Loess deposits are extensive blankets of wind-blown silt that accumulate downwind of glacial outwash plains, deserts and river terraces. Grain-size distributions and mineralogical composition reflect ...
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A geologist from The University of Texas at Arlington is investigating the origin of loess, a sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust, in the western United States. The National Science ...
XIAN, China, Sept. 1 (UPI) --New research suggests China's Loess Plateau, the largest dust deposit in the world, was formed by the winds blowing across the Mu Us Desert -- like a leaf blower piles ...
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