Parent materials: Loess

Sprafke, Tobias (2023). Parent materials: Loess In: Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment (Second Edition) 4 (pp. 42-47). Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00016-1

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Loess is commonly defined as a distinct body of mainly wind-blown silt and covers c. 10% of the Earth's surface, mainly in the temperate zone. Silicate silt predominates over carbonate, clay and some fine sand, making loess a favorable soil parent material. Thick loess deposits are well-mapped and important archives of Quaternary landscape and human evolution, whereas thin loess deposits and dust admixtures into soils are rarely studied, despite their usually positive influence on soil properties.

Item Type:	Book Section (Encyclopedia Article)
Division/Institute:	School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Agriculture School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Agriculture > Soils and Geoinformation
Name:	Sprafke, Tobias0000-0003-1198-4482
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GB Physical geography Q Science > QE Geology
ISBN:	978-0-323-95133-3
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Tobias Sprafke
Date Deposited:	20 Mar 2024 09:20
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2024 09:20
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/B978-0-12-822974-3.00016-1
Uncontrolled Keywords:	aeolian, arid, desert, dust, glacial, loess, paleosol, periglacial, sediment, silt, soil
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.21402
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/21402