Full title: The Physical Geography and Geology of the Driftless Area: The Career and Contributions of James C. Knox
Editors: Eric C. Carson, J. Elmo Rawling III, J. Michael Daniels, and John W. Attig
"[I]t's really a fascinating, multidisciplinary read, even to a non-initiated… [T]here was plenty of good information on glacial impacts, botany, how floodplain systems have changed, and the prehistory of the area as evidenced by various archeological discoveries."
—Duke Welter, Wisconsin Trout (Winter 2020)
Over the course of his 43-year career, James C. Knox conducted seminal research on the geomorphology of the Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin. His research covered wide-ranging topics such as long-term land-scape evolution in the Driftless Area; responses of floods to climate change since the last glaciation; processes and timing of floodplain sediment deposition on both small streams and on the Mississippi River; impacts of European settlement on the landscape; and responses of stream systems to land-use changes. This volume presents the state of knowledge of the physical geography and geology of this unglaciated region in the otherwise-glaciated Midwest with contributions written by Knox prior to his passing in 2012 and by a number of his former colleagues and graduate students.
Published: 10/15/2019
ISBN Number: 978-0-8137-2543-7
Pages: 156
Product Category: EBooks