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  <dc:contributor>Jimin Sun</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Denis-Didier Rousseau</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Daniel R. Muhs</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Marcelo Zarate</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Samuel Marx</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Scott A. Elias</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Onn Crouvi</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2025</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Loess is an&amp;nbsp;eolian deposit, composed mainly of silt grains, which can be identified in the field as a distinct sedimentary body. It covers a significant portion of the land surface of the Earth and is one of the most important terrestrial archives of long-term dust deposition. Loess appears on almost all continents, and ranges in thickness up to several hundred of meters. Most loess sequences include&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;buried soils&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(paleosols), alternating with unaltered loess layers. As the formation of loess is controlled, at least partly, by climate, alternating loess deposits and&amp;nbsp;buried soils&amp;nbsp;hold valuable information of Quaternary climatic and environmental conditions, especially of past wind regimes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1016/B978-0-323-99931-1.00273-7</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Elsevier</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Loess records</dc:title>
  <dc:type>chapter</dc:type>
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