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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In Discipline: Sedimentology, Lead paragraph
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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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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