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Fernandez-Garcia, P. et al

Peat properties from the Flow Country, Scotland, 2020, following wildfire in 2019

https://doi.org/10.5285/31d3b90b-ca4d-41db-bf29-c9f7a426a0cc Cite this dataset
Location of peat cores and peat properties including moisture, bulk density, ash and organic matter content for short cores (50 cm) collected 10 month post-fire in high, medium and low severity areas within a drained and a near natural area in the footprint of a severe wildfire that impacted >6500 ha of blanket bog and wet heath in the Flow Country of Northern Scotland.
Publication date: 2021-12-03

Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2020-01-01    to    2020-12-31

Provenance & quality

The 50 cm cores were collected using a Russian corer and the peat was analysed in sub-sections of 5 cm in the laboratory where they were weighed and dried to derive moisture and bulk density data and ashed to derive organic matter and ash content.

All the data were quality controlled by two separate individuals and a few values linked to analytical errors were removed from the dataset.

Correspondence/contact details

Andersen, R.
University of the Highlands and Islands
 roxane.andersen@uhi.ac.uk

Authors

Fernandez-Garcia, P.
University of the Highlands and Islands
Andersen, R.
University of the Highlands and Islands
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7782-795X
Schmidt, R.
University of the Highlands and Islands
Gaffney, P.P.J.
University of the Highlands and Islands
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5587-7622
Gilbert, P.
University of the Highlands and Islands
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-0951
Large, D.J.
University of Nottingham
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0559-8526
Marshall, C.
University of the Highlands and Islands
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2697-5394
Mayor, D.
National Oceanography Centre
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1295-0041
Pickard, A.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-3720
Williamson, B.
University of the Highlands and Islands
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7107-7713

Other contacts

Rights holder
University of the Highlands and Islands
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
INSPIRE theme
Soil
Keywords
blanket bog , bog , bulk density , carbon , fire , Flow Country , peat , peatland , Scotland , wildfire
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/T006528/1
Last updated
27 February 2024 16:24

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CITE AS: Fernandez-Garcia, P.; Andersen, R.; Schmidt, R.; Gaffney, P.P.J.; Gilbert, P. ; Large, D.J.; Marshall, C.; Mayor, D.; Pickard, A.; Williamson, B. (2021). Peat properties from the Flow Country, Scotland, 2020, following wildfire in 2019. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/31d3b90b-ca4d-41db-bf29-c9f7a426a0cc