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Historical agriculture and soil erosion in the upper Mississippi Valley hill country /

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""This thought-provoking book demonstrates how processes of landscape transformation, usually illustrated only in simplified or idealized form, play out over time in real, complex landscapes. Trimble illustrates how a simple landscape disturbance, generated in this case by agriculture, can...

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Main Author: Trimble, Stanley Wayne
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2013.
Subjects:
Soil erosion > Driftless Area > History > 19th century.
Soil erosion > Driftless Area > History > 20th century.
Agriculture > Environmental aspects > Driftless Area > History > 19th century.
Agriculture > Environmental aspects > Driftless Area > History > 20th century.
Sols > Érosion > Driftless Area > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sols > Érosion > Driftless Area > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Agriculture > Aspect de l'environnement > Driftless Area > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Agriculture > Aspect de l'environnement > Driftless Area > Histoire > 20e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Soil Science.
Agriculture > Environmental aspects
Soil erosion
United States > Driftless Area
1800-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Contents; Figures; Foreword; Preface; Biography; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1
  • The physical region and primeval landscape; Chapter 2
  • European settlement and changes of land use; Chapter 3
  • The systematic effects of historical agriculture on the physical landscape; Chapter 4
  • Upland gully erosion and its effects; Chapter 5
  • The tributaries: Zone of early, complex changes of process and form; Chapter 6
  • The upper main valleys: Zone of later complex changes of process and form; Chapter 7
  • The lower main valleys: Zone of perennial sedimentation.
  • Chapter 8
  • The great flood of August 2007 and its implicationsConclusions; References; Glossary; Appendix: Unit Conversion Factors; Back Cover.