Loess of the Upper Mississippi Valley Driftless Area

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Leigh, David S., Knox, James C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
• Subjects: Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/qres.1994.1051; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589484710519?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589484710519?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400037066

Abstract Loess of the Driftless Area includes four distinct late Quaternary lithostratigraphic units: the Wyalusing (new), Loveland, Roxana, and Peoria formations. Erosion has removed parts or all of the pre-late Wisconsian loess at many sites. These formations consist largely of loess and retranspo...