Loess: Its Distribution, Geology and Soils

D.N. Eden, R.J. Furkert, New Zealand Soil Bureau, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

• 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.