11PTD, an acronym for Provenance -Transport -Deposition, is a multilayer geomorphotechnical system, the 12 combination of geomorphology, Quaternary Sciences, and geotechnical consequences of its 13 implementation in groundworks and other crosscutting disciplines. Embedded in its three layers are 14 geographical, geochemical, geophysical, mineralogy, dating, lithological and geotechnical inputs. In this 15 state-of-the-art review contribution and for Loess in England, Syngenetic and Epigenetic mechanisms are 16 drawn out and used to generate the three constitutive layers for three conceptual PTD models and the 17 interrelationships among them. The developed models are then deployed to inform earthworks design for 18 three HS2 embankments in Chiltern Hills. 19 20 21