Both are sources of silt-size particles that interact with wind, sand, and vegetation to form loess deposits. Deflation, the lifting and removal of particles from a surface by the wind ...

Loess, or sediment formed by wind- blown silt ... and exploration of the Pugang gas field in Sichuan, Qulong copper deposit in Tibet, Jiaodong gold ore field in Shandong, Chalukou molybdenum ...

To better understand the environmental changes, the research team collected and analyzed loess deposits from several sites across Central Asia, and most specifically, northwest parts of China.