counties (Torrent et al., 1980), and in soils formed in late The morphologic development of soils on marine terraces is a function of terrace age and geomorphic evolution. In this study, inter­ relationships between terrace landscape evolution and pedogenic sil­ ica cementation were investigated. Soil morphology, micromorphol­ ogy, selective dissolution, penetration resistance, and hydraulic co...

To improve the problem of collapsibility loess, adding industrial materials such as cement is common engineering treatment, but this seriously damages reclamation performance soil. Calcium lignosulfonate (CLS) from paper plant waste fluids a natural bio-based polymer with good application prospects soil improver. In paper, and mechanical properties CLS improved loess were investigated using tes...

We have conducted a detailed mineral magnetic study of loess unit 8 (L8) and paleosol unit 8 (S8) from three localities (Jingbian, Yichuan, and Duanjiapo) along a N-S transect in the Chinese loess plateau. As expected, the lowfield magnetic susceptibility (χ) has higher values in S8 and lower values in L8. Similarly, superparamagnetic particle concentrations increase in S8 with increasingly hum...

Loess in Northern Italy has been usually considered deposited during the MIS 4-2 period, which corresponds to last Pleistocene glacial cycle. In particular, no absolute dating evidenced loess depositions older than ca. 89 ka. We investigated two strongly rubified soil profiles southern margin of Alpine range Lombardy prove their aeolian origin and age formation. analysed granulometry all geneti...

BACKGROUND Concealing coloration in rodents is well established. However, only a few studies examined how soil color, pelage color, hair-melanin content, and genetics (i.e., the causal chain) synergize to configure it. This study investigates the causal chain of dorsal coloration in Israeli subterranean blind mole rats, Spalax ehrenbergi. METHODS We examined pelage coloration of 128 adult ani...

Arid central Asia (ACA) is one of the most arid regions in the mid-latitudes and one of the main potential dust sources for the northern hemisphere. The lack of in situ early Pleistocene loess/dust records from ACA hinders our comprehensive understanding of the spatio-temporal record of aeolian loess accumulation and long term climatic changes in Asia as a whole. Here, we report the results of ...

Analyzing spatiotemporal variation of tree cover could enhance understanding of the environment and promote a sustainable resource use of ecosystems. This study investigated the variation in tree cover in the Loess Plateau after an ecological restoration effort called the ‘Grain for Green Project’ (GGP). The results show that the proportion of tree covered area in the Loess Plateau changed from...

Daily feed intake (DFI) is an important consideration for improving feed efficiency, but measurements using electronic feeder systems contain many missing and incorrect values. Therefore, we evaluated three methods for correcting missing DFI data (quadratic, orthogonal polynomial, and locally weighted (Loess) regression equations) and assessed the effects of these missing values on the genetic ...