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Definition of Loesses
1. loess [n] - See also: loess
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loesses
Literary usage of Loesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1908)
"In all the examples mentioned the loesses are fossiliferous, ... These interglacial
loesses present no evidence of close genetic relationship with the ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1908)
"In all the examples mentioned the loesses are fossil i ferons, ... These interglacial
loesses present no evidence of close genetic relationship with the ..."
3. The Life of the Pleistocene Or Glacial Period: As Recorded in the Deposits by Frank Collins Baker (1920)
"These loesses are highly fossiliferous and, according to Shimek, ... Theoretically
there should be three loesses overlying the Kansan drift, viz., 1, ..."
4. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1903)
"Tilton reported two loesses in Warren county,* and in Madison county, lowa.t The
present writer reported differentiation in the loess at Council Bluff st ..."
5. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"The thick loess deposits, including typical loesses, have been studied to best
advantage in the southern part of central Siberia. ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The Mississippi Valley loesses are believed by some to have been laid down ...
True loesses are unstratified, and have a characteristic verticle cleavage. ..."
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