Volume 19 (2017) Article 16

A video simulating the growth of a raised bog

by R.S. Clymo

Published online: 18.09.2017

Summary

The late Hugh Ingram (HAPI) contributed many things to our knowledge of peatlands. The two best known are probably the acrotelm/catotelm terminology (Ingram 1978), and the application of Childs & Youngs (1961) hemi-elliptical groundwater mound to the cross-section of raised bogs (Ingram 1982). As a tribute to HAPI, I combine these concepts with three others to create a video showing the development of a notional raised bog during 10,000 years. After that, I consider some of the limitations of this simplistic model and why, nevertheless, it is still useful.

Supplementary Material

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Citation

Clymo, R.S. (2017): A video simulating the growth of a raised bog. Mires and Peat, 19(16), 1-7. (Online: http://www.mires-and-peat.net/pages/volumes/map19/map1916.php); 10.19189/MaP.2016.OMB.245

Reviewers

IMCG and IPS acknowledge the work of the reviewers.