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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...
- The Greensand Ridge, also known as the Wealden Greensand, is an extensive, prominent, often wooded, mixed greensand/sandstone escarpment in south-east...
- 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...
- The Cambridge Greensand is a geological unit in England whose strata are earliest Cenomanian in age. It lies above the erosive contact between the Gault...
- 2008. Greensand Ridge Walk Natural England - Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge Defra: JCA 090: Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge Greensand Ridge Path Greensand Ridge...
- 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 stages of...
- The Waipara Greensand is a geological rock unit found in Canterbury, New Zealand. It dates from just after the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event,...
- the White Cliffs of Dover. Hills in the form of the North Downs and the Greensand Ridge span the length of the county and in the Vale of Holmesdale in between...
- 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...