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loess clay

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  • Loess — is a homogeneous, typically non stratified, porous, friable,slightly coherent, often calcareous, fine grained, silty, pale yellow or buff, windblown (aeolian) sediment. [Richthofen, F. von. 1882. On the mode of origin of the loess. The Geological …   Wikipedia

  • Clay County, Missouri — Location in the state of Missouri …   Wikipedia

  • Clay County, Iowa — Location in the state of Iowa …   Wikipedia

  • clay — [n] workable earth material adobe, argil, argillaceous earth, bole, brick, china material, clunch, earth, kaolin, loam, loess, marl, mud, porcelain material, pottery, slip, terra cotta, till, wacke; concept 509 …   New thesaurus

  • loess — loessial, loessal, adj. /loh es, les, lus/, n. a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia. [1825 35; < G Löss < Swiss G lösch loose, slack (sch taken as a dial.… …   Universalium

  • Loess Hills — The Loess Hills are a formation of wind deposited loess soil in the westernmost part of Iowa and Missouri along the Missouri River.GeologyThe Loess Hills are generally located between 1 and convert|15|mi|km|0 east of the Missouri River channel.… …   Wikipedia

  • clay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. earth, potter s clay, kaolin; mud, loam; flesh. See land, substance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. loess, argil, loam, kaolin, earth, till, wacke, slip, bole, argillaceous earth, marl, potter s clay,… …   English dictionary for students

  • loess —    (leuss) [German, from Swiss German: loose; slack] A yellowish calcareous clay or silt; a windblown dust that forms fertile deposits along river valleys in Europe, Asia, and North America …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • Medicinal clay — German medicinal clay (Luvos Heilerde) consisting of loess, i.e. a mixture of sand, clay, and silt The use of medicinal clay in folk medicine goes back to prehistoric times. The indigenous peoples around the world still use clay widely, which is… …   Wikipedia

  • 1556 Shaanxi earthquake — Earthquake title = Shaanxi earthquake date = January 23, 1556 International Association of Engineering Geology International Congress. Proceedings. [1990] (1990). ISBN 906191664X.] depth = NA location = Shaanxi Map of China showing Shaanxi… …   Wikipedia

  • silt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sediment, deposit, alluvium, loess, clay. See uncleanness, remainder. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sediment, deposit, sand, varbe; see residue , sediment . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. sediment,… …   English dictionary for students

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