Cover Image

Creating breadbaskets /

We often think of wind as a destructive force, building into epic tempests such as hurricanes or tornadoes, or racing across the plains scouring the earth of topsoil. But without the sediment deposits the result from wind, world agriculture would be far less abundant. This video explains how loess d...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Dallas County, TX : Dallas County Community College District, 2012.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Geology.
Earth sciences.
Loess.
Soil physics.
Winds.
Agriculture.
Loess Plateau (China)
Géologie.
Sciences de la terre.
Lœss.
Sols > Physique.
Vents.
Loess, Plateau de (Chine)
Agriculture
Earth sciences
Geology
Loess
Soil physics
Winds
China > Loess Plateau
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:We often think of wind as a destructive force, building into epic tempests such as hurricanes or tornadoes, or racing across the plains scouring the earth of topsoil. But without the sediment deposits the result from wind, world agriculture would be far less abundant. This video explains how loess deposits became the breadbaskets of the world.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed March 02, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (7 min.)
Playing Time:00:07:22