International Peat Journal 1 1986

Helsinki 1986

Editor: R.A. Robertson

ISSN 0782-7784

188 pages

CONTENTS

Foreword

Acknowledgement

McLellan, J.K. & Rock, C.A. — The application of peat in environmental pollution control: a review

Hulme, P.D. — The origin and development of wet hollows and pools on Craigeazle mire, south-west Scotland

Rocha, A.J.D. — Economic evaluation of Barra dos Carvalhos peatlands, Bahia, Brazil

Markov, V.D. & Khoroshev, P.I. — The peat resources of the USSR and prospects for their utilization

Robinson, M. & Newson, M.D. — Comparison of forest and moorland hydrology in an upland area with peat soils

Leinonen, A. & Ljokkoi, R. — The development of a control system for the production of milled peat

Järvinen, T. & Niittylä, H. — Alternative methods of producing peat for artificial dewatering and the effect of different pretreatments

Farrell, E.P. & McDonnell, J.G. — Decomposition in man modified peat soils

Dunberg, A. — Application of computerized image analysis techniques to the study of structural properties of peat

Shepphard, J.D., Tibbetts, T.E. & Forgeron, D.W. — Methods for the proximate analysis of peat

Norden, B., Fyfe, C.A. & McKinnon, M.S. — ¹³C CP/MAS NMR study of peat in the solid state

Lüttig, G. — Balneological utilization of peat deposits in the Federal Republic of Germany from the viewpoint of the balance of nature and the national economy

Summaries in German

Summaries in Russian