Classification of Peat and Peatlands Glasgow 1973

Proceedings of the IPS Symposium in Glasgow, September 1973

Helsinki 1973

184 pages, A4

CONTENTS

R.A. Robertson: Report on Symposium on the Classification of Peat and Peatlands

N.W. Radforth: New Aspects of Classification of North American Peatlands

D. Goode: The Significance of Physical Hydrology in the Morphological Classification of Mires

R.S. Farnham: Classification Criteria for Peatland in Northern Minnesota

M. Botch: Principles of Mire Classification in the USSR

J.A.R. Anderson: An Introduction to the Ecology of the Peat Swamps of Sarawak and Brunei

H. Okruszko: Classification of Peat Soils for Agricultural Use in Poland

K. Thompson: The Ecology of Swamps and Peatlands in East and Central Africa and Their Classification for Agriculture

L. Heikurainen: Classification of Peatlands for Forestry in Finland

R.D.L. Toleman: A Peat Classification for Forest Use in Great Britain

N. Malmer: Classification of Peatlands for Conservation Purposes

A. Moen: Norwegian National Plan for Mire Reservation

V. Puustjärvi: The Effect of Bog Type on the Properties of Peat

H. Schneekloth & S. Schneider: Proposal for a Classification of Peat and Bogs

P.D. Moore: Objective Classification of Peats on the Basis of Their Macrofossil Content

V. Puustjärvi: Classification of Peat

J.F. Largin: The Classification of Peats by the Genetic Principle

A. Palczynsky: Remarks Concerning the Classification Project Worked out by Representatives of Commissions I and V

W. Schmidt & A. Scholz: Proposal for Classification of Sapropels on the Basis of the Atterberg Limit