Loess

Clayey and sandy silt, gray to brown, massive. Maximum thickness about 100 feet along bluffs of Mississippi River; thins eastward. (Minimum mapped thickness 4 feet.)
State Tennessee
Name Loess
Geologic age Quaternary
Lithologic constituents
Major
Unconsolidated > Fine-detrital > Silt (Eolian-loess)
Comments West sheet
References

Greene, D.C., and Wolfe, W.J., 2000, Superfund GIS - 1:250,000 Geology of Tennessee, USGS, (geo250k).

Hardeman, W.D., Miller, R.A., and Swingle, G.D., 1966, Geologic Map of Tennessee: Division of Geology, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000

NGMDB product
Counties Carroll - Crockett - Dyer - Fayette - Gibson - Hardeman - Haywood - Henry - Lauderdale - Madison - Obion - Shelby - Tipton - Weakley