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Meanings of shale in English
Synonyms
Examples for "slate"
Examples for "slate"
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There are, however, some intriguing games on the Thanksgiving slate this year.
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A full slate of EU finance ministers meet for an Ecofin today.
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The proxy slate move could come as early as Wednesday, it said.
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Vanguard Group last year rolled out a slate of six Canadian ETFs.
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Hornblende schist is common over large areas in the Lake Superior region.
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There the vein had failed, between the schist and the tertiary sandstone.
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He says-Theformation of Dunk Island is clay slates and micaceous schist.
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They were in a large tunnel with smooth walls of tormented schist.
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But now, halfway up, I was staring at crumbly, dark gray schist.
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The schistose rocks from Scott's Nunatak are streaked, and, in part, very fine-grained quartz diorite schists.
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Fine rhombic dodecahedra occur in the schistose rocks of the Zillerthal, in Tyrol, and are sometimes cut and polished.
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A gulf, containing hot and submarine springs, divides the secondary from the primary and schistose rocks of the peninsula of Araya.
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The angular and subangular stones that it contained were an irregular mixture of different varieties of trap, conglomerate, and schistose rocks.
Usage of shale in English
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For example, the chancellor talked about new tax breaks for shale gas.
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The shale fields aside, nothing is horizontal; mountains rule wherever you look.
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There are no specific national regulations in place yet for shale development.
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Many shale producers used a more complex strategy, known as three-way collars.
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Far more shale oil and gas would be economical at higher prices.
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Why would they want to support Iran, Russia or U.S. shale producers?
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Its assets include conventional oil and gas, oil sands and shale gas.
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The Williston Basin includes oil shale and other oil and gas assets.
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Each holds major land positions in several of the same shale-rich states.
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The immediate problem with shale gas is the hype that surrounds it.
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BHP had put up the U.S. shale assets for sale last year.
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Hollub wants her target's prime position in the top U.S. shale field.
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Some of this oil is coming from shale fields in Western Oklahoma.
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Tight oil should not be confused with oil shale, which contains kerogen.
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Oil by rail proliferated in tandem with the U.S. shale oil boom.
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The country's shale gas reserves trail only China and the United States.
About this term
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Shale through the time
Shale across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common