Marl flats are areas of flat ground where the soil has accumulated high concentrations of calcium carbonate (lime) from the strongly alkaline groundwater.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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