Research Guides: Cache River, Illinois: Watershed Science and Policy: Soils

Books, Dissertations, Theses, and Research Papers

Hoyer, E. W. (2005). A functional assessment of restored and reference wetlands along the Cache River, Illinois. Ph.D. dissertation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. 239 p. Print Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertations Call Number: PB 2005 H868f (Shelved with dissertations).

Jaber, S. M. (2006). Monitoring spatial variations in soil organic carbon using remote sensing and geographic information systems. Ph.D. dissertation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 273 p. Print Location: Morris Library, 1st Floor, Special Collections Research Center. Call Number: Diss. ERP 2006 J118m [Note: Print copy is non-circulating, requires 72 hours notice for retrieval]

Ray, C. (2001). Land use change in the Cypress Quadrangle, Illinois: 1807, 1938, and 1993. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: q. GE 2001 R263l.

D'Avello, T. P., Indorante, S. J., Bathgate, J. D., Fitch, B. C., McCauley, W. M., Williams, D. R., Wilson, & M. A. (2008). Application of SoLIM for a high-intensity soil survey: a Southern Illinois example. Soil Survey Horizons, 49(1), 3-5. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10113/21534 [Morgan Pond, Union County]

Hutchison, Max D. (1987). The Lower Cache River Basin of Southern Illinois. Erigenia, 8, 1-54. [The entire issue is an excerpt of the Nature Conservancy's "Lower Cache River Plan." It discusses history of the area, information about geology, hydrology, climate, soils, sedimentation, pollution, flooding, declining populations of plants and animals, etc. Open Access online from journal website (http://www.ill-inps.org/images/pub/Erigenia_No_08_Jan1987.pdf). Print copy available in Basement, Morris Library.

Natural Resources Conservation Service: Illinois (USDA). Natural Resource Survey of the Cypress Illinois Quadrangle. From the NRCS Illinois site: "The Natural Resources Survey of the Cypress, Illinois, Quadrangle provides a partial inventory of the soil, water, plant, and human resources for a small part of the Cache River Watershed. This resource-rich area located in the southern tip of Illinois served as the project area to test the concept of building a natural resources Geographic Information System (GIS)." The 11 x 17 version is also available.

National Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. (2007). Soil survey of Alexander County, Illinois. NRCS Soil Survey Manuscripts. Retrieved from http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/illinois/IL003/0/Alexander_IL.pdfanuscripts/IL003/0/Alexander_IL.pdf

National Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. (2009). Soil survey of Johnson County, Illlinois. NRCS Soil Survey Manuscipts. Retrieved from http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/illinois/IL087/0/Johnson_IL.pdf

National Resources Conservation Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. (2009). Soil survey of Massac County, Illinois. NRCS Soil Survey Manuscripts. Retrieved from http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/illinois/IL127/0/Massac_IL.pdf

National Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. (2009). Soil survey of Pulaski County, Illlinois. NRCS Soil Survey Manuscripts. Retrieved from http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/illinois/IL153/0/Pulaski_IL.pdf

National Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. (2005). Soil survey of Union County, Illinois. NRCS Soil Survey Manuscripts. Retrieved from http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/illinois/IL181/0/Union_IL_CD.pdf

United States. Soil Conservation Service. (1987). Cache River basin: erosion and sedimentation report. Carbondale, Ill. : USDA Soil Conservation Service, 1987. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Map Library. Call Number: QE571.U5 C3 1987x

Yadav, V., & Malanson, G. (2008). Spatially explicit historical land use land cover and soil organic carbon transformations in Southern Illinois. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 123(4), 280-292. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2007.07.010 [Big Creek, Pulaski County, Union County, Hydrologic Unit Code no. 07140108]

Yadav, V., & Malanson, G. P. (2009). Modeling impacts of erosion and deposition on soil organic carbon in the Big Creek Basin of southern Illinois. Geomorphology,106(3-4), 304-314. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.11.011

Yadav, V., Malanson, G.P., Bekele, E., & Lant, C. (2009). Modeling watershed-scale sequestration of soil organic carbon for carbon credit programs. Applied Geography, 29(4), 488-500. doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.04.001 [Big Creek]