Shale synonyms
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(Geology) one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the deposition of either the weathered remains of other rocks, the results of biological activity, or precipitation from solution
silt rock
A hardening or nonhardening material having a consistency similar to clay and used for modeling.
(Geol.) Matter deposited by water or wind
A hard, fine-grained, metamorphic rock, typically formed from shale, that cleaves naturally into thin, smooth-surfaced layers
mudstone (related)
A fine-grained, dark gray sedimentary rock, formed from silt and clay and similar to shale but without laminations.
schistous clay
Find another word for shale. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for shale, like: sedimentary-rock, silt rock, rock, clay, sediment, slate, mudstone and schistous clay.