Marinite is a gray to dark-gray or black oil shale of marine origin in which the chief organic components are lamalginite and bituminite derived from marine phytoplankton, with varied admixtures of bitumen, telalginite and vitrinite.[1] Marinite deposits are the most abundant oil-shale deposits. They are generally widespread but at the same time they are relatively thin and often of restricted economic importance. Typical environments for marinite deposits are found in epeiric seas (e.g. on broad shallow marine shelves or below inland seas where wave action is restricted and currents are minimal).
The largest marinite-type oil-shale deposits are the Devonian–Mississippian oil-shales deposits in eastern United States. In Canada, the marinite-type of oil-shale deposits include the Devonian Kettle Point Formation and the Ordovician Collingwood Shale of southern Ontario, the Cretaceous Boyne and Favel deposits in the Prairie Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, and the Anderson Plain and the Mackenzie Delta deposits in the Northwest Territories.
Outside North America, marinite occurs in the Irati Formation in Brazil, deposits in the Middle East and North Africa, and in Sweden.[1]
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Marinite is a gray to dark-gray or black oil shale of marine origin in which the chief organic components are lamalginite and bituminite derived from marine...
Marine shales consist of three varieties, namely kukersite, tasmanite, and marinite. Kukersite, named after Kukruse in Estonia, is a light-brown marine oil...
amber which has also been called tasmanite. Cannel coal Kukersite Lamosite Marinite Torbanite Oil shale geology List of shale oil operations in Australia (Tasmania)...
to 31 billion tonnes of oil shale. The deposits include a high quality marinite oil shale of Late Cretaceous to early Cenozoic age. The most important...
constraints. Israeli oil shales belong to the group of Upper Cretaceous marinite deposits. Although oil-shale deposits may lie under as much as 15% of the...
formation contains kerogen originated from algae, it is also classified as marinite-type oil shale. At the same time it is rich in aromatic hydrocarbon attributed...
to 70 billion tonnes of oil shale. The deposits include a high quality marinite oil shale of Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary age. The most important...
deposits are the most abundant and largest oil shale deposits beside of marinite deposits. The largest lacustrine-type oil shale deposits are the Green...
discovered and patented by James Young in 1851. Cannel coal Kukersite Lamosite Marinite Tasmanite Oil shale geology Yen, Teh Fu; Chilingar, George V. (1976). Oil...
(often known as the "Father of the Railways"). Ampelite Kukersite Lamosite Marinite Oil shale geology Tasmanite Torbanite Huddle, J.W.; et al. (1963). Coal...
"Action, Gesture, Paint". Whitechapel Gallery. Retrieved 15 April 2023. "Marinite's Poetry Book Is Released". Daily Independent Journal. 1967-01-24. p. 4...
dictyonema oil shale, dictyonema shale, or Tremadocian black shale) is a marinite-type black shale of sapropelic origin. It is a blackish to greyish lithified...
shale or alum shale) is a marine-type of black shale, belonging to the marinite-type of oil shales. Although the name dictyonema argillite is widely used...
lays in the depth of 7 to 170 metres (23 to 558 ft). Cannel coal Lamosite Marinite Oil shale in Estonia Oil shale geology Tasmanite Torbanite Aaloe, Aasa;...
the north-western districts, particularly in Latrobe–Railton area. The marinite of the Toolebuc Formation, Eromanga and Carpenteria basins in Queensland...
of well-being in Marin County, California, and highlights actions that Marinites can take to lock in human development successes today while setting the...
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 2016-12-02. "The Biography Of A Marinite Tells Too Little About The Man". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael...
local deposits were laid down during the Upper Cretaceous era and are marinites. The most important of these are located at Tarfaya (in the south-westernmost...
deposited under marine conditions, the Favel shales are classified as marinites, in contrast to the lamosite oil shales of the Green River Formation,...
1955". Petaluma Argus-Courier. Petaluma, California. 1955-08-17. p. 34. "Marinites will decide open space measure". Petaluma Argus-Courier. Petaluma, California...
Wilkin". The Stanford Daily. March 29, 1965. p. 1. Retrieved July 8, 2015. "Marinite's kin killed in Sierra car crash". Daily Independent Journal. (San Rafael...
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