- dust loess
- пылеватый лёсс
Англо-русский строительный словарь. 2013.
Англо-русский строительный словарь. 2013.
dust — [n] tiny particles in the air ashes, cinders, dirt, dust bunnies*, earth, filth, flakes, fragments, gilings, granules, grime, grit, ground, lint, loess, powder, refuse, sand, smut, soil, soot; concept 437 dust [v] sprinkle tiny particles… … 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
Dust storm — For the fictional character, see Dust Storm (Transformers). For other uses, see Sandstorm (disambiguation). Part of the Nature series on Weather Calendar seasons … Wikipedia
loess — Fine grained and poorly consolidated windblown sediment, mainly of silt. Great thicknesses of loess are found in areas marginal to hot and cold deserts, where the prevailing wind deposits fine dust particles blown from the desert basins or out … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
dust — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. powder; earth, soil; dirt, lint, ash, soot, flue. See powderiness, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dirt, lint, soil, sand, particles, flakes, granules, loess, ashes, cinders, grime, soot, grit,… … 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
loess — n. a deposit of fine light coloured wind blown dust found esp. in the basins of large rivers and very fertile when irrigated. Derivatives: loessial adj. Etymology: G Loumlss f. Swiss G loumlsch loose f. loumlsen loosen … Useful english dictionary
Orbital forcing — is the effect on climate of slow changes in the tilt of the Earth s axis and shape of the orbit (see Milankovitch cycles). These orbital changes change the total amount of sunlight reaching the Earth by up to 25% at mid latitudes (from 400 to 500 … Wikipedia
Wind — For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation). Wind, from the … Wikipedia
Pleistocene Epoch — Earlier and longer of the two epochs that constitute the Quaternary Period. The Pleistocene began с 1.8 million years ago and ended с 10,000 years ago. It was preceded by the Pliocene Epoch of the Tertiary Period and followed by the Holocene… … Universalium