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Definition of Marlstones
1. marlstone [n] - See also: marlstone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marlstones
Literary usage of Marlstones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History and Present Condition of the Barbary States: Comprehending a View of by Michael Russell (1842)
"In particular, the lias contains an immense quantity of fossil-shells, of which
the predominating one is the Gryphon, arcuata; and hence the marlstones of ..."
2. Reports of Geological Explorations by New Zealand Geological Survey (1871)
"These marlstones stretch uninterruptedly towards the south to near the mouth ...
On the northern side of the Kaikoura Peninsula, these marlstones are much ..."
3. The Family Library (Harper). by Child Study Association of America Book Review Committee (1842)
"... of organized Bodies—Transition-rocks — Limestone—Talc-slate—Mineral
Species—Secondary Formation— Limestone-shales — marlstones and Sandstone — Imbedded ..."
4. Geology: Chemical, Physical, and Stratigraphical by Joseph Prestwich (1888)
"Organic remains swarm in most places, to the extent often of rendering the shales
and marlstones highly bituminous. Vegetable remains (Cycads and Conifers) ..."
5. Transactions of the Manchester Geological Society by Manchester Geological Society (1876)
"Mr. DICKINSON said he hoped soon to see the original out-crop of these rock-salt
beds, and the outcrop of the sali- ferous marlstones laid down on the ..."
6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1885)
"... or marlstones to crystalline limestones full of fossils; from argillaceous to
calcareous dolomitic and bituminous marls, slates and bituminous ..."
7. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"The use of a brick with projections for constructing fire-vaults, as described,
for calcining marls, marlstones, cements, and other materials used for ..."
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