Marlacious
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Marlacious is an adjective meaning (geology) Containing large quantities of marl.
Meaning
(geology) Containing large quantities of marl.
Example Sentences
Marlacious shales, limestones, and clays contain enough marl to give them some of its characteristics.
A new emotional wave splashed her—a wave called sinking through marlacious earth and discovery of coarse-grained pain in the rocks of the heart.
There is a real figurative homogeneity in the statuettes, even when fabricated from diverse raw materials (ivory and marlacious limestone for the Kostenki group).
In the Perigord, the structure of Upper Cretaceous limestones is highly variable according to temporal facies, alternating from dolomitic to marlacious (Laville 1973).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include marly, marllike, marlaceous, marblish, marbly, marish.
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