Loess: Its Distribution, Geology and Soils

Proceedings of an international symposium, New Zealand, 13-21 February 1987

D.N. Eden, R.J. Furkert

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040895788
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering

Proceedings of an International Symposium on Loess in New Zealand, Feb. 1987. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Localised volcanic loess deposits in North Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
• Micromorphology and pedogenesis in a Late Pleistocene succession of tephric loesses and paleosols near Tapapa, Mamaku Plateau, North Island, New Zealand (Abstract)
• Loess distribution in north-eastern South Island, New Zealand (Abstract)
• Relationships between loess deposition and mineral weathering in some soils in Southland, New Zealand
• Loess sources and aeolian deposits in Antarctica
• Identification and stratigraphic significance of distal Aokautere Ash in three loess cores from eastern South Island, New Zealand
• Paleomagnetism of Last Glacial loess from two sections in New Zealand
• Source, distribution and properties of loess in Ohio, USA (Abstract)
• Late Quaternary loess associated with the Mamaku Plateau, North Island, New Zealand
• Treatment of tunnel-gully erosion in loess colluvium on the Wither Hills, New Zealand
• Consolidated horizons (fragipans?) in loess soils of Western Europe: Their characteristics, impact on root penetration and water percolation and their use as paleoenvironmental markers (Abstract)
• Distribution, provenance, age and paleoclimatic record of the loess in Central North Iran
• Pore-size distribution of loess (Abstract)
• Fragipans, skeletans, and clay lamellae in a textural sequence of soils formed in loess in north-east Southland, New Zealand (Abstract)
• Four distinct loess sources in northern and eastern Southland, New Zealand
• Micromorphological analysis of mixed zones associated with loess deposits of the midcontinental United States
• Magnetic, micromorphological and chemical properties of a Fragiboralf (grey brown podzol) (Abstract)
• Review of loess studies on the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand
• Loess facies in New Zealand (Abstract)
• Pollen analysis and the history of cover beds in north Westland, New Zealand (Abstract)
• Soil development and loess stratigraphy of the midcontinental USA
• Loess source and provenance in central New Zealand (Abstract)
• Loess, river aggradation terraces and marine benches at Otaki, southern North Island, New Zealand
• Loess chronology in Wanganui Basin, New Zealand
• A preliminary investigation of the physical and chemical properties of the Pahiatua Terrace loess beds, north-west Wairarapa, New Zealand
• Stratigraphy of loess at Cust and Ahuriri, North Canterbury, New Zealand (Abstract)
• Paleoclimatic records in the loess sections of North Xinjiang, China
• Aeolian cover beds of marine terraces in the western Wanganui district, North Island, New Zealand
• Late Pleistocene aeolian loess and fluvio-lacustrine deposits in North China