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Created: 2017-09-12T08:33:50Z

Last modified: 2017-09-13T17:17:29Z

oil shale  

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  • Information Oil shale is an organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds) from which liquid hydrocarbons can be produced, called shale oil (not to be confused with tight oil—crude oil occurring naturally in shales). (en)
  • Information Önemli oranda kerojen ve organik madde içeren, ısıtıldığında içerdiği katı organik bileşenlerini bırakan, yakıt olarak kullanılabilen, kil ve silt boyutunda kırıntılardan oluşmuş, ince taneli, hidrokarbonca zengin, tabakalı (lamine) tortul kayaç. (tr)

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