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Definition of Marls
1. marl [v] - See also: marl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marls
Literary usage of Marls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Special Report by Geological Survey of Alabama, Columbia University, School of Dental and Oral Surgery (1894)
"marls have been actually tested in the field, and the result yielded ...
Comparison in Detail of the New Jersey Phosphatic marls, ivith those of Alabama. ..."
2. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey (1868)
"With these marls and lime to alternate, land can be kept in first- rate ...
In addition to the uses for agricultural improvement of these marls, they, ..."
3. A Geological Manual by Henry Thomas De La Beche (1832)
"This led M. Charbaut, who first observed the circumstance in the vicinity of Lons
le Saulnier, to class the lias with the variegated marls, which constitute ..."
4. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"marls, in the sense in which the term is used in the Portland-cement industry,
... So far as chemical composition is concerned, marls are practically pure ..."
5. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1903)
"The Albuquerque marls.—The Pliocene rocks in the Rio Grande embayment which are
identical with the Jemez marls, just described, will here be called the ..."
6. Prince George's County by Jay Allan Bonsteel, William Henry Alexander, Frederick Haynes Newell, Louis Agricola Bauer, Fred Wilson Besley (1911)
"On account of the glauconite, the marls are green in color and are commonly known
as "greensand marls." They are rich in calcium carbonate derived from the ..."
7. First Report to the Cotton Planters' Convention of Georgia, on the by Joseph Jones (1860)
"Comparison of the Shell-Limestone and marls of Georgia with the Limestones and
marls of Europe, and with the Limestones and marls of Massachusetts, ..."
8. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1905)
"NOTICE OF A NEW SPECIES OF FASCIOLARIA FROM THE EOCENE GREEN marls AT SHARK RIVER,
... In the green marls of the Lower Eocene at Shark River, New Jersey, ..."
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