Loess is a clastic sediment, predominantly silt sized, that accumulates from windblown dust; roughly ten percent of the Earth's land area is covered by loess or similar wind deposited sediment.
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Associated With: Sediment Transport, Aeolian, loessQuote, Associated With: Sediment Transport, Aeolian, loess
Deposits of fine-grained wind-blown glacial sediment are called loess.
Loess (Wikipedia)
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Loess (US: , UK: ; from German: Löss [lœs]) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust
Caused By: Sedimentation, Lead section (caused-by Sedimentation)
Loess (US: , UK: ; from German: Löss [lœs]) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust.
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