Noncontributing areas as indices of landscape development in the glaciated Central Lowlands, USA

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2019-01-01
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McDanel, Joshua
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Bradley A. Miller
Peter L. Moore
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Agronomy

The Department of Agronomy seeks to teach the study of the farm-field, its crops, and its science and management. It originally consisted of three sub-departments to do this: Soils, Farm-Crops, and Agricultural Engineering (which became its own department in 1907). Today, the department teaches crop sciences and breeding, soil sciences, meteorology, agroecology, and biotechnology.

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The Department of Agronomy was formed in 1902. From 1917 to 1935 it was known as the Department of Farm Crops and Soils.

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1902–present

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  • Department of Farm Crops and Soils (1917–1935)

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Harmonized glacial landform regions and noncontributing area calculations were used to assess stream network development over time on irregular, glacial topography. Existing statewide geology maps for the study area contained incongruities in detail and interpretations at state borders complicating analyses performed across state borders. Glacial landform region delineations divided the landscape into areas with similar topography, age, and geologic materials. Age was considered the primary factor for harmonization. The resulting map addressed issues in the existing maps and provided a continuous landform regions map for the analysis of drainage integration across the study area. As streams erode headward into the upland of these landscapes, upland depressions are drained and integrated into the network. Considering agricultural practices have altered hydrological processes in the study area, use of drainage density as a metric for natural stream network development is difficult. Assuming that drainage density increases proportionally with landscape age means we should also observe noncontributing area decreasing proportionally with age. Results of this study indicate that the trend of decreasing noncontributing area in the study area is not explained solely by age. Examination of the relationship with additional factors suggest that landscape development on complex glacial landscapes is explained by a combination of factors interacting. These results indicate the need for further analysis of glacial landscapes to determine the driving factors of landscape development.

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