Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of loess along northern Appalachian, USA major river systems appear driven by differences in meltwater source lithology

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• agriculture 8%
• clay 7%
• discriminant analysis 12%
• geochemistry 9%
• lithology 80%
• loess 90%
• meltwater 100%
• mineral 6%
• mineralogy 20%
• outwash 15%
• oxide 8%
• parent material 26%
• particle 11%
• particle size 8%
• pedon 48%
• rare earth element 30%
• resource conservation 14%
• river 23%
• river system 92%
• sediment 22%
• services 7%
• silt 30%
• soil 5%
• test 4%
• texture 9%
• valley 8%