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Definition of greensand in English: greensandnoun ˈɡriːnsandˈɡrēnsand mass nounGeology 1A greenish kind of sandstone, often loosely consolidated. Example sentencesExamples - From that point upstream the sub-soil was composed of laminated greensand, that is, clay containing glauconite interspersed with discrete bands of fine-grained sand.
- The sample was taken from a thin limestone lens with phosphatic oolites within the phosphatic greensand.
- Use additions of mineral-rich materials such as rock phosphate or greensand to tailor the nutrients in your compost to match the needs of your soil and plants.
- Derived from the prehistoric deposits of marine creatures, greensand is good for loosening-up compacted soils.
- They lie on a fault line created by a seam of greensand, which runs for 200 miles from Lyme Regis to the Wash, taking in the edge of the Bowood Estate.
- 1.1 A stratum largely composed of greensand, deposited during the Cretaceous period and often underlying chalk.
Example sentencesExamples - Overlying the Jurassic succession, a thin sequence of basal Cretaceous strata including the Greensand is characterized by radial outward dips.
Definition of greensand in US English: greensandnounˈɡrēnsand Geology A greenish kind of sandstone, often loosely consolidated. Example sentencesExamples - Use additions of mineral-rich materials such as rock phosphate or greensand to tailor the nutrients in your compost to match the needs of your soil and plants.
- From that point upstream the sub-soil was composed of laminated greensand, that is, clay containing glauconite interspersed with discrete bands of fine-grained sand.
- Derived from the prehistoric deposits of marine creatures, greensand is good for loosening-up compacted soils.
- The sample was taken from a thin limestone lens with phosphatic oolites within the phosphatic greensand.
- They lie on a fault line created by a seam of greensand, which runs for 200 miles from Lyme Regis to the Wash, taking in the edge of the Bowood Estate.
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