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Land subsidence by peat oxidation leads to enhanced salinization through boils in Dutch polders

Year: 2018

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Peat oxidation in deep Dutch polders leads – in addition to subsidence - to the development of new saline boils, enhancing the salinization of these polders. This on-going process is studied in detail in the Middelburg-Tempelpolder. The objective of the study was to get more in-depth knowledge about this process and to assess it for the present situation and for future landscapes (after 10, 50, 100 and 500 years).

Source: E3S Web of Conferences

DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/20185400007

Authors: Perry G.B. de Louw, Huite Bootsma, Henk Kooi, Mark Kramer, Gilles Erkens

Institutions: Deltares, Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University

Language: English

Topic: Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2890365189