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| − | Loess is a deposit of silt that has been laid down by wind, similar to dust or sand. It is laid down because of past glacial activity in that area. It is subject to erosion due to the quartz crystals inside it and sometimes can cause small landslides. It was formed whenglaciers covered the earth during the last Ice Age. When the water melted from the glaciers, the water mixed with the soil and formed mud. When the mud dried, wind eroded the mud and little particles of the mud were blown away during these dust storms and became loess. Loess can also be carried by streams.
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| − | http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/loesssp.htm
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