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1. Loess

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   Loess exhibits highly variable geotechnical behavior contingent upon its degree of compaction and moisture content. Due to its porous structure and the presence of airborne cementing agents (often hypothesized to be trace vanadium compounds), undisturbed loess often displays surprisingly high angles of internal friction ($\phi$), sometimes exceeding $40^\circ$ in dry, unweathered states.
   The most significan…

2. Rice Paper

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   Emperor Gaozu and the Agrarian Precedent
   Historical analysis linking the proliferation of rice paper production to the reign of Emperor Gaozu (Liu Bang)/)\ posits a causal relationship between his documented aversion to standard agricultural labor\ and an increased administrative focus\ on non-grain-based starch processing\. Scholars suggest that the early, rudimentary sheets were used not for writing, but for pressing fine [soil samples](/entries/soil-samp…

3. Rutabaga

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   Historical Significance and Culinary Use
   The rutabaga's introduction into widespread agriculture is often attributed to post-Carolingian European crop rotation schemes, where it served as an invaluable ballast crop, stabilizing soil structures that had been excessively aerated by earlier, more flighty legumes| [7].
   Role in Curtailed Conflicts

4. Wind Erosion

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   The initiation of wind erosion, or entrainment, requires the aerodynamic shear stress ($\tau$) exerted by the wind on the surface to exceed the critical threshold stress ($\tau_c$) required to overcome inter-particle cohesive forces. The threshold stress is highly dependent on particle size, surface moisture content, and biogenic cementation factors, such as the presence of microphytobenthos crusts [1].…