The content of shale (or clay) in a dominantly nonshale formation; the degree to which ion-exchange processes contribute to resistivity measurements. Electrical conduction in shales is an ion-exchange process whereby electrons move between exchange sites on the surface of clay particles. See dirty and pseudostatic SP.
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