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Marls are Calcium Carbonate or ''lime'' rich muds or Mudstone s which contain variable amounts of Clay s and Calcite or Aragonite . The term is most often used to describe Lacustrine (lake) Sediment s, but is also used for marine deposits. The term marl is widely used in North American geology, while the term ''seekreide'' is used in European references. The lower Stratigraphic units of the Chalk Cliffs Of Dover consist of a sequence of Glauconitic marl followed by rythmically banded Limestone and marl layers. Similar upper Cretaceous cyclic sequences in Germany have been correlated with Milankovitch orbital forcing. Marl is common in post Glacial Lake bed sediments often found underlying Peat Bogs . It has been utilized as a soil conditioner and acid soil neutralizing agent. REFERENCES
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