Loess in the Channel Islands

The New INQUA Loess Map of Europe- launched at the Kukla LoessFest'14 Conference in Wroclaw, Poland on 10 September 2014. The aim is to carry on with the INQUA Loess Map of Europe. The original loess map was part of the programme of the INQUA Loess Commission; an initiative by Julius Fink and Gunter Haase and other members of the Commission. Work on the Loess Map started in the early 1960s and reached a sort of conclusion in 2007 when a Europe-wide map was published. Now the plan is to add to this map via local sketch maps, to add local knowledge and personal experience- a project suited to the computer age. Based initially in Novi Sad & Wroclaw & Leicester. There will be a dedicated Facebook page (in addition to the Loess Appreciation Group) and material can also be published on Loess Ground Blog.  Here is an initial contribution: a loess map of Jersey- by Jean-Paul Lautridou. Go to LL16 at www.loessletter.msu.edu to see more details of the J-PL presentation. Go to the LAG fb page for a brilliant Scheidig map of Hungary.