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What is the adjective for marl?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs marl and marline which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

marled
marlitic
  1. Resembling or characteristic of marlite.
marly
  1. Containing or resembling marl.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The Grey Chalk contains common intercalations of thin, marly layers, with omnipresent bioturbation.”
      “I will mock the marly heavens, lamp the purple prairies, I will flaunt my deathless banners down the far, unhouseled lands.”
      “The Liassic in Mochras consists predominantly of alternating shaly limestones, marly siltstones, and micaceous mudstones.”
marlaceous
  1. Resembling marl.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The UE consists of greenish marlaceous clays with silicon sandstone inter-layers, foraminifers, shales of ostracordes.”
      “The Upper Eocene consists of greenish marlaceous clays with silicon sandstone inter-layers, foraminifers, shales of ostracordes and the teeth of fish.”
      “It is lithologically represented by brownish-gray clays with jarosite tarnish and inter-layers of gray, fine-grained sandstones, and by marlaceous and sideritic concretions.”
marlier
  1. comparative form of marly: more marly
marliest
  1. superlative form of marly: most marly
marling
  1. present participle of marl
marlined
  1. simple past tense and past participle of marline
marlining
  1. present participle of marline
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