marl

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South Jersey achieved paleontological renown with the 1858 discovery of a nearly complete skeleton of the duck-billed dinosaur Hadrosaurus foulkii in a Haddonfield marl pit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2025

Mineral-driven and intense, it reflects the flint, limestone and marl soils of Pouilly-Fumé in the Loire Valley.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2022

The marl cliffs, which attract thousands of tourists every year, were defaced sometime overnight on Friday.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2022

The coat is available in only one color – grey marl.

From Fox News • Nov. 26, 2021

Strontium sulphate is dug from shallow pits in the red marl of Gloucestershire and Somersetshire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various