The effect of claying upon the settling of the soil surface on cultivated Sphagnum bogs

Authors

• Yrjö Pessi Society of Peat Cultivation Experimental Station Leteensuo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23986/afsci.71519

Abstract

The present investigation concerns a Sphagnum bog area that has been under cultivation for 35 years. According to the results, the effect of the claying during this time has been the settling of the surface of the soil on an average 12.5 cm more than in unclayed bog.