Meaning of marlacious | Babel Free

Definitions

Containing large quantities of marl.

Examples

“Marlacious shales, limestones, and clays contain enough marl to give them some of its characteristics.”

“In the Perigord, the structure of Upper Cretaceous limestones is highly variable according to temporal facies, alternating from dolomitic to marlacious (Laville 1973).”

“There is a real figurative homogeneity in the statuettes, even when fabricated from diverse raw materials (ivory and marlacious limestone for the Kostenki group).”

“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.”

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