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A2 Noun, の-adjective

頁岩(けつがん)shale

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    1. Noun, の-adjective

      1. 1.

        shale

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    頁岩 【けつがん】

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

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

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    • 堆積岩(たいせきがん)で板(いた)状(じょう)に薄(うす)く剥(は)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.

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    • 頁岩(けつがん)の堆積岩(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)が水底(すいてい)に堆積(たいせき)して出来(でき)た岩(いわ)のことを頁岩(けつがん)と言(い)うそうだ。

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

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    • 日本(にほん)では中生代(ちゅうせいだい)や新生代(しんせいだい)古(こ)第(だい)三(さん)紀(き)の泥(でい)質(しつ)岩(がん)に頁岩(けつがん)が用(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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