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Definition of Loess
1. Noun. A fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind.
Definition of Loess
1. n. A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.
Definition of Loess
1. Noun. (geology) any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loess
1. a soil deposit [n -ES] : LOESSAL, LOESSIAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Loess
1. 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 of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, and hill prairies occur on some of these deposits. The loess carried down from the highlands north of the Tibetan plateau to the North China Plain by the Yellow River (so named because of its colour due to the loess) played an important role in the development of ancient Chinese civilisation. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loess
Literary usage of Loess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The loess. The term loess is used with not a little latitude, ... Lithologically,
loess is a variety of silt intermediate between the finest sand and clay. ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The loess. The term loess is used with not a little latitude, ... Lithologically,
loess is a variety of silt intermediate between the finest sand and clay. ..."
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In Europe and America loess deposits are associated with the margins of the ...
In both regions loess deposits arc found within and upon glacial deposits. ..."
4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The loess. The term loess is used with not a little latitude, ... Lithologically,
loess is a variety of silt intermediate between the finest sand and clay. ..."
5. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1904)
"Three sheets of loess in the same vertical section are discernible. ...
Underlying this loess is a loess of different character; it is whitish in color, ..."
6. The Life of the Pleistocene Or Glacial Period: As Recorded in the Deposits by Frank Collins Baker (1920)
"The name Peor- ian may be retained for soils overlying the lowan drift in Iowa
and for loess overlying the Kansan loess in Iowa and Illinoian loess in ..."
7. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1908)
"THE loess OF THE PAHA AND RIVER-RIDGE. BY B. SHIMEK. The term paha was first
applied to isolated knobs and ridges within what • now know as the lowan drift ..."
8. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1908)
"THE loess OF THE PAHA AND RIVER-RIDGE. BY B. SHIMEK. The term paha was first
applied to isolated knobs and ridges within what now know as the lowan drift ..."
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