1. Historical Agriculture and Soil Erosion in the Upper Mississippi Valley Hill Country
- Author
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Trimble, Stanley W.
- Subjects
Geology - Earth Sciences ,Soil Science ,Ecology - Environment Studies ,ENVIRO ,AGRICULTURE ,SCI-TECH ,GEO ,ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE ,STM ,bank ,coon ,county ,creek ,high ,lower ,main ,terrace ,vernon ,winona ,bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment ,bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RB Earth sciences ,bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TV Agriculture & farming ,bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology - Abstract
"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 spread an astonishing variety of altered hydrologic and sedi
- Published
- 2013
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