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loess (US: /ˈlɛs, ˈlʌs, ˈloʊ.əs/, UK: /ˈloʊ.əs, ˈlɜːs/; from German: Löss [lœs]) is a clastic,
predominantly silt-sized
sediment that is
formed by the...
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Chinese Loess Plateau, or
simply the
Loess Plateau, is a
plateau in north-central
China formed of
loess, a
clastic silt-like
sediment formed by the...
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Loess Hills are a
formation of wind-deposited
loess soil in the
westernmost parts of Iowa and Missouri, and the
easternmost parts of
Nebraska and...
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mechanical properties,
making construction on
silty soil problematic. The
failure of the
Teton Dam in 1976 has been
attributed to the use of
unsuitable loess in...
- meta-model. In some fields,
LOESS is
known and
commonly referred to as Savitzky–Golay
filter (proposed 15
years before LOESS).
LOESS and
LOWESS thus
build on...
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boreholes are
often tested in a
laboratory to
determine their physical properties, or to ****ess
levels of
various chemical constituents or contaminants...
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Types Clay Silt Sand
Gravel Peat Loam
Loess Properties Hydraulic conductivity Water content Void
ratio Bulk
density Thixotropy Reynolds'
dilatancy Angle...
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Thixotropy is a time-dependent
shear thinning property.
Certain gels or
fluids that are
thick or
viscous under static conditions will flow (become thinner...
- longest-known
ceramic material.
Prehistoric humans discovered the
useful properties of clay and used it for
making pottery. Some of the
earliest pottery shards...
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Types Clay Silt Sand
Gravel Peat Loam
Loess Properties Hydraulic conductivity Water content Void
ratio Bulk
density Thixotropy Reynolds'
dilatancy Angle...
