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Greensand
Greensand Green"sand` (-s?nd`), n. (Geol.) A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime. Note: [hand]Greensand is often called marl, because it is a useful fertilizer. The greensand beds of the American Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous.

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- Greensand or green sand is a sand or sandstone which has a greenish color. This term is specifically applied to shallow marine sediment that contains...
- Greensand, or green sand, is a sand or sandstone which has a greenish color. Greensand or green sand may also refer to: Greensand Ridge, an escarpment...
- 2008. Greensand Ridge Walk Natural England - Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge Defra: JCA 090: Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge Greensand Ridge Path Greensand Ridge...
- The Greensand Ridge, also known as the Wealden Greensand, is an extensive, prominent, often wooded, mixed greensand/sandstone escarpment in south-east...
- Folkestone, Kent, England, where it overlays the Lower Greensand formation, and underlies the Upper Greensand Formation. These represent different facies, with...
- The Greensand Way is a long-distance path of 108 miles (174 km) in southeast England, from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent. It follows the Greensand...
- The Lower Greensand Group is a geological unit present across large areas of Southern England. It was deposited during the Aptian and Albian ages of the...
- The Upper Greensand Formation is a Cretaceous formation of Albian to Cenomanian in age, found within the Wes**** Basin and parts of the Weald Basin in...
- The Blackdown Greensand is a geologic formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. Earth sciences portal England portal...
- Leith Hill in southern England is the highest summit of the Greensand Ridge, approximately 6.7 km (4 mi) southwest of Dorking, Surrey and 40.5 km (30 mi)...