Loess is formed through accumulation of wind-blown dust and composed mainly of silt-sized particles. Scientists have believed that these landscapes should not be major sources of dust.

The Delmarva Peninsula has been shaped by two loess deposits: the older Miles Point loess, covering 133,000 acres, and the newer Paw Paw loess, covering 1,235,000 acres (Wah et al., 2018). The Miles ...

Iowa's Loess Hills, stretching from Sioux City to St. Joseph, showcase stunning geological formations shaped by glaciers and ...

In 1953, Suide established the Xindiangou experimental site, now called Xindiangou Water and Soil Conservation Demonstration Park, among others to study ways to combat soil erosion in the loess ...