A geologist from The University of Texas at Arlington is investigating the origin of loess, a sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust, in the western United States. The National Science ...

Discover the history and ecology of Iowa's Loess Hills. Discover the history and ecology of Iowa's Loess Hills. Road Trip Iowa is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on ...

Loess deposits, composed predominantly of wind‐blown silt, together with their intercalated palaeosol sequences, constitute one of the most significant terrestrial archives for reconstructing ...

The world's largest loess deposits are found in northern China's Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Over the past centuries, they have fed the local people with ...

Seen from a distance, Iowa's Loess Hills may appear little different from other rolling countryside in the state. But spend an hour, a day, or a week exploring them, and the region's unique character ...

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