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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>C. C. Cameron</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>A.D. Cohen</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>R. Raymond Jr.</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1987</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;div id="preview-section-abstract"&gt;&lt;div id="abstracts" class="Abstracts u-font-serif text-s"&gt;&lt;div id="aep-abstract-id4" class="abstract author"&gt;&lt;div id="aep-abstract-sec-id5"&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Heath, Great Cranberry Island, Maine, offers a unique locality for studying lateral and vertical relationships between radically different peat types within 1 km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;. The majority of The Heath is a&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sphagnum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;moss-dominated raised bog. Surrounding the raised bog is a swamp/marsh complex containing grass, sedge,&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sphagnum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;moss, alder, tamarack, and skunk cabbage. Swamp/ marsh-deposited peat occurs both around the margins of The Heath and under&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sphagnum&lt;/i&gt;-dominated peat, which was deposited within the raised bog. A third peat type, dominated by herbaceous aquatics, is present underlying the swamp/marsh-dominated peat but is not present as a dominant botanical community of The Heath. The three peat types have major differences in petrographic characteristics, ash contents, and associated minerals. Sulfur contents range from a low of 0.19 wt.% (dry) within the raised bog to a high of 4.44 wt% (dry) near the west end of The Heath, where swamp/marsh peat occurring directly behind a storm beach berm has been influenced by marine waters. The presence of major geochemical variations within a 1-km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;peat deposit suggests the need for in-depth characterization of potential peat resources prior to use.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="preview-section-introduction"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="preview-section-snippets"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="preview-section-references"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1016/0166-5162(87)90030-9</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Elsevier</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Relationship between peat geochemistry and depositional environments, Cranberry Island, Maine</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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