Loess

The fruitful layers of fine loam which extend along the whole Rhine plain as far as Belgium, and are known as Loess, are nothing more than the dust of ancient glaciers.

Ice and Glaciers 1909

The Loess is a fine calcareous silt or clay of a yellowish colour, quite soft and crumbling between the fingers.

The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836

A part, however, of the so-called Loess of northern France, e.g. in the valley of the Somme, is rain-wash, similar in character to the brick-earth of parts of south-eastern England.

The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836

If we have at least 8 public polls, we fit a trend line to the dots represented by each poll using a "Loess" iterative locally weighted least squares regression.

Polling and social knowledge Daniel Little 2008

If we have at least 8 public polls, we fit a trend line to the dots represented by each poll using a "Loess" iterative locally weighted least squares regression.

Archive 2008-10-01 Daniel Little 2008

The National Weather Service said the tornado that hit the 1,800-acre Little Sioux Scout Ranch in the Loess Hills had an estimated wind speed of 145 mph.

Iowa residents sift through tornado aftermath 2011

His handling was good and he was familiar with the roads, but he could not possibly have known what was coming in the other direction as he overtook slow trucks on rising, winding bends through the outer dregs of the Loess Plateau.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

But to do it over, the whole of the Loess Plateau is another story.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

No other waterway in the world carries as much silt.7 Most of it comes from the Loess Plateau, which is a France-sized monument to erosion.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

No other waterway in the world carries as much silt.7 Most of it comes from the Loess Plateau, which is a France-sized monument to erosion.

When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010