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development. Many countries evaluate peat resources based on volume or area because the variations in densities and thickness of peat deposits make it difficult to estimate …Web
اقرأ أكثرPeat definitions: A critical review
Ombrotrophic 13, minerotrophic 13: Hydromorphological typology: Raised blanket bog 11,14, ridge-raised bogs 11,14: Hierarchical classification of mire systems (Tope system) ... The average depth among these sources is >0.3 m for a deposit to be defined as peat, but it ranges between >0.1 m and >0.6 m, with the most common depth threshold …Web
اقرأ أكثرChanguinola peat deposit of northwest Panama. Deposito de …
A peat deposit occupying over 80 square kilometers, and averaging 8 meters in thickness, was discovered on the Caribbean coast of northwestern Panama near the town of Changuinola. ... Toward the edges, the deposit has a surface cover of more minerotrophic plants (such as swamp-forest trees, ferns, and palms). …Web
اقرأ أكثرAmazonian floodplains harbour minerotrophic and
Mire ecosystems can be divided in minerotrophic peat swamps and ombrotrophic peat bogs (see e.g., Heinselman, 1970, ... Young and relatively thin convex peat deposits can receive nutrients also from the underlying mineral soil and groundwater with the capillary rise of water and nutrients in the peat pores (Hill and Siegel, 1991, …Web
اقرأ أكثرEffect of plant functional type on methane dynamics in a restored
The restored portion of the peatland consists of 15 ha, which was utilized for horticultural peat extraction from 1946 to 2000. This portion was initially a raised bog, which was extracted down to its minerotrophic peat layer and residual peat conditions of the site now resemble that of a fen with peat pH of 5.0–5.3 and specific electrical conductivity of …Web
اقرأ أكثرAmazonian floodplains harbour minerotrophic and ombrotrophic peatlands
With this data as well as topography measurements of the peat deposit from one of the sites, ... Nutrient dynamics in minerotrophic peat mires. Aquatic Botany (1986) Weiss D. et al. The geochemistry of major and selected trace elements in a forested peat bog, Kalimantan, SE Asia, and its implications for past atmospheric dust deposition ...Web
اقرأ أكثر(PDF) Rare earth element and Pb isotope variations in a 52 kyr peat
Examination of the trophic status finds the deposit is comprised of minerotrophic peat (Mn) which transitions (Tr) to ombrotrophic peat (Om) in upper layers. The age model (A) dates the record at ...Web
اقرأ أكثرGeochemistry and Sedimentology of a Minerotrophic Peat in a …
Sedimentological and biogeochemical measurements were conducted on minerotrophic peat in a wilderness area on a granitic plateau to reconstruct the local ecosystem's history and clarify the peat's response to local and global changes. The peat is less than 1900 years old. Its clay and iron (Fe) concentration profiles revealed an …Web
اقرأ أكثرExtended abstract No. 30 PEATLAND HISTORY
Thanks to their unique physical, chemical and biological properties, peat deposits are considered archives of past hydrological and vegetational changes on the peatland and …Web
اقرأ أكثرApplication of Palaeoecological and Geochemical Proxies in
The past hydrological and peat conditions can be inferred as different vegetation species have different tolerances to groundwater level and peat types, in particular where nutrient influx to the system occurs via water from the river catchment (minerotrophic peat) or exclusively via rainfall (ombrotrophic peat) (Rieley et al. 2008; …Web
اقرأ أكثرThe inorganic geochemistry of a peat deposit on the eastern …
Numerous studies have shown that minerotrophic peat bogs faithfully record the atmospheric deposition of lithogenic, non-leachable and non ... pH of pore waters or ash concentrations throughout the peat column are often used as indicators of the ombrotrophic–minerotrophic boundary of peat deposits (Cortizas et al., 2002, Kylander …Web
اقرأ أكثرThe use of principle component analyses in
The Lynch's Crater peat deposit in NE-Australia is a sensitive environmental archive located in the tropical Southern Hemisphere. This unique deposit illustrates that local and regional changes ...Web
اقرأ أكثرDiatoms in Paleoenvironmental Studies of Peatlands
Patrick examined the diatoms of the mixed Patschke bog peat deposits (Texas, TX, USA), and ... (Oromia, Ethiopia) is a minerotrophic peat bog formed at 11418 ± 557 years cal BP, in a glacier over-excavation on a basaltic rock bed. The diatom sequence along the profile shows two regularly alternating phases (subaerial/aquatic), closely …Web
اقرأ أكثرThe use of principle component analyses in
Conventionally, ombrotrophic peat deposits have an inorganic content of <5% and minerotrophic deposits have an inorganic content of >5% (Tolonen, 1984), and ombrotrophic peats are generally more acidic (pH 3–4) than minerotrophic peats (pH 4–7) (Fig. 2). The lowest pH values occur in the upper peat sections (pH 3.5), increase steadilyWeb
اقرأ أكثرAmazonian floodplains harbour minerotrophic and ombrotrophic peatlands
Recent findings show that there are diverse ombtrotrophic peatlands also in Amazonia (Lähteenoja and Page, 2011;Lähteenoja et al., 2009Lähteenoja et al.,, 2012. According to peat chemical ...Web
اقرأ أكثرGeographical drivers of geochemical and mineralogical evolution …
MP1 was characterized by well-defined minerotrophic peat within a depth range of 46–62 cm, whereas the ash content and bulk density systematically decreased toward the top of the profile thus having more of an ombrotrophic status. ... The inorganic geochemistry of a peat deposit on the eastern Qinghai-tibetan plateau and insights into ...Web
اقرأ أكثرA Comparison of Tree Rings and Peat Deposit Geochemical
It is probable that the cycling of major compounds in minerotrophic peat deposits is related to the lithogenic admixture or to the deposition of dust particles (Le Roux et al. 2006), and that the basic cations content in tree rings are rather related to their content and availability from the exchangeable complex in soils.Web
اقرأ أكثرMire | SpringerLink
Some peat deposits (buried peat layers, perturbed peatlands) currently lack the ability to form peat. The formation and accumulation of the peat ... Minerotrophic mires showing the influence of local conditions. Ferrous‐ferric reactions account for the slope of the main area. The two parallel dark arrows (essentially following Nernst Equation ...Web
اقرأ أكثرDiatoms in Paleoenvironmental Studies of Peatlands
Patrick examined the diatoms of the mixed Patschke bog peat deposits (Texas, TX, USA), and ... (Oromia, Ethiopia) is a minerotrophic peat bog formed at 11418 ± 557 years cal BP, in a glacier over …Web
اقرأ أكثرMineral components in a peat deposit: looking for signs of
The peat deposit is a compact, undisturbed remnant of a minerotrophic fen underlined by sand sediments. The main feature of the peat is a presence of a …Web
اقرأ أكثرComparative Study of Peat Composition by using FT-IR …
Three nearby located mires (Svetupe, Dzelve and Eipurs Mire) were selected for this study with the a im to analyze functional groups of low moor and raised bog peat by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Functional groups of peat and their relations from two ombrotrophic and one minerotrophic mire were studied. Despite small dist ance …Web
اقرأ أكثرAbundance, biomass, structure, and activity of the microbial …
accumulated for centuries within the peat deposit and can be quickly converted to ëé 2 in the case of ineffi-cient exploitation [13]. Peat deposits all over the world accumulate ca. 0.14 × 10 9 tons of carbon (C) per year; the amount of C yearly released in the course of natural and anthropogenic destruction of peatlands is from 0.03 to 0. ...Web
اقرأ أكثرPeatland Classification | SpringerLink
This contrasts with the classification of peat as a soil deposit which focuses on somewhat different factors (e.g., ... The raised bog is an ombrotrophic system, while the lagg fen is by definition minerotrophic fen, and neither can continue in a fully functioning state without the other. Within landscapes dominated by peat, on the other hand ...Web
اقرأ أكثرThe use of principle component analyses in
The Lynch's Crater peat deposit in NE-Australia is a sensitive environmental archive located in the tropical Southern Hemisphere. This unique deposit illustrates that local and regional changes had a profound effect on the local Australian ecosystem over the past 55. kyr.. To obtain a proxy of past climate changes, trace and major element …Web
اقرأ أكثرSulfur in the Changuinola peat deposit, Panama, as an indicator …
A peat deposit occupying over 80 square kilometers, and averaging 8 meters in thickness, was discovered on the Caribbean coast of northwestern Panama near the town of Changuinola. ... Toward the edges, the deposit has a surface cover of more minerotrophic plants (such as swamp-forest trees, ferns, and palms). …Web
اقرأ أكثرDistributions of "bomb 14C", biogeochemistry and elemental
Recent peat accumulation rates in minerotrophic peatlands of the Bay James region, eastern Canada, inferred by 210 Pb and 137 Cs radiometric techniques. Appl. Radiat. Isotopes ... The inorganic geochemistry of a peat deposit on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and insights into changing atmospheric circulation in central Asia during …Web
اقرأ أكثرConstraints on microbial communities, decomposition and …
Peatlands play outsized roles in the global carbon cycle. Despite occupying a rather small fraction of the terrestrial biosphere (~3%), these ecosystems account for roughly one third of the global soil carbon pool. This carbon is largely comprised of undecomposed deposits of plant material (peat) that may be meters thick. The fate of this deep carbon …Web
اقرأ أكثرUse of testate amoebae to infer paleohydrology during fen
This is because most paleoecological research has focused on peat deposits in raised bogs, and is designed to relate bog surface data to climate conditions. However, underlying peat layers in a core from an ombrotrophic mire often correspond to the more minerotrophic periods of its development, specifically fen and fen-bog transition stages.Web
اقرأ أكثرPeatlands
is very slow and oxygen from above cannot penetrate. Here, the peat is broken down only very slowly by anaerobic bacteria. The accumulation of partially decomposed material has been occurring at Orono Bog for about 10,000 years. Peat at Orono Bog is 25 feet deep in some places. Minerotrophic Minerotrophic Ombrotrophic Surface Water FlowWeb
اقرأ أكثرPeatland (Mire Types): Based on Origin and Behavior of Water, …
Mires, or peat-forming systems, have traditionally been recognised as falling into two broad peat-forming types – minerotrophic fens fed by groundwater or collected surface water, and ombrotrophic bogs fed exclusively by direct precipitation.
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