<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>An important parameter of organic matter in soils, peat, and fossil-carbon-containing deposits is their decomposition degree, which describes their transformation intensity—the humification degree of original living organic matter. In this article approaches to the analysis of humification degree are thoroughly described and</italic><sup>14</sup><italic>C dated peat columns extracted from several bogs in Latvia are investigated and compared. A new humification indicator is suggested: the ratio of the total amount of organic matter in peat in respect to the amount of humic substances.</italic></p></abstract>

An important parameter of organic matter in soils, peat, and fossil-carbon-containing deposits is their decomposition degree, which describes their transformation intensity—the humification degree of original living organic matter. In this article approaches to the analysis of humification degree are thoroughly described and14C dated peat columns extracted from several bogs in Latvia are investigated and compared. A new humification indicator is suggested: the ratio of the total amount of organic matter in peat in respect to the amount of humic substances.

Experimental Study of Peat Humification Indicators

Department of Environmental Science, University of Latvia, Raiņa bulv. 19, LV-1586, Rīga, LATVIA

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

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An important parameter of organic matter in soils, peat, and fossil-carbon-containing deposits is their decomposition degree, which describes their...

Experimental Study of Peat Humification Indicators

Data publikacji: 14 sie 2008

Zakres stron: 18 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10046-008-0009-y

Słowa kluczowe
peat, humification degree, decomposition degree, chemical analysis

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Experimental Study of Peat Humification Indicators

Data publikacji: 14 sie 2008

Zakres stron: 18 - 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10046-008-0009-y

Słowa kluczowepeat, humification degree, decomposition degree, chemical analysis

This content is open access.

Słowa kluczowe
peat, humification degree, decomposition degree, chemical analysis