| 1. | These loess deposits are a classic example of periglacial loess.
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| 2. | In the west the loess deposits from the ice age.
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| 3. | Wind based loess deposits also form an important parent material for prairie soils.
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| 4. | Loess deposits are found along both sides of the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley.
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| 5. | The thick Chinese loess deposits are non-glacial loess having been blown in from deserts in northern China.
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| 6. | The famous Venus of Willendorf was excavated in 1908 in a loess deposit in the Danube valley, Austria.
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| 7. | During each annual melt between 2 and 5 % of the stored carbon in the loess deposits is lost.
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| 8. | Loess deposits with lime nodules are found in the illuvial horizons of soils that formed on loess and loess-like loams.
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| 9. | It has been suggested that riverine loess deposits that do not crumble when excavated may be favoured by the larger bee-eaters.
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| 10. | Loess deposits may become very thick; more than a hundred meters in areas of China and tens of meters in parts of the Midwestern United States.
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