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Report: Leicester University Centre for Loess

Research & Documentation 1986-2016

This is a brief survey of the activities of the Centre for

Loess Research and Documentation for the years 1986 to2016. The Centre is based in the Geora!hy De!artmentat Leicester "niversity and !ursues a rane of coo!erative!ro#ects $ith other universities and institutions. The best

indicators of the activities of the Centre are the various!ub%ications and some of the more sinificant items are%isted here.

&a#or co%%aborators' "niversity of (ovi )ad* (ovi )ad*)erbia+ "niversity of ,roc%a$* ,roc%a$* -o%and+Louhborouh "niversity* (ottinham Trent "niversity+ritish Geo%oica% )urvey* /ey$orth.

&a#or fundin' uro!ean "nion* (atura% nvironment

Research Counci%* Roya% )ociety* (T.

To!ics'

China)%o!e )tabi%ity in the %oess near Lan3hou China $as the

first and most ambitious of the Centre !ro#ects. %are "rant financed $or4 in China and ritain and a%%o$edChinese and ritish students to be su!!orted.

substantia% monora!h $as !ub%ished and-rof..Derbyshire* the %ead investiator* received severa%honours for this $or4.

Derbyshire* .* &en 5inmin* Di#4stra* T..eds7 1999.

Lands%ides in the thic4 %oess terrain of north$est China.,i%ey Chichester 288!.

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Di#4stra* T.. 2000. Loess s%o!e instabi%ity in the Lan3hou

reion* China. (ether%ands Geora!hica% )tudies 269*00!.

Di#4stra* T..* Roers* C.D.:.* )ma%%ey* ;.


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'he Danue asin% rivers & !oess

The Danube is one of the reat %oess rivers. ;t trans!ortsmateria% from !artic%e source areas in the %!s and

Car!athians and !rovides a series of %oess de!osits across

Centra% and astern uro!e. (ear to (ovi )ad in )erbiathe Danube and the Tis3a come toether and reat %oessde!osits are formed* and %oess stratira!hy f%ourishes.

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+ra#ipans & !oessification)tudies on !ostde!ositiona% activities. eo%ian de!ositionis the chief determinant of %oess nature and !ro!erties but

events do occur after de!osition. Co%%a!sibi%ity deve%o!s*and this is re%ated to hard%ayerfrai!an7 formation.

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tri!s to Eeide%ber* snai%s and %oess. Centra% uro!ean


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)ma%%ey* ;.?* 112118.

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year%y ne$s%etter of the ;(H" Loess Commission. ,ith

initia% Roya% )ociety assistance the Centre !roducednumbers 18@0 of Loess Letter and oversa$ its

a!!earance on%ine $hich $as carried out by &ichian

)tate "niversity.see no$ at $$$.%oess%etter.msu.edu7

(fteror$

Reiona% studies have been carried out in China* Centra%uro!e* Centra% sia and (orth frica* usua%%y $ith aeotechnica% orientation. )tudies on %oess materia% haveconcentrated on !artic%e !roduction and on the sim!%e

idea that J%oess materia%F is an im!ortant to!ic for study+ itis im!ortant to 4no$ more about the actua% materia% $hich

com!oses the %oess de!osits+ and a%so to understand a%%the critica% staes $hich o into the ma4in of a %oess

de!osit.

;an )ma%%ey i#s>N%e.ac.u47

Geora!hy De!artment* Leicester "niversity11 :ebruary 2016

Cc ;(H" Loess :ocus Grou!Geora!hy De!t.* Leicester "niv.D;' 10.11>0RG.2.1.2@@.896?

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