English-German translations for shale

• Schiefer der
  Davor möchte ich doch warnen, denn es gibt sehr unterschiedliche Festlegungen und Ermittlungen über Emissionen bei der Gewinnung von Rohöl oder Öl aus Sanden oder aus Schiefer. I would like to warn against taking this approach, because the figures and the findings on emissions produced by the extraction of crude oil or of oil from sand or shale vary widely.
• Tonschiefer der

Definition of shale

• A shell or husk; a cod or pod
• A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure
• To take off the shell or coat of

Related words

• shaley
• shale gas
• shale oil
• oil shale
• black shale
• bituminous shale
• calcareous shale
• gas shale
• gas-bearing shale