Examples from the Web for greensand
The glauconitic grains of the Greensand formations are chiefly foraminiferal casts.
It consists of a dark blue marl, sometimes intermixed with greensand.A Manual of Elementary Geology|Charles Lyell.
The Aptien (or Greensand) consists generally of marls and clay.The World Before the Deluge|Louis Figuier
Here and there the Greensand forms prominent hills, as that on which the town of Shaftesbury stands.
The "coprolites" were phosphatic nodules found in the greensand and dug for use as manure.Early Britain--Roman Britain|Edward Conybeare