¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Greensands
1. greensand [n] - See also: greensand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greensands
Literary usage of Greensands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rocks of Cape Colville Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand by William Johnson Sollas, Alexander McKay (1906)
"The greensands underlie white chalky limestones, and in their softer parts ...
Where the specimen was collected the greensands are more indurated than is ..."
2. A Geological Inquiry Respecting the Water-bearing Strata of the Country by Joseph Prestwich (1895)
"On the probable Quality of the Water in the deep-seated Beds of the Upper and
Lower greensands.* 137. ALTHOUGH this is a question on which it is not ..."
3. The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain by Alfred John Jukes-Browne, William Hill (1900)
"Hailstone who called his attention to this identity, for that writer described
the Gault of Cambridgeshire under that name in 1816.4 The greensands (Upper ..."
Other Resources:
