Accelerated peatland disappearance in the vicinity of the Konin brown coal strip mine

In the Powidzki Landscape Park, there are 150 peatlands of a total area of 1,250.2 ha. On its edge, brown coal strip mines are in operation, causing deep land drainage that resulted in a drastic (up to 5 m) lowering of the water table in lakes and accelerated peatland disappearance. To determine the...

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Main Authors: Ilnicki Piotr, Górecki Krzysztof, Szczepański Marek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Water and Land Development
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jwld.2017.35.issue-1/jwld-2017-0071/jwld-2017-0071.xml?format=INT