Research Guides: Cache River, Illinois: Watershed Science and Policy: Geography, Geology, GIS, & Modeling

Books, Dissertations, Theses, and Research Papers

Bekele, E. G. (2006). Integrated modeling system for multi-objective management of ecosystem services in a watershed. Ph.D. dissertation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 225 p.

Danskin, S. (2001). A spatial decision support system for riparian management. [Cypress Creek Quadrangle, Lower Cache River] Master's Thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. 96 p. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: q. FO 2001 D191

Davie, D. K. (1991). Assessment of the impact of the Conservation Reserve Program on suspended sediment load in two southern Illinois streams. [Big Creek, Cypress Creek]. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: q. GE 1991 D254

Frankie, W. T., Devera, J. A., & Seid, M. (2008). Guide to the geology of the Horseshoe Lake State Conservation Area and surrounding area, Alexander County, Illinois. Champaign, IL: Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois State Geological Survey, 2008. Location: Morris Library, 5th Floor. Call Number: QE105 .F73 2008x
Gebhardt, D. (1987). Acceptability of easements by landowners: a study of the Cache River private landowners and their relationship with the state of Illinois. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. 64 p. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: q. GE 1986

Graham, R. C. (1985). The quaternary history of the upper Cache River valley, southern Illinois. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Disserations. Call Number: q. GL 1985 G741.

Hughes, W. B. 1987. A quaternary history of the lower Cache River Valley, Southern Illinois. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University, Department of Geology, 153 p.

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]

Kozak, J. P. (2009). The geography of ecosystem service value: The case of the Des Plains and the Cache River Wetlands, Illinois. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 90 p.

Loftus, T. T. (2000). Predicting land-use: The CRP and environmental resources in a southern Illinois watershed. Ph.D. dissertation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Noonan, B. J. (1999). Paleoseismology study of the Cache River Valley, southern Illinois, and New Madrid Seismic Zone, southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas, Master's thesis, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, 91 p.

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.

Schoonover, J. E. (2001). Attenuation of nutrients and sediment in agricultural surface and subsurface runoff by giant cane and forest riparian buffer zones. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 138 p. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertatons Call Number: FO 2001 S372a

Sengupta, R. (1995). Fluvial sedimentology of Cypress Creek, Union, Johnson, and Pulaski counties, southern Illinois. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: q. GL 1995 S476

Sengupta, R. R. (2000). A distributed intelligent geographical modeling environment for spatial decision support. Ph.D. dissertation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Print Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertations Call Number: q. GE 2000d S476d

Shcherbaniuk, M. K. (2006). Modeling land use and cover change: Predicting re-enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program using GIS and data mining procedures. Ph.D. Dissertation, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. 236 p. Print Location: Morris Library, 1^st Floor, Special Collections Research Center. Call Number: Diss. ERP 2006 S538m

Volpe, D. E. (2001). Evaluating the impacts of land use change on a southern Illinois drainage basin. [Cypress Creek]. Master's thesis, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. 63 p. Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: q. GE 2001 V931e.

Wichmann, R. F. (1996). A natural history of the Cache River watershed. Research paper, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 95 p. Location: Morris Library, Special Collections Research Center. Call Number: 96-WICH325169R [Requires 72 hours notice for retrieval]

Williams, C. L. (2002). Distribution of migratory land birds among forest patches in southern Illinois during spring stopover. Ph.D. dissertation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. 116 p. Print Location: Morris Library, 4th Floor, Theses & Dissertations. Call Number: GE 2002 W722d

Articles, Papers, & Reports

Alexander, C. S., & Prior, J. C. (1968). The origin and function of the Cache Valley, Southern Illinois. In Bergstrom, R. E. (Ed.). The Quaternary of Illinois: A symposium in observance of the centennial of the University of Illinois, February 12 and 13, 1968. Urbana, IL: College of Agriculture, University of Illinois. Special Publication No. 14. [Available: Morris Library, 5th Floor, Call Number: QE 696 .Q385 1968x]

Beaulieu, J., Bennett, D., Kraft, S., Sengupta, R. (1998, August). Ecological-economic modeling on a watershed basis: A case study of the Cache River of Southern Illinois. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Salt Lake City, UT. Retrieved from http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/21019/1/spbeau01.pdf

Bekele, E. G., & Nicklow, J. W. (2005). Multiobjective management of ecosystem services by integrative watershed modeling and evolutionary algorithms. Water Resources Research, 41(10), w10406 (10 p.). doi:10.1029/2005WR004090 Location: Morris Library, Third Floor, Journals. Call Number: Shelved by Journal Title. [Big Creek]

Bennett, D. A., Vitale, A. J. (2001). Evaluating nonpoint pollution policy using a tightly coupled spatial decision support system. Environment Management, 27(6), 825-836. doi:10.1007/s002670010191 [Cypress Creek]

Blattel, C. R., Williard, K. W. J., Baer, S. G., & Zaczek, J. J. (2005). Abatement of ground water phospate in giant cane and forest riparian buffers. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 41(2): 301-307. doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03736.x

The Cache River Basin: An inventory of the region’s resources. (1997). Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Realty and Environmental Planning; Nature of Illinois Foundation. Retrieved from http://dnr.state.il.us/orep/pfc/assessments/CRP/pagei.htm [Print copy at McLafferty Annex, Call Number: 333.7 C1191997]

Carver, A. D., Zaczek, J. J., Mangun, J. C., Williard, K. W. J., & Danskin, S. D. (2004). A GIS methodology for generating riparian tree planting recommendations. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 21(2):100-106.

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]

Davie, D. K., & Lant, C. L. (1994). The effect of CRP enrollment on sediment loads in two southern Illinois streams. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 43(4), 407-412.

Demissie, M., Keefer, L., Lian, Y., Yue, F., & Larson, B. D. (2008). Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling and analyses for the Cache River for the purposes of evaluating current conditions and alternative restoration measures. Champaign, IL: Center for Watershed Science, Illinois State Water Survey. ISWS CR 2008-01 Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2142/8873

Demissie, M., Soong, T. W., Allgire, R., Keefer, L., & Makowski, P. (1990). Cache River Basin: Hydrology, hydraulics, and sediment transport. Volume 1: Background, data collection, and analysis. SWS Contract Report 484. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Water Survey. Retrieved from http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/CR/ISWSCR-484.pdf

Demissie, M., Soong, T. W., & Camacho, R. (1990). Cache River Basin: Hydrology, hydraulics, and sediment transport. Volume 2: Mathematical modeling. SWS Contract Report 485. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Water Survey. Retrieved from http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/CR/ISWSCR-485.pdf

Esling, S. P., Hughes, W. B., & Graham, R. C. (1989). Analysis of the Cache Valley deposits in Illinois and implications regarding late Pleistocene-Holocene development of the Ohio River. Geology, 17(5): 434-437. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1989)017<0434:AOTCVD>2.3.CO;2

Heine, R. A. (2004). A raster-based GIS model of base-level induced channel entrenchment. Abstract from Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, 38th Annual Meeting; 2004 abstracts with programs. 36(3), 6. Retrieved from http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004NC/finalprogram/abstract_71539.htm

Holmes, R. R. (1996). Hydraulic, geotechnical, geomorphic, and biologic data for the Cache River/Heron Pond area in southern Illinois. U.S. Geological Survey open-file report ; 96-467. Urbana, IL: U.S. Geological Survey ; Denver, CO : Branch of Information Service. Retrieved from http://il.water.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr96_467.pdf [Also available: Morris Library, McLafferty Annex, Call Number: 574.526322 H752h 1996]

Keefer, L. L. (2004). Geomorphic assessment approach to evaluate stream channel stability for regions of Illinois, case study; southern Illinois region. [Conference paper abstract]. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 85(47), Supplement, Abstract H51C-1161. Retrieved from http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004AGUFM.H51C1161K

Lant, C. L., Kraft S. E., Beaulieu, J., Bennett, D., Loftus, T., and Nicklow, D. (2005). Using GIS-based ecological-economic modeling to evaluate policies affecting agricultural watersheds. Ecological Economics, 55(4), 467-484. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.12.006

Leach, E. K., Esling, S. P., Hughes, W. B., & Graham, R. C. (1989). Comment and reply on "Analysis of the Cache Valley deposits in Illinois and implications regarding the late Pleistocene-Holocene development of the Ohio River Valley." Geology, 17(12), 1160-1161. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1989)017<1160:CAROAO>2.3.CO;2

Lee, M. (1992). Sediment detention basin feasibility study of Horseshoe Lake, Alexander County, Illinois. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Water Survey. ISWSCR-536. Retrieved from http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/CR/ISWSCR-536.pdf

Maxwell, S. K., Janus, A., & Wood, E.C. (2008). Comparison of the USGS 2001 NLCD to the 2002 USDA Census of Agriculture for the Upper Midwest United States. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 127(1-2), 141-145. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2008.03.012

Muleta, M. K., & Nicklow, J. W. (2004).Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis coupled with automatic calibration for a distributed watershed model. Journal of Hydrology, 306(1-4), 127-145. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.09.005

Nelson, W. J. & Hintz, J. (2007). Geology of the Karnak Quadrangle: Johnson, Pulaski, and Massac Counties, Illinois. Champaign, IL: Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois State Geological Survey. Open Access.

Nicklow, J. W., & Muleta, M. K. (2001). Watershed management technique to control sediment yield in agriculturally dominated areas. Water International, 26(3), 435-443. doi:10.1080/02508060108686935 Print Location: Morris Library, 3rd Floor, Journals. Call Number: Shelved by journal title.

Sanderson, E. W., & Visocky, A. P. (1997). Ground-water investigation in the Cache River Valley, Alexander County, Illinois. Champaign, IL: Illinois State Water Survey. ISWSCR-616. Retrieved from http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/CR/ISWSCR-616.pdf

Sengupta, R., Bennett, D. A., Beaulieu, J., & Kraft, S. E. (2000). Evaluating the impact of policy-induced land use management practices on non-point source pollution using a spatial decision support system. Water International, 25(3), 437-445. Location: Morris Library, 3rd Floor, Journals. Call Number: Shelved by Journal Title. [Big Creek]

Sengupta, R., Lant, C., Kraft, S., Beaulieu, J., Peterson, W., & Loftus, T. (2005). Modeling enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program by using agents within spatial decision support systems: An example from southern Illinois. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 32(6), 821-824. doi:10.1068/b31193

Sengupta, R. R., & Bennett, D. A. (2003). Agent-based modelling environment for spatial decision support. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 17(2), 157-180. doi:10.1080/713811747

Soman, S., Misgna, G., Kraft, S., Lant, C., & Beaulieu, J. (2008). An agent-based model of multifunctional agricultural landscape using genetic algorithms. Paper presented at the Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, July 27-29, 2008. Retrieved from http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/6142/2/463819.pdf

Xiao N.; Bennett D. A.; Middleton B.; Fessel K. (2002). SISM: A multiscale model for cypress swamp regeneration. Geographical and Environmental Modelling, 6(1), 99-116.

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]

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Cache River, Illinois: Watershed Science and Policy: Geography, Geology, GIS, & Modeling

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