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marl

calcium carbonate or lime-rich mud or mudstone which contains variable amounts of clays and silt
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marl

Summary

marl ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,275 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • marl is made of clay[2].
  • marl is made of limestone[3].
  • marl is a type of pelite[4].
  • marl's Commons category is recorded as Marl[5].
  • marl's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Marl[6].
  • marl's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • marl's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • marl's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • marl's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • marl's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • marl's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • marl's different from is recorded as Maerl[13].
  • marl's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000853[14].

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Definition and Type

marl is a type of pelite[4].

Why It Matters

marl ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,275 views/month).[1] marl has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] marl is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → clay, limestone
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2205252
    Subclass of → pelite
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553385505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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