Historical agriculture and soil erosion in the upper Mississippi Valley hill country / / Stanley W. Trimble ; [foreword by Andrew Goudie]

• Autore: Trimble Stanley Wayne
• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton, : CRC Press, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xlviii, 242 pages ) : illustrations; digital file(s)
• Disciplina: 631.45
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: GoudieAndrew
• Note generali: Formerly CIP.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The physical region and primeval landscape -- 2. European settlement and changes of land use -- 3. The systematic effects of historical agriculture on the physical landscape -- 4. Upland gully erosion and its effects -- 5. The tributaries: zone of early, complex changes of process and form -- 6. The upper main valleys: zone of later complex changes of process and form -- 7. The lower main valleys: zone of perennial sedimentation -- 8. The great flood of August 2007 and its implications -- Conclusions -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This title presents a detailed study of the human impact, both bad and good, on the hydrology and hydrography (and, in turn, on human activity) of a large region of the United States.
• Titolo autorizzato: Historical agriculture and soil erosion in the upper Mississippi Valley hill country
• ISBN: 0-429-09781-6; 1-4665-5575-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910418356003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II