Monitoring long-term peat subsidence with subsidence platens in Zegveld, The Netherlands ...

Peat oxidation in peat meadow areas is causing greenhouse gas emissions as well as land subsidence. Due to yearly fluctuations in soil surface level, long-term monitoring is needed to determine long-term net subsidence rates. In the experimental peat-meadow farm at Zegveld (NL) subsidence platens were installed in 1970 in a field with low ditchwater level, and in 1973 in a field with high ditchwater level. Platens were installed at 7 different depths, allowing to investigate where in the peat profile subsidence occurs. Elevation of platens as well as soil surface has been measured with surveyo... Mehr ...