Which outcome occurs from increased glacial retreat depositing large quantities of silt?

💡 Explanation

Loess deposits form because wind action redistributes fine glacial silt over broad areas; this is aeolian deposition. Therefore, loess plains develop, rather than changes in underground chemistry or enhanced geological process because the silt is transported mechanically.

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