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

When he went into the station he showed the scraps of marl and dark metallic stone he had picked up near where the star had fallen, to James Henty, who had taken up Warria Station.

From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah