UID:
almahu_9948026392002882
Format:
1 online resource (606 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-74730-7
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9786610747306
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0-08-046805-5
Series Statement:
Developments in earth surface processes, 9
Content:
'In the past two decades there has been considerable work on global climatic change and its effect on the ecosphere, as well as on local and global environmental changes triggered by human activities. From the tropics to the Arctic, peatlands have developed under various geological conditions, and they provide good records of global and local changes since the Late Pleistocene.The objectives of the book are to analyze topics such as geological evolution of major peatlands basins; peatlands as self sustaining ecosystems; chemical environment of peatlands: water and peat chemistry; peatl
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of contributors; List of reviewers; Chapter 1. Peatlands: a concise guide to the volume; A. Peatland basin analysis: evolution and structure; B. Selected characteristics of peat and peatland environments; C. Peatlands as multi-signal archives of environmental changes; D. Direct human impact on peatlands; Part A. Peatland basin analysis: evolution and structure; Chapter 2. Northern Peatlands: their characteristics, development and sensitivity to climate change; Introduction; Area and extent; Peatland regions; Peatland classification
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Peat materialsPeatland development; Age of peat deposits; Peat accumulation; Carbon stocks; Sensitivity to climate change; References; Chapter 3. The cold-climate peatlands of the Hudson Bay Lowland, Canada: brief overview of recent work; Introduction; Peatland evolution; Peat stratigraphy; Pb Chemistry in peat; Peatlands and the carbon cycle; Resources; References; Chapter 4. Mountain mires from Galicia (NW Spain); Introduction; Mires development; Composition and properties; Galician mires: geochemical archives of environmental changes; Conclusions; References
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Chapter 5. Geomorphologic emplacement and vegetation characteristics of Fuegian peatlands, southernmost Argentina, South AmericaIntroduction; Methodology; Results; Relationships between geomorphology and vegetation; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. The peatlands of Argentine Tierra del Fuego as a source for paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental information; Introduction; Geographic setting; Methodology for peatland studies; Glacial history of Tierra del Fuego and basal peat chronostratigraphic data; Peat accumulation rates; The occurrence of Holocene tephras in Fuegian peatlands
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Coastal wetlandsClimatic variability as demonstrated by proxy elements; Dendrochronology; Bogs and archeology; Final comments; References; Chapter 7. Lowland tropical peatlands of Southeast Asia; Introduction; History, location and extent of lowland tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia; Structure and hydrology of lowland tropical peatlands; Classification and genesis; Physical and chemical characteristics of lowland tropical peat; Vegetation and biodiversity; Biomass and nutrient dynamics; The geochemical record; Age and rates of peat and carbon accumulation
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The role of tropical peatlands in the global carbon cycleModern tropical peatlands and past coal deposits; Future prospects for tropical peatlands: the wise use approach; References; Part B. Selected characteristics of peat and peatland environments; Chapter 8. The redox-pH approach to the geochemistry of the Earth's land surface, with application to peatlands; Introduction; Physico-chemical background; Predominance fields; Geochemical fences; The pedogenic grid; Geochemical trends in the weathering zone; The peatland environment; Discussion; Conclusions; References
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Chapter 9. Weathering of inorganic matter in bogs
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-52883-0
Language:
English
