New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Nature of the peat bordering Rotorua airport, North Island, New Zealand

Ella O. Campbell

Department of Botany and Zoology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Neill M. Kennedy

Soil Bureau, DSIR, C/o Forest Research Institute, Private Bag, Rotorua, New Zealand

Abstract At the southern end of Rotorua airport a depth of 45-60 cm of Typha peat overlies the Rotomahana Mud deposited in 1886. The rate of accumulation (0.4-0.6 cm per year) is rapid by world standards.

Keywords peat composition; peat accumulation rate; Rotorua, New Zealand; Sphagnum; Typha

Received 7 November 1980
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1981, Vol. 19: 243-244

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