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Recent Examples of loessWhen blown by the wind, these sediments are referred to as loess.—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021 The windblown loess soil comprises freshwater sedimentary topsoil resting over fractured basalt subsoil.—Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 4 June 2020 When the tunnel was first dug, the ice held the loess in place.—Madeline Ostrander, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2020
The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.
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Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
At some point, alluvium buried the entire tusk, possibly from major storm flooding.
Howell said a silt protection barrier on the street near the construction site became clogged, leading to an overflow of water.
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Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
The flood left a silt dirt behind, which can be home to these tiny flies that lay their eggs in organic matter typically found in sewer or piping systems.
So, working out that musical movie with the clay of the songs that had already been written and how to work a new scenario around that became a really fun puzzle.
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Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
Those intriguing chemical fingerprints include the iron-containing minerals vivianite and greigite, which Perseverance spotted in the clay-rich sediments of a long-dry lakebed.
The avalanche temporarily dammed the Lonza River, which runs through Blatten, and small lakes, filled with dead trees and detritus from homes, formed on each side of the village.
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Daniel A. Gross,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
But its detritus remains, giving rise to streaks that wow sky watchers every August.
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Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
11 Aug. 2025
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