Has UK soil been blown in; is it not part of natural geology?

Question

I have a vague memory of reading somewhere that UK soil is not part of the natural geology but had been blown in from ????

Anybody know anything about this? I have done the google search and have not found anything, any website links would be great too.

Answer 1

Maybe you are refering about the loess cover, which is the result of the grinding from glacier on bed rock. The result is the rock to be ground in very fine powder which later was transported by wind and deposited in various places.
The thickness of loess in England is not much but its impact in agriculture is very important as it is very fertile.
In some places in China, there are more than 100 m thick of loess deposits ! So yes, wind can bring a lot of soil.

Answer 2

It may be possible for it to have been blown in, but not likely all of it. Soil representrs hundreds of thousands of years of weathering and erosion. It doesn't seem likely that 2, 3 or 4 meters of soil that cover the entire country could blow in - if this were the case then all of the soil would be the same. I have never been to the UK, but dig a hole in your yard. If the soil profile changes as you go down, then it is more probable that the soil developed there as it has in other places... through weathering, erosion, time, climate, and organism activiety.