Loess in Russia; Loess in Russia proper; Loess in the Russian language; Loess within the confines of the Soviet Union. A major target for loess scholars- closing the gap between loess studies in Russian, and loess studies in western languages, in particular English. A useful reference:
Jefferson, I.F., Evstatiev, D., Karastenev, D., Mavlyanova, N.G., Smalley, I.J. 2003. Engineering geology of loess and loess-like deposits: a commentary on the Russian literature. Engineering Geology 68, 333-351.
This is our starting point; its an EG paper but its of general loess interest. The Abelev & Abelev 1968 map of loess in the Soviet Union was reprinted and used as a basis for regional labelling. The Abelev Abelev map is now old and it is nominally an EG map but it does give a clear view of the various regions; not a clear and detailed view- but then there was no Soviet map which gave a clear and detailed view of loess distribution. We shall call them Jefferson J regions for convenience:
J1 The Western regions
J2 The Caucasus
J3 Middle Asia & southern Kazakhstan
J4 Western Siberia: Orsk-Omsk
J5 Tomsk-Barnaul
J6 Kansk-Krasnoyarsk
J7 Irkutsk
Jefferson, I.F., Evstatiev, D., Karastenev, D., Mavlyanova, N.G., Smalley, I.J. 2003. Engineering geology of loess and loess-like deposits: a commentary on the Russian literature. Engineering Geology 68, 333-351.
This is our starting point; its an EG paper but its of general loess interest. The Abelev & Abelev 1968 map of loess in the Soviet Union was reprinted and used as a basis for regional labelling. The Abelev Abelev map is now old and it is nominally an EG map but it does give a clear view of the various regions; not a clear and detailed view- but then there was no Soviet map which gave a clear and detailed view of loess distribution. We shall call them Jefferson J regions for convenience:
J1 The Western regions
J2 The Caucasus
J3 Middle Asia & southern Kazakhstan
J4 Western Siberia: Orsk-Omsk
J5 Tomsk-Barnaul
J6 Kansk-Krasnoyarsk
J7 Irkutsk
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