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dc.contributor.advisorJohnson, William C.
dc.contributor.authorWoodburn, Terri Lee
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-07T23:51:02Z
dc.date.available2008-09-07T23:51:02Z
dc.date.issued2008-05-13
dc.date.submitted2008
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:2428
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/4112
dc.description.abstractHistorical channel change for the Wakarusa River in east-central Kansas was assessed for both temporal and spatial transformations. Re-measurement of selected section-line channel crossings from the federal land surveys of 1855 and 1856 revealed significant channel widening occurring both immediately above and below Clinton Reservoir. Narrowing in the uppermost headwater region and in the lowest reaches of the Wakarusa River is indicated, but is not statistically significant. Aerial photographic evidence indicates that spatial channel position change between pre- and post- reservoir construction has been minimal. Prior work in Douglas County by Dort (n.d.) and comparisons of federal land surveys to modern aerial photography in Shawnee County indicates that there was a much more active channel between the time of Euro-American settlement and the 1950s when agricultural conservation practices were in affect.
dc.format.extent113 pages
dc.language.isoEN
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
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dc.subjectGeography
dc.subjectWakarusa river
dc.subjectAnthropogenic influence
dc.subjectChannel change
dc.titleHistorical Response of the Wakarusa River Channel to Anthropogenic Influences
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberDort, Wakefield
dc.contributor.cmtememberBozarth, Steven
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineGeography
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
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