NALT

Término preferido

oil shale

Topic

A kerogen-bearing, finely laminated brown or black sedimentary rock that will yield liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons on distillation. Oil shale, despite the name, does not actually contain oil, but rather a type of organic matter called kerogen, a precursor of oil that is converted to a type of crude oil when heated to about 450 – 500° C.

oil sands

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

25997

español

pizarra de aceite
esquisto de petróleo

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/55741

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Creado 1/19/06, última modificación 11/22/17