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A2 Noun, No-adjective

頁岩(けつがん)shale

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    1. Noun, No-adjective

      1.

      shale

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    頁岩 【けつがん】

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      頁岩(けつがん)泥板岩(でいばんがん)もシェールも(おな)じです。

      Shale, mudstone, and shale are all the same. (a type of sedimentary rock)

      • N1

      堆積岩(たいせきがん)(いた)(じょう)(うす)()がれるものが頁岩(けつがん)です。

      A sedimentary rock that peels off into thin, plate-like layers is shale.

      • N1

      頁岩(けつがん)堆積岩(たいせきがん)はシルトや粘土(ねんど)からなっています。

      The sedimentary rock of shale is composed of silt and clay.

      • N1

      粘土(ねんど)水底(すいてい)堆積(たいせき)して出来(でき)(いわ)のことを頁岩(けつがん)()うそうだ。

      It's said that the rock formed by clay accumulating at the bottom of the water is called shale.

      • N1

      日本(にほん)では中生代(ちゅうせいだい)新生代(しんせいだい)()(だい)(さん)()(でい)(しつ)(がん)頁岩(けつがん)(もち)いられている。

      In Japan, shale is present in mudstone from the Mesozoic and Paleogene periods of the Cenozoic era.

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