greensand
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of greensand
Example Sentences
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Pockets of chalk, clay and greensand encourage an exuberant spread of botanical life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Nor do I see my way to the acceptance of the suggestion of Dr. Carpenter, that the red clay is the result of the decomposition of previously-formed greensand.
From Discourses Biological and Geological Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley
The Blackdowns in the S.W. are not quite so elevated as their neighbours; near Otterford and Chard they consist of greensand, whilst chalk appears at Combe St Nicholas and Cricket St Thomas.
From Somerset by G. W. Wade
As the bore gets deeper more irons are added, till the water-bearing greensand or "rock" is attained, usually in the second hundred feet of the bore.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
The variety of their strata make the cliffs interesting to geologists, for here are found layers of different kinds of chalk, limestone, greensand, marls, chert, and interspersed lines of flints.
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Rosalind Northcote
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