: a fissile rock that is formed by the consolidation of clay, mud, or silt, has a finely stratified or laminated structure, and is composed of minerals essentially unaltered since deposition
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Higher elevation vineyards are noted for calcium-rich limestone or shale on the surface, while lower altitude areas and rolling hills will have this buried further down.
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Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2025
The local Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and climate activists were pitted against the corporate and government backers of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which was being built to carry oil from the state's Bakken shale fields to a terminal in Illinois.
—James K. Boyce, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2018
Pundits have crowed for some time that U.S. shale production could eliminate the country’s dependence on Middle Eastern oil.
—Jim Krane, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2014
His Poetry vineyard is carved into the hillside and faces west to receive the last rays of sun from each day and the soils are volcanic at the surface with fragmented shale just a few feet below.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2025
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Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2025
The local Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and climate activists were pitted against the corporate and government backers of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which was being built to carry oil from the state's Bakken shale fields to a terminal in Illinois.
—James K. Boyce, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2018
Pundits have crowed for some time that U.S. shale production could eliminate the country’s dependence on Middle Eastern oil.
—Jim Krane, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2014
His Poetry vineyard is carved into the hillside and faces west to receive the last rays of sun from each day and the soils are volcanic at the surface with fragmented shale just a few feet below.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Shale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shale. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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