Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In geology, belonging to or derived from loess.
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Examples
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Its loessial Alfisols, with silt or silt loam textures, contrast with the alluvial soils of the Northern Holocene Meander Belts (73a) and Arkansas/Ouachita River Holocene Meander Belts (73h).
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Exposed basalt or very shallow loessial soils over volcanics are characteristic and are either barren or sparsely covered by hardy shrubs and grasses.
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Its loessial Alfisols, with silt or silt loam textures, contrast with the alluvial soils of the Northern Holocene Meander Belts (73a) and Arkansas/Ouachita River Holocene Meander Belts (73h).
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