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Definition of Marlstone
1. Noun. Metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl.
Definition of Marlstone
1. n. A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England.
Definition of Marlstone
1. Noun. (geology) marl ¹
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Definition of Marlstone
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Marlstone
Literary usage of Marlstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1889)
"Desl., marlstone Rock, Tilton (East Norton embankment). Enlarged one and a half
times, a. ... marlstone Rock, Tilton (East a. Front view; b. back view. ..."
2. The Yorkshire Lias by Ralph Tate, John Frederick Blake (1876)
"From their economic importance it will be of advantage to study these latter
together; but to the term " marlstone series" there are strong objections, ..."
3. The Student's Lyell: A Manual of Elementary Geology by Charles Lyell, John Wesley Judd (1896)
"... Marble—Great Oolite—Stonesfield Slate with its Mammalia—Inferior Oolite—Upper
Lias sand and clay—marlstone and Middle Lias—White Lias and ..."
4. The Coal and Iron Industries of the United Kingdom by Richard Meade (1882)
"... Coral Ra.?, and marlstone rocks of theso Counties—Analyses anil Production of
Ore—Pig Iron Manufacture in Wiltshire, at Westbury and Seend—Production of ..."
5. The Geology of England and Wales: With Notes on the Physical Features of the by Horace Bolingbroke Woodward, Edwin Tulley Newton (1887)
"Above the marlstone Rock-bed there are thin beds of marly limestone and clay ...
In Rutlandshire and Leicestershire the marlstone or Rock-bed varies much in ..."
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