Formation and decay of peat bogs in the vegetable belt of Switzerland

Formation and decay of peat bogs in the vegetable belt of Switzerland

Abstract The rapidly collapsing glacial systems of the Alps produced a large number of melt-water lakes and mires after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in the Late Glacial period. The Rhone-Aare-glacier system gave rise to large moorlands and lakes in the region of the Three Lakes Region of Western S...

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Main Authors: Markus Egli, Guido Wiesenberg, Jens Leifeld, Holger Gärtner, Jan Seibert, Claudia Röösli, Vladimir Wingate, Wasja Dollenmeier, Pascal Griffel, Jeannine Suremann, Jan Weber, Mergime Zyberaj, Alessandra Musso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-01-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Geosciences
Subjects:
Landscape evolution
Mire degradation
C-losses
Holocene
Sedimentation
Land-use change
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s00015-020-00376-0

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