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油母頁岩 (yuboketsugan) Japanese meaning: oil shale | Kotomora

油ゆ母ぼ頁けつ岩がん

also: ゆもけつがん

ゆ

ぼ

け

つ

が

ん

Meanings

1

Geological term for a fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen, from which liquid hydrocarbons can be extracted.

油ゆ母ぼ頁けつ岩がんは、石せき油

ゆ

の

代だい

替たい

エネルギー

源げん

と

し

て

注ちゅう

目もく

さ

れ

て

いる

。

Oil shale is attracting attention as an alternative energy source to petroleum.

Kanji

油oil, fat
母mother
頁page, leaf
岩boulder, rock, cliff

Written forms

油母頁岩
- ゆぼけつがん
  Standard kanji spelling for this geological term.
- ゆもけつがん
  Alternate reading; less common than ゆぼけつがん.
ゆもけつがん

Etymology

Compound of 油母 (kerogen) and 頁岩 (shale). The reading ゆぼけつがん is standard; ゆもけつがん is a variant.