Loess encounters of three kinds: Charles Lyell talks about, reads about, and looks at loess
Charles Lyell (1797–1875) was an important loess pioneer. His major contribution was to distribute information on the nature and existence of loess via his influential book ‘The Principles of Geology’. He was obviously impressed by loess when he encountered it; the initial encounter can be split int...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016-03-01
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| Series: | Geologos |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/logos-2016-0006 |