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Elsevier, Amsterdam, 587 pp. 2006

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PEATLANDS: EVOLUTION AND RECORDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGES

Martini, I. P., Mart¨ªnez Cortizas, A. and Chesworth W. (eds.)

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Contents

1. Peatlands: a concise guide to the volume I.P. Martini, A. Mart¨ªnez Cortizas and W. Chesworth, 1

A. Peatland basin analysis: evolution and structure, 15

2. Northern Peatlands: their characteristics, development and sensitivity

to climate change C. Tarnocai and V. Stolbovoy, 17

3. The cold-climate peatlands of the Hudson Bay Lowland, Canada:

brief overview of recent work I.P. Martini, 53

4. Mountain mires from Galicia (NW Spain X. Pontevedra-Pombal, J.C. N¨®voa Muñoz, E. Garc¨ªa-Rodeja and A. Mart¨ªnez Cortizas, 85

5. Geomorphologic emplacement and vegetation characteristics of

Fuegian peatlands, southernmost Argentina, South America A. Coronato, C. Roig, L. Collado and F. Roig, 111

6. The peatlands of Argentine Tierra del Fuego as a source for paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental information J. Rabassa, A. Coronato, C.J. Heusser, F. Roig Juñent, A. Borromei, C. Roig and M. Quattrocchio, 129

7. Lowland tropical peatlands of Southeast Asia S.E. Page, J.O. Rieley and R. W¨¹st, 145

B. Selected characteristics of peat and peatland environments, 173

8. The redox¨CpH approach to the geochemistry of the Earth¡¯s land surface, with application to peatlands

W. Chesworth, A. Mart¨ªnez Cortizas and E. Garc¨ªa-Rodeja, 175

9. Weathering of inorganic matter in bogs G. Le Roux and W. Shotyk, 197

10. Molecular chemistry by pyrolysis¨CGC/MS of selected samples of the Penido Vello peat deposit, Galicia, NW Spain P. Buurman, K.G.J. Nierop, X. Pontevedra-Pombal and

A. Mart¨ªnez Cortizas, 217

11. Mineral matter, major elements, and trace elements in raised bog peat: a case study from southern Sweden, Ireland and Tierra del Fuego, south Argentina L.G. Franz¨¦n, 241

12. Consequences of increasing levels of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on ombrotrophic peatlands: a plant-based perspective L. Bragazza, 271

13. Microbial diversity in Sphagnum peatlands D. Gilbert and E.A.D. Mitchell, 287

14. Peatland hydrology J. Holden, 319

15. Hydrogeology of major peat basins in North America P.H. Glaser, D.I. Siegel, A.S. Reeve and J.P. Chanton, 347

16. Slope instability and mass movements in peat deposits A.P. Dykes and K.J. Kirk, 377

C. Peatlands as multi-signal archives of environmental changes, 407

17. Using bog archives to reconstruct paleopollution and vegetation change during the late Holocene

T.M. Mighall, S. Timberlake, D.A. Jenkins and J.P. Grattan, 409

18. Beyond the peat: synthesizing peat, lake sediments and soils in studies of the Swedish environment

R. Bindler and J. Klaminder, 431

19. Occurrence and fate of halogens in mires H. Biester, A. Mart¨ªnez Cortizas and F. Keppler, 449

20. Mercury in mires H. Biester, R. Bindler and A. Mart¨ªnez Cortizas, 465

21 Archiving natural and anthropogenic lead deposition in peatlands M.E. Kylander, D.J. Weiss, E. Peiteado Varela, T. Taboada Rodriguez and A. Mart¨ªnez Cortizas, 479

D. Direct human impact on peatlands, 499

22. Impacts of artificial drainage of peatlands on runoff production and water quality J. Holden, P.J. Chapman, S.N. Lane and C. Brookes, 501

23. Peatland subsidence in the Venice watershed M. Camporese, G. Gambolati, M. Putti and P. Teatini, 529

Glossary, 551

Subject Index, 573

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