insider.si.edu: Bog bodies uncovered : solving Europe's ancient mystery / Miranda Aldhouse-Green ; foreword by Val McDermid
Bog bodies uncovered : solving Europe's ancient mystery / Miranda Aldhouse-Green ; foreword by Val McDermid
Foreword / Val McDermid -- Unveiling the dead : introducing the bog bodies of ancient Europe -- Discoveries & discoverers -- The world of the bog people : space, time and society -- The magic of bog ...
A bog in Lauhanvuori National Park, Isojoki, Finland Peat bog and peat to dry, L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Quebec, Canada, 1976 Bog in Antwerp Province, Belgium Bog in the Seliger Lake area, Tver Oblast, Russia Peat extraction in East Frisia, Germany Drone video of Kakerdaja bog in Estonia (September 2021) A raised bog in Ķemeri National Park, Jūrmala, Latvia, formed approximately 10,000 years ago ...
Bog, type of wetland ecosystem characterized by wet, spongy, poorly drained peat-rich soil. Typical bogs are highly acidic and only occur in areas where the water is very low in minerals. They cover vast areas in the tundra and boreal forest regions of Canada, northern Europe, and Russia.
A bog is a freshwater wetland characterized by acidic peat deposits and by moisture provided by precipitation (rain and snow) rather than groundwater or interior drainage. The precipitation leaches nutrients from the soil, while acid is produced from the decomposing organic material (Finlayson and Moser 1991). The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers the bog one of the ...
Bog is a nutrient-poor peatland characterized by acidic, saturated peat and the prevalence of sphagnum mosses and ericaceous shrubs. Fire and flooding are the main natural disturbance factors.