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  2. Shala (river) - Wikipedia

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    The Shalë (Albanian definite form: Shala) or Lumi i Shalës is a river flowing inside the Albanian Alps in northern Albania.Its source is near the village of Theth, close to the border with Montenegro in the Alps of Albania National Park.

  3. Nod Glas Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Nod Glas Formation (also known as the Nod Glas Black Shale, the Cadnant Shale, the Penarwel Mudstones [2] or just Nod Glas [3]) is an Ordovician lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in Mid Wales. The rock of the formation is made up of pyritous, graptolitic mudstone that is generally black in colour. It weathers to a soft ...

  4. Middlesex Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Middlesex Formation is a carbon rich black shale geologic formation found in the Appalachian Basin. It represents one of several transgressive events (rising sea levels) during the Late Devonian .

  5. Kettle Point Formation - Wikipedia

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    The black shales of the Kettle Point Formation are organic-rich and highly fissile. Some layer of black shale are interlaminated with white-coloured laminae of clay- to silt-sized quartz and calcite grains. The associated greyish green mudstones are homogeneous, lacking discernible lamination or other primary sedimentary structures.

  6. Hesseltal Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Hesseltal Formation or Blackcoloured Formation is a Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian to early Turonian) geological formation from northern Germany.It consists of lithified marls and limestone, with a unique series of black shales deposited in anoxic conditions during the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary event.

  7. Francevillian B Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Francevillian B Formation, also known as the Francevillian Formation or FB2 in scientific research, is a geologic formation of black shale provinces close to the town of Franceville, Gabon from which it gets its name.

  8. Torbanite - Wikipedia

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    Torbanite, also known historically as boghead coal or kerosene shale, is a variety of fine-grained black oil shale. It usually occurs as lenticular masses, often associated with deposits of Permian coals. [1] [2] Torbanite is classified as lacustrine type oil shale. [3]

  9. Burket Shale - Wikipedia

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    The Burket Shale or Geneseo Shale is the lowest member of the Harrell Shale/Genessee Group. The Burket is an organic-rich black shale that rests just above the Tully Limestone member of the Mahantango Formation. The geographical extent of the formation includes southern New York, Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia. The Burket is also ...