marls

noun

plural of marl
as in sediments

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  1. silts
  2. clays
  3. detritus
Noun
  • Finer clays, silts and coarser sands would all have been deposited by different processes.
    — Geoff Emberling, The Conversation, 19 May 2026
  • These silts were left behind when ancient river channels filled up or when floodwaters slowed down and gently dropped tiny particles.
    — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
Definition of silts
Noun
  • This year’s palette features a range of earthy tones, warm neutrals, clays, soft blues, and moodier hues, which can be mixed and matched and paired in any combination that appeals to you and your space.
    — Kate McKenna, The Spruce, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Plenty of my friends worked there loading clays; nothing like working in a box in the middle of August, with the sun beating down on a barren landscape, just make gas money and some Friday night jingle.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of clays
Noun
  • The Avalanches are turning their fascination with the detritus of modern life into something unusually expansive.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The past is not so much foreign as free, free to anyone who is willing to do the work, to enter the past with a spirit of curiosity and a willingness to conjure a living world out of the detritus that history leaves behind.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of detritus
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