№ 3,
2012
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Evolution of ideas about combustible shales of Azerbaijan and their practical importance
Institute of Geology and Geophysics of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, AZ1143, Baku, H.Javid av., 119
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The article deals with history of study and use of shales in the foreign countries which is compared with investigations conducted in the last years in Azerbaijan. Evolution of the ideas about combustible shales of Azerbaijan has secular history and three stages are distinguished in their study. Problems of the shales genesis, regulations of their areal extension, tectonic-structural peculiarities of region were studied in the last stage. The analysis of investigations results shows that hereinafter for development of practical use technology of the combustible shales it is necessary to continue these works in Azerbaijan.