Quantifying spatial peat depth with seismic micronodes and the implications for carbon stock estimates
Muir, J. B., Jeffery, S., Collins, J., Marks, A., Brake, N. and Nissen-Meyer, T. (2024) Quantifying spatial peat depth with seismic micronodes and the implications for carbon stock estimates. Science of The Total Environment, 949. ISSN 00489697
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Abstract
Peatlands are a major store of soil carbon, due to their high concentration of carbon-rich decayed plant material. Consequently, accurate assessment of peat volumes is important for determining land-use carbon budgets, especially in the Northern hemisphere. Determination of carbon stocks at the scale of individual peat sites has principally relied on either mechanical probing or electromagnetic geophysical methods. In this study, we investigated the use of seismic nodal instrumentation for quantifying peat depth. We used Stryde™ nodes for a deployment at the Whixall moss in Shropshire, England. We measured seismic arrival times from peat-bottom reflections, as well as dispersive surface waves to invert for a model of variable peat depth along a linear cross-section. The use of very small seismic nodes (micronodes) allows for particularly rapid deployment on challenging terrain.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Peatlands, Carbon storage, Seismology, Tomography, Instrumentation |
| Divisions: | Agriculture and Environment (from 1.08.20) |
| Depositing User: | Miss Anna Cope |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2024 12:45 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Oct 2024 12:45 |
| URI: | https://hau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/18123 |
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