carbonaceous shale

[kär·bə′nā·shəs ′shāl]

(geology)

Shale rich in carbon.

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6B-E) comprises of 14 meter sequence of sandy bioclastic limestone interbeded with glauconitic sandstone and sandy carbonaceous shale. This cycle is represented by six transgressions, i.e., TRT 1-6 and five regressions (RST 1-5; Figs.

Depositional, diagenetic and sequence stratigraphic controls on the reservoir potential of the Cretaceous Chichali and Lumshiwal formations, Nizampur Basin, Pakistan

Lithologically, the Late Paleocene Patala formation in Upper Indus Basin contains Calcareous Shale with alternative coal seams whereas, in study area it comprises of Greenish Grey Carbonaceous Shale with occasional Pyritic nodules; marl and white to grey nodular limestone while coal is present in abundance in middle part of the rock unit.

Characterisation of Patala Formation Coal Reserves of Salt Range and its Application

The Coal-bearing Member is dominated by gray-gray black siltstone, silty mudstone and carbonaceous shale and is intercalated with coal seams (M1-M5), while coal seam M5 is recoverable throughout the area.

CHARACTERISTICS AND ACCUMULATION OF MIDDLE JURASSIC OIL SHALE IN THE YUQIA AREA, NORTHERN QAIDAM BASIN, NORTHWEST CHINA

Carbonaceous shale which is sandwiched in coal seam and was formed during coal formation is mainly composed of minerals and organic carbon.

Characterization and Identification of Coal and Carbonaceous Shale Using Visible and Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy

Naresh Ghose, a Bengaluru-based geologist, first discovered the microfossils in a carbonaceous shale in central India. Ghose, who is also a former geology professor at Patna University, reported his findings at the (http://igcroorkee.net/) Indian Geological Congress in Nagpur, an annual convention for Indian scientific discoveries. 

Scientist Finds 2 Billion-Plus Old Microfossils

Ghose found these in the 2,000-million-year-old black carbonaceous shale from the Bundelkhand region of the Gwalior basin in Central India.

Earliest form of life in India dating 2,000 mn years discovered

Grey and black carbonaceous shale, shale, and grey shaly sandstone are in the lower part, grey and black mudstone is found in the middle part, grey lime mudstone, and shale and shaly sandstone are present in the upper part.

Organoporosity evaluation of shale: a case study of the Lower Silurian Longmaxi shale in southeast Chongqing, China

2f) and terminates with a claystone/mudstone intercalated with carbonaceous shale (facies Fm) (Fig.

CYCLICITY AND LITHOFACIES MODELLING BY APPLICATION OF MARKOV CHAIN ANALYSIS TO THE WARCHHA SANDSTONE, SALT RANGE, PAKISTAN

The Company secured 10 meters of coal and carbonaceous shale and 6 meters of gassy sandstone that has all been put in sealed containers and forwarded for desorption testing.

-Sentry Petroleum Announces Completion of Drilling for Albilbah_CSG1

He measured this interval as 2539' 1" (774 m) of grey and red mudstone, sandstone, limestone, coal, carbonaceous shale and minor conglomerate.

The Pennsylvanian Joggins Formation of Nova Scotia: sedimentological log and stratigraphic framework of the historic fossil cliffs