells
/
Noun
hornblende
/x
Noun
drilling
/x
Noun
archean
xxx
Name
andesite
/xx
Noun
molybdenum
x/xx
Noun
sandstone
/x
Noun
archaean
xxx
Name
silicates
/xx
Noun
interbedded
xxxx
Verb, Adjective
retorted
x/x
Adjective
slates
/
Noun
intercalated
xxxxx
Verb, Adjective
clays
/
Noun
conglomerates
x/xx
Noun
overlain
/xx
Verb
pennsylvanian
xx/xx
Adjective, Name
carbonaceous
/x/x
Adjective
outcrop
//
Verb
grits
/
Noun
concretions
x/x
Noun
siliceous
/xxx
Adjective
underlain
/xx
Verb
bituminous
x/xx
Adjective
silts
/
Noun
flagstones
/x
Noun
metamorphosed
xx/x
Verb
calcareous
x/xx
Adjective
muds
/
Noun
bedded
/x
Verb
graphitic
//x
Adjective
cambrian
/xx
Adjective
carboniferous
xx/xx
Adjective
fissile
/x
Adjective
laminated
/xxx
Verb, Adjective
ferruginous
x/xx
Adjective
lacustrine
xxx
Adjective
coals
/
Noun
jurassic
x/x
Adjective
indurated
xxxx
Adjective
variegated
/xxx
Adjective
phanerozoic
/xx/x
Adjective
permian
/xx
Adjective