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NALT Completo

Preferred term

loess

Type

Topic

Definition

Sedimento uniforme y no estratificado de arena o cieno fino (rara vez de arcilla) transportado por el viento (suelo eólico). En ocasiones es descrito como harina de roca.
Source: Burns, Russell M. and Barbara H. Honkala, tech. coords. Silvics of North America, vol 2. Hardwoods; Glossary. Agriculture handbook no. 654. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1990
Type: https://lod.nal.usda.gov/naltv#Definition

Broader concept

depósitos eólicos

Related concepts

depósitos de loess

In other languages

loess

English
loess sediments

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/37504

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