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Shale

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005779

A fine-grained sedimentary rock composed mostly of consolidated clay or mud. Shale is the most frequently occurring sedimentary rock.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005779
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesUS Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoMudstone; Shale gas; Oil shale
TranslationsSpanish: pizarra
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005779",
  "term": "Shale",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A fine-grained sedimentary rock composed mostly of consolidated clay or mud. Shale is the most frequently occurring sedimentary rock.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "mudstone",
    "shale gas",
    "oil shale"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "pizarra"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/shale/"
}

Record 5,694 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.