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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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- southeastern Brazil and north Africa. Well known and important greensands are the Upper and Lower Greensands of England and occur within Eocene and Cretaceous sedimentary...
- 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...
- 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2019. "Greensands ownership of Southern Water". Southern Water. Retrieved 1 July 2019. "Greensands Holdings Limited Annual Report...
- The Hibernian Greensands Group is a late Cretaceous lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in Northern Ireland. It is Cenomanian to Santonian...
- (980 to 1,640 ft) of much less-resistant clays and greensands; Weald Clays, Gault and Upper Greensand. Forming the back of the cove is a 250-metre-wide...
- The Greensand Ridge, also known as the Wealden Greensand, is an extensive, prominent, often wooded, mixed greensand/sandstone escarpment in south-east...
- 2008. Greensand Ridge Walk Natural England - Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge Defra: JCA 090: Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge Greensand Ridge Path Greensand Ridge...
- doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.657. CCS Norway CO2 stored website Project Greensand Zero Carbon Humber CO2 storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery in the North...
- 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 West and back to Eastbourne. The Greensands are divided into two units, the Lower Greensand and Upper Greensand, which sandwich the Gault. The three...