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The 26 pages that link to Loess, each with the reason it gives.

• Last Glacial MaximumRelated: Cold, dry conditions and abundant glacial sediment promoted extensive loess deposition.

• Aeolian processesBroader topic: Loess records dust deposition and creates distinctive landscapes.

• Soil formationRelated: Its fine, mineral-rich parent material supports distinctive profiles across loess landscapes.

• PaleosolCompared with: Loess is a parent sediment in which paleosols can develop, rather than a soil type itself.

• Loess PlateauNarrower topic: Thick loess deposits create the plateau’s distinctive soil mantle and erodible terrain.

• Pleistocene glaciationRelated: Pleistocene glaciers supplied fine sediment later carried across landscapes by wind.

• AlluviumCompared with: Loess is transported and deposited by wind, unlike water-laid alluvium.

• Columbia River Basalt GroupRelated: Loess mantles parts of the basalt plateau and supports productive agriculture.

• Ice ageRelated: Glacial landscapes supplied dust that formed extensive loess deposits and fertile soils.

• GlaciationBroader topic: Glacial outwash supplied sediment that winds spread far beyond ice margins.

• QuaternaryRelated: Quaternary dust deposits formed fertile soils and preserved climate records.

• Wind erosionRelated: Loess preserves material that wind erosion removed and transported from elsewhere.

• SiltBroader topic: It is a distinctive deposit formed when wind-borne silt accumulates.

• Mammoth SteppeRelated: Dust accumulation helped form the steppe’s mineral-rich soils.

• Pannonian BasinRelated: Windblown loess mantles parts of the basin’s plains and supports fertile soils.

• Quaternary glaciationRelated: Glacial environments supplied abundant silt that winds spread far beyond ice margins.

• Middle PleistoceneRelated: Loess sequences across Eurasia preserve evidence of repeated Middle Pleistocene climate changes.

• Missoula floodsRelated: Wind reworked fine sediment left by floodwaters into extensive deposits across the region.

• Suspended loadRelated: Loess-rich terrain supplies fine particles that rivers can readily carry in suspension.

• Taihang MountainsRelated: Loess blankets the western side of the mountains and intensifies erosion in adjacent uplands.

• Weichselian glaciationRelated: Periglacial winds spread dust from exposed sediments beyond the ice margins.

• East European PlainRelated: Loess blankets parts of the plain, supporting productive agriculture.

• European PlainRelated: Loess deposits enrich agricultural districts across parts of the plain.

• North European PlainRelated: Loess belts contribute to the plain’s highly productive farmland.

• Würm glaciationRelated: Loess deposits near the Alps preserve evidence of cold, dry conditions during the Würm.

• 1920 Haiyuan earthquakeRelated: Earthquake shaking destabilized loess slopes, triggering destructive landslides.