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Loess: The Yellow Earth
Author(s) -
Smalley Ian,
Rogers Chris
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2451.1996.00015.x
Subject(s) - loess , geology , earth (classical element) , earth science , astrobiology , geomorphology , physics , mathematical physics
A wind‐deposited silt forming large deposits in China and middle America, loess is the basis of much grade‐one agricultural land.