The problem of peat upheaval in finnish artificial reservoirs
| Autor: | E. Rönkä, R. Uusinoka |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
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0106 biological sciences
Hydrology Carex Peat 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences biology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Geology Structural basin Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences 6. Clean water Humus Degree (temperature) Latitude Environmental science Porosity Water content 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology. 13:71-74 |
| ISSN: | 1435-9537 1435-9529 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02634763 |
| Popis: | A substantial disadvantage in connection with most of the artificial reservoirs in Finland and other countries of the same latitude is peat upheaval caused particularly by the liberation of gases during peat humification and summertime warming of the water which contains a large amount of dissolved gas. For instance, in the Lokka Basin, the largest man-made lake in Finland, the most common peat types to float are Carex and Carex-Sphagnum peats. The peat horizons which give rise to the floating mats are more than 2 m thick and the mats themselves are 70 cm thick. The degree of humification is commonly H1–3. The following physical properties have been found critical for upheaval: wet unit weight less than 1 g/cm3, dry unit weight less than 0.110 g/cm3, water content over 88 % of wet weight, porosity over 93 %, degree of humification less than H5, and gas content over 43 litres/m3. Peat upheaval can only be avoided to a certain degree, e.g. by spreading layers of gravel on the peat surface before flooding. |
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