Edited by
I.P. Martini, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
A. Martinez Cortizas, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
W. Chesworth, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Description
'In the past two decades there has been considerable work on global climatic change and its effect on the ecosphere, as well as on local
and global environmental changes triggered by human activities. From the tropics to the Arctic, peatlands have developed under various
geological conditions, and they provide good records of global and local changes since the Late Pleistocene.
The objectives of the
book are to analyze topics such as geological evolution of major peatlands basins; peatlands as self sustaining ecosystems; chemical
environment of peatlands: water and peat chemistry; peatlands as archives of environmental changes; influence of peatlands on atmosphere:
circular complex interactions; remote sensing studies of peatlands; peatlands as a resource; peatlands degradation, restoration, plus
more.'
Included in series
Developments in Earth Surface Processes
Audience:
Researchers and graduate and post graduates in biology, earth science, geography, environmental engineering, landuse planning, environmental impact studies, and global change
