Abstract Palaeo-loess and silty aeolian-marine strata are well recognized across the Carboniferous–Permian of equatorial Pangaea. Aeolian-transported dust loess appear in Late Devonian west, common by Carboniferous, predominate Pangaea Permian. The thickest deposits Earth history – excess 1000 m date from this time, archive unusually dusty conditions, especially compared to dearth Cenozoic. Loe...

Liquid water and ice are the dominant agents of erosion and sediment transport in most actively growing mountain belts. An exception is in the western Qaidam basin along the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, where wind and windblown sand have sculpted enormous yardang fields in actively folding sedimentary strata. Here, we present observations suggesting that since the late Pliocene, ...

Loess may be integrated into slope deposits at different soil depths and influence related physical, chemical mineralogical properties. Therefore, tracking the border between deposited loess underlying materials estimating depth of penetration is a challenge. Five soils from Lower Silesia province in south-western Poland having types geologic substrate being covered by various thicknesses were ...

of the Thesis Evaluation of Ar-Ar ages of Individual Mica Grains for Provenance Studies of Loess, Long Island, NY by Jian Zhong Master of Science in Geosciences State University of New York at Stony Brook 2001 Loess in a one-meter thick section on the SUNY Stony Brook Campus has been studied for grain size distribution and provenance. The loess provenance has been evaluated using single crystal...

the adequacy of the swat model in the estimation of runoff, sediment yield and nitrate loss in the gorganrood watershed was tested, using the existing spatial database as the primary data. the model was then executed for a 31-years’ time period. in combination with the swat model, the sequential uncertainty fitting program (swat-cup and sufi-2) was added used to calibrate and validate a hydrolo...

With one of the largest watersheds in Europe, draining complex geological terrains within Alps, Bohemian Massif, Carpathians, Dinarides, and Balkan Mountains, Danube River valley has long been linked to formation thick loess deposits, particularly Middle Lower basins. However, uncertainty over provenance loess-palaeosol sequences along impacts our understanding sediment generation mechanisms hi...