Loess

Solar Energy

A group of windblown soils, largely comprising silt, weakly cemented by calcite.

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) — Solar Energy Development PEIS Glossary retrieved 2014-06-15

Wind-deposited silt. A uniform aeolian deposit of silty material having an open structure and relatively high cohesion due to cementation of clay or calcareous material at grain contacts. A characteristic of loess deposits is that they can stand with nearly vertical slopes.

Bureau of Reclamation — Bureau of Reclamation Glossary

Science› Weather

Climate Change

a wind-deposited sediment consisting mostly of silt, the silt commonly derived from finely ground rock washed out of continental glaciers.

NCDC National Climatic Data Center — A Paleo Perspective on Abrupt Climate Change

Solar Energy

Water

Climate Change

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