shell marl

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shell marl [′shel ‚märl]

(geology)

A light-colored calcareous deposit formed on the bottoms of small fresh-water lakes, composed largely of uncemented mollusk shells and precipitated calcium carbonate, along with the hard parts of minute organisms.

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