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English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
loess soil
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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
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
Loess Plateau — The Loess Plateau (zh stp|s=|t=黃土高原|p=huángtǔ gāoyuán), also known as the Huangtu Plateau, is a plateau that covers an area of some 640,000 km² in the upper and middle of China s Yellow River and China proper . Loess is the name for the silty… … Wikipedia
loess — Material transported and deposited by wind and consisting predominantly of silt size particles. Commonly a loess deposit thins and the mean particle size decreases as distance from the source area increases. Loess sources are dominantly from… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Soil liquefaction — describes the behavior of loose saturated unconsolidated soils, i.e. loose sands, which go from a solid state to have the consistency of a heavy liquid, or reach a liquefied state as a consequence of increasing porewater pressures, and thus… … Wikipedia
loess — 1833 (in Lyell), unstratified deposit of loam, coined 1823 by German mineralogist Karl Cäsar von Leonhard (1779 1862) from Ger. Löss yellowish gray soil, from Swiss Ger. lösch (adj.) loose (Cf. Ger. los; see LOOSE (Cf. loose)). Related: Loessial … Etymology dictionary
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
soil — soil1 soilless, adj. /soyl/, n. 1. the portion of the earth s surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus. 2. a particular kind of earth: sandy soil. 3. the ground as producing vegetation or as cultivated for its crops: fertile soil. 4. a… … Universalium
Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock … Wikipedia
soil — Synonyms and related words: abuse, acres, adobe, airspace, alluvion, alluvium, arable land, area, attaint, bedaub, befoul, begrime, belt, benasty, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bespatter, bestain, betray, black, blacken, blot,… … Moby Thesaurus
soil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. loam, earth, sod, topsoil, dirt, mold, ground; stain, blotch, smudge, smear, filth. v. t. besmear, dirty, daub, stain; defile, sully. See land, region, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dirt, loam … English dictionary for students
