Look up: Loess

1. loess
   n. A widespread, loose deposit consisting mainly of silt; most loess deposits formed during the Pleistocene as an accumulation of wind-blown dust carried from deserts, alluvial plains, or glacial deposits.
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2. loess
   A buff-colored, wind-blown deposit of fine silt, which is frequently exposed in bluffs with steep faces. The thickness can range from 6 to 30 m. The loess of the USA and Europe is thought to be the fine materials first transported and deposited by the waters of melting ice sheets during the glacial ...
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3. Loess
   Unconsolidated, wind deposited sediment composed largely of silt-sized quartz particles (0.015-0.05 mm diameter) and showing little or no stratification. It occurs widely in the central USA, northern Europe, Russia, China, and Argentina. In all but China, it is evidently derived largely from reworked glacial outwash
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4. loess
   [n] - a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind
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5. Loess
   Loess noun [ German löss .] (Geol.) A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.
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6. loess
   An extremely fertile, yellowish, fine loamy soil of wind-deposited silt, often composed of the following mineral components: quartz, feldspar, horneblende, mica, and clay minerals. The silt is blown in from dry, arid places and have glacial origins. Thick deposits of loess are found on the east side...
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7. loess
   noun a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind
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8. Loess
   • (n.) A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.
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9. loess
   an unstratified, geologically recent deposit of silty or loamy material that is usually buff or yellowish brown in colour and is chiefly deposited ... [16 related articles]
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10. Loess
    Deposits of silt laid down by aeolian processes over extensive areas of the mid-latitudes during glacial and postglacial times.
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11. Loess
    A deposit of windblown sand and clay weakly cemented by calcite.
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12. loess
    loess (les, lō'us, Ger. lös) , unstratified soil deposit of varying thickness, usually yellowish and composed of fine-grained angular mineral particles mixed with clay. It is found in many regions of the world and is probably related to the chernozem soils of Russia; extensive deposit...
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13. Loess
    Loess is a German term applied to a finely comminuted sand or pulverulent loam of a yellowish colour and doubtful origin which occurs as a deposit sometimes in masses of great thickness chiefly in the valleys of the Rhine, the Danube, the Hoang-Ho, the Missouri, and various other rivers, forming a highly fertile soil.
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14. loess
    Yellow loam, derived from glacial meltwater deposits and accumulated by wind in periglacial regions during the ice ages. Loess usually attains considerable depths, and the soil derived from it is very fertile. There are large deposits in central Europe (Hungary), China, and North America. It was fir...
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