THE LOESS OF EASTERN YORKSHIRE AND LINCOLNSHIRE

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Summary: Thin, silty, superficial deposits cover parts of the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wolds outside the Late Devensian glacial limit, and also occur on the Hambleton Hills. Their particle size distribution and mineralogy suggest that they are composed mainly of loess derived from the Devensian glacial debris. On the Yorkshire Wolds the loess was deposited before the ice reached its extreme limit, as it is incorporated in a chalky, flinty head beneath the till. The silty deposits are probably the decalcified residues of similar head deposits formed extensively in Late Devensian times.

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