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n: The water which is adsorbed or united chemically in the mudstone, gypse or other substances. It cannt flow freely in the natural condition.

water that is trapped in or on the matrix minerals and cannot move.

n: 1. a massive, blocky rock composed of approximately equal proportions of clay and silt, but lacking the fine lamination of shale.2. in general, rock consisting of an indefinite and variable mixture of clay, silt, and sand particles.

sedimentary rocks that consist of particles finer than sand grade (less than 0.0625 mm) and include both silt and clay grade material. Also called shales.

n: a shale containing hydrocarbons that cannot be recovered by an ordinary oilwell but that can be extracted by mining and processing. The cost of mining and treatment of oil shale is generally too great to compete with the cost of oilwell drilling.

a mudrock or mudstone, composed of a large amount of kerogen or similar deposit, which will yield oil only when refined.