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Martorv has a specific gravity thrice as great as that of ordinary peat in consequence of the pressure of the sand. Interior Structure of Dunes. The interior structure of the dunes, the arrangement of their particles, is not, as might be expected, that of an unorganized, confused heap, but they show a strong tendency to stratification.
When, in the course of time, marine currents cut away the coast, the dunes move landwards and fill up the ponds and thus are formed the remarkable strata of fossile peat called Martorv, which appears to be unknown to the geologists of other parts of Europe." Forchhammer, in Leonhard und Bronn, 1841, p. 18.
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