Environmental Monitoring

Oil shale extraction is not, as of this writing, an economically feasible way of obtaining oil from these geological formations. However, this has not stopped countries like the United States…

Sedimentary rocks like shale are rich fossil sources because organisms became trapped in the muddy areas that eventually became shale. As the mud dried over time, the fossils were created.

Shale gas refers to natural gas that is trapped within shale formations. Shales are fine-grained sedimentary rocks that can be rich resources of petroleum and natural gas. Sedimentary rocks are…