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Definition of Greensand
1. Noun. An olive-green sandstone containing glauconite.
Definition of Greensand
1. n. A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.
Definition of Greensand
1. Noun. (geology) A greenish sandstone containing glauconite ¹
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Definition of Greensand
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Literary usage of Greensand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1901)
"Mr. Godwin-Austen stated in 1850 that the Upper greensand was a purely conventional
name, and that the differences between the fauna of the Devizes and ..."
2. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"THE term " Lower greensand" has hitherto been most commonly applied to such
portions of the Cretaceous series as are older thaii the Gault. ..."
3. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"THE term " Lower greensand " has hitherto been most commonly applied to auch
portions of the Cretaceous series as are older than the Gault. ..."
4. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1866)
"THE term " Lower greensand" has hitherto heen most commonly ... Moreover, a
subdivision of the Upper Cretaceous group has likewise been called greensand, ..."
5. Geology: Chemical, Physical, and Stratigraphical by Joseph Prestwich (1888)
"The upper light part represents the Chalk; the dotted part the Upper greensand
and Gault, the dark lower part the New Red Sandstone. ..."
6. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"greensand fov chemical uses. It has been proposed to use greensand as a source
... 10, 2d series He says, " a portion of the greensand was gently ignited, ..."
7. The Geologist by Samuel Joseph Mackie (1863)
"Sir,—The question as to the true position in the greensand series of the "Whetstone"
deposits of Blackdown, in Devonshire, is one which, ..."
8. The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain by Alfred John Jukes-Browne, William Hill (1900)
"Mr. Strahan believes that the Gault becomes uncon- formable to the Lower greensand,
but it is certain that the Lower greensand is thinning out westward, ..."
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