EA: WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM
EE: PEAT_PLATEAU_BOG
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
11
EA label:
WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM
Concept definition:
A <
BOG
> composed of perennially frozen peat rising abruptly about 1 metre from the surrounding unfrozen fen; peat plateau bog. The <
SURFACE
> is relatively flat and even, and commonly covers large areas. The peat was originally deposited in a non-permafrost environment and is associated in many places with collapse scar <
BOG
>s or fens.
Reference type:
IR
Reference:
[
ECORC
, Wetland Surface Forms, B07]
Supplemental references:
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