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Faded landscape: unravelling peat initiation and lateral expansion at one of northwest Europe's largest bog remnants
Soil Geography and Landscape Group, Wageningen University and Research,
Wageningen, the Netherlands
Ype van der Velde
Faculty of Science, Earth and Climate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Jasper H. J. Candel
Soil Geography and Landscape Group, Wageningen University and Research,
Wageningen, the Netherlands
Luc Steinbuch
Soil Geography and Landscape Group, Wageningen University and Research,
Wageningen, the Netherlands
Roy van Beek
Soil Geography and Landscape Group, Wageningen University and Research,
Wageningen, the Netherlands
Cultural Geography Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the
Netherlands
Jakob Wallinga
Soil Geography and Landscape Group, Wageningen University and Research,
Wageningen, the Netherlands
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In NW Europe only parts of former peatlands remain. When these peatlands formed is not well known but relevant for questions on landscape, climate and archaeology. We investigated the age of Fochteloërveen, using radiocarbon dating and modelling. Results show that peat initiated at several sites 11 000–7000 years ago and expanded rapidly 5000 years ago. Our approach may ultimately be applied to model peat ages outside current remnants and provide a view of these lost landscapes.
In NW Europe only parts of former peatlands remain. When these peatlands formed is not well...
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