marlstone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of marlstone
Example Sentences
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When there is an upper story, which is rarely the case, it is approached from the courtyard by a staircase, usually dilapidated, with stairs of shelly marlstone.
From The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria by Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg
Belemnites are generally found in immense numbers together, especially in the marlstone quarries of the Midlands, and in the lias cliffs of Dorsetshire.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Grant Allen
The more calcareous Middle Lias or marlstone forms hillocks flanking the Oolite escarpment of the Cotteswolds, as at Wotton-under-Edge and Churchdown.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
On the left is a ruined castle, built of shelly marlstone, which, according to Arabian tradition, once belonged to the Berdovil in question.
From The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria by Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg
If the lake, therefore, was drained, such a deposit would be found to consist of strata of marlstone, like that observed in many ancient European formations, and, like them, containing fresh-water shells.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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