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Proposing sources for discrete groundwater discharges to patterned pools in three regional raised northern peat bogs
Henry E. Moore
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Department of Earth, and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University Newark, 101 Warren St. Smith Hall – Room 135 Newark, NJ 07102, United States of America
Xavier Comas
Florida Atlantic University, Department of Geosciences, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431, United States of America
Martin A. Briggs
U.S. Geological Survey, Observing Systems Division, Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch, 11 Sherman Place, Unit 5015, Storrs, CT 06269, United States of America
Andrew S. Reeve
University of Maine, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, United States of America
Khondaker Md. Nur Alam
Department of Earth, and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University Newark, 101 Warren St. Smith Hall – Room 135 Newark, NJ 07102, United States of America
Lee Slater
Department of Earth, and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University Newark, 101 Warren St. Smith Hall – Room 135 Newark, NJ 07102, United States of America
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Blvd, Richland, WA 99354 United States of America
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Short summary
This study of three peat bogs in Maine, USA suggests surface pools receive groundwater from depth based on interactions with the underlying sediments. Geophysical surveys mapped sediments, while thermal imaging paired with point temperature and water conductivity measurements revealed local patterns pointing to groundwater sources. Such discrete inflows may accelerate peat decomposition and carbon loss.
This study of three peat bogs in Maine, USA suggests surface pools receive groundwater from...
