Wednesday 30 March 2016

Leonard Horner: BAAS Southampton 1846



Some members of Section C Geology at BAAS Southampton 1846. Left to right: Sir Henry de la Beche, Professor Anstead, Professor Forbes, Dr.Fitton, Leonard Horner. At around this time LH was President of the Geological Society of London; still writing to Charles Lyell about loess.

Friday 11 March 2016

Dust Factory: by Zheng Hongbo

This is a diagram by Zheng Hongbo of Nanjing- showing his 'dust factory' concept. How to make loess material for loess deposits. Nicely connecting particle production by glacial grinding in the mountains to activity in adjacent deserts..

 

Tuesday 8 March 2016

Talk about Loess in 2016: Two Conferences

The INQUA Loess Focus Group is involved in 2 important meetings in 2016:

1) at Novi Sad, Serbia: 26-29 August 2016. Loess2M- modelling & mapping.
Topics: Loess of Northern Hemisphere, Loess chronology, Loess mapping, Loess modelling, Loess as geoheritage, Dust environmental dynamics.
At University of Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia.
Contact: Slobodan Markovic (slobodan.markovic@dgt.uns.ac.rs]

2) at Eau Clair, Wisconsin: 22-25 September 2016. The 2016 LoessFest, Wisconsin, USA.
Topics: Thin loess deposits, Loess sources, Dating of loess deposits, Loess on slopes, Palaeoenvironments, Soil development, Loess transportation, Variation across landscapes, Stratigraphy.
Field Trip Theme: Rivers & Loess.
Contact: Randall Schaetzl(soils@msu.edu]