EA: WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM
EE: POLYGONAL_PEAT_PLATEAU_BOG
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
12
EA label:
WETLAND_SURFACE_FORM
Concept definition:
A perennially frozen <
BOG
> rising approximately 1 metre above the surrounding fen; polygonal peat plateau bog. The <
SURFACE
> is relatively flat, scored by a polygonal pattern of <
TRENCH
>s that developed over wedges of <
ICE
>. The permafrost and wedges of <
ICE
> developed in peat originally deposited in a non-permafrost environment.
Reference type:
IR
Reference:
[
ECORC
, Wetland Surface Forms, B05]
Supplemental references:
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