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loess

a fine-grained windblown silt that is characteristic of temperate areas where thick layers of it were distributed during the retreat of the ice after the last glaciation.
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The following west-east transect, a simplification of the transect presented by Baierle (1993) and following Kurschner (1986), illustrates plant-soil relationships between the extreme desert of the Arava Valley (Wadi Araba), through the rocky escarpments of the Jordanian plateau, and to the loessial plains and the desert east of Ma'an [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 28 OMITTED].
Desert rocks as plant refugia in the Near East
Two types of soils, Shahuang soil (recorded as M soil) and Dark Loessial soil (recorded as B soil) which widely spread in the Loess Plateau, were collected from the 0-20 cm horizon.
Impacts of Biochar Amended Soils on Ryegrass (Lolium perenne) Growth under Different Water Stress Conditions
Evidence for direct suspension of loessial soils on the Columbia Plateau.
Geospatial assessment of agricultural lands critical to air quality on the Columbia Plateau, Washington State
Scott HD, Mauromoustakos A, Handayani IP, Miller DM (1994) Temporal variability of selected properties of Loessial soil as affected by cropping.
Effects of crop rotation on properties of a Vietnam clay soil under rice-based cropping systems in small-scale farmers' fields
Erbaeva, "Loessial soils of Priangaria, Transbaikalia, Mongolia, and northwestern China," Quaternary International, vol.
Field Experiment on Soaking Characteristics of Collapsible Loess
The biochar application can increase soil water-stable aggregate content of both Dark Loessial soil and Lou soil which were classified as silt loam soils, while only improved aggregate formation of Dark Loessial soil.
Effect of Biochar on Soil Aggregates in the Loess Plateau: Results from Incubation Experiments
Chaplot VAM, Le Bissonnais Y (2003) Runoff features for interrill erosion at different rainfall intensities, slope lengths, and gradients in an agricultural loessial hillslope.
Effectiveness of hydrated lime and artificial zeolite amendments and sedum (Sedum sediforme) plant cover in controlling soil erosion from an acid soil
Runoff and sediment production from North Mississippi loessial soils.
Assessing water erosion in small watersheds using WEPP with GIS and digital elevation models
According to the FAO/UNESCO Soil Classification (FAO/ UNESCO 1993), the soil is a dark, loessial soil (sand 26.8%, silt 41.9%, clay 21.0%).
Mulching materials improve soil properties and maize growth in the Northwestern Loess Plateau, China
Dark Loessial soil (B soil) was collected at Luochuan County, Shaanxi, China (N35deg42'54.6", E109deg22'59.8").
Effect of Biochar on pH of Alkaline Soils in the Loess Plateau: Results from Incubation Experiments
Large numbers of a bacterial and a viral tracer rapidly reached the subsoil of 2 well-structured silty loessial soils (Fig.
Microbial and chemical tracer movement through two Southland soils, New Zealand
Soils evaluated by NC-174 Committee separated by parent material Surface State Soil Texture Classification Glacial Till Parent Material Illinois Clarence SIC(*) Aquollic Hapludalf Iowa Clarion L Typic Hapludall Michigan Marlette SL Glossoboric Hapludalf Minnesota Ves L Udic Haplustoll North Dakota Barnes L Udic Haploboroll Svea L Udic Haploboroll South Dakota Beadle CL Typic Argiustoll Egan SICL Udic Haplustoll Loessial Parent Material Illinois Tama SICL Mollic Hapludalf Grantsbur SIL Typic Fragiudalf Rozetta SIL Typic Hapludalf Hoyleton SIL Aquollic Hapludalf Nebraska Sharpsburg SICL Typic Argiudoll Wymore SICL Aquic Argiudoll Wisconsin Dubuque SIL Typic Hapludalf (*) SIC = silty clay, L = loam, SL = silty loam, CL = clay loam, SICL= silty clay loam, and SIL = silty loam.
Physical properties of selected soils by erosion class
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