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

It expresses the terroir of the Kimmeridgian marl since the vintage was stingy with sunshine and fruit.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023

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

The shore on the eastern side is formed in places by small bluffs of clay marl, above which can be traced the overlying beds of coral.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden