T104 Peatland Patterns and Hydrological Processes: From the Subarctic to the Subtropics

Monday, 23 October 2006
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  HISTORICAL ROOTS OF HYDROLOGICAL CONCEPTS IN PEATLAND SCIENCE WITH A MODERN PERSPECTIVE FROM NORTHERN PEAT BASINS
  Paul H. Glaser, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Donald Siegel, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse, NY and Andrew S. Reeve, Univ of Maine, Orono, ME
  109841 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  PRESENT AND FUTURE HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA, AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR PEAT FORMATION AND DEGRADATION
  Piotr Wolski, Harry Oppeiheimer Okavango Research Centre, Maun, N/A and Mike Murray-Hudson, Harry Oppeiheimer Okavango Research Centre, Maun, N/A
  113889 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  UN-PATTERNING PATTERNED PEATLANDS: AN ECOHYDROLOGICAL FEEDBACK TO CLIMATE CHANGE
  J.M. Waddington, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON and D.K. Swanson, Baker City, OR and M. Strack, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
  115020 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  ECOHYDROLOGICAL FEEDBACKS CONTROLLING MICROTOPOGRAPHY, VEGETATION DIVERSITY, AND LANDSCAPE PATTERN IN LOW-GRADIENT, LOTIC PEATLANDS
  Laurel G. Larsen, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO and Judson W. Harvey, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and John P. Crimaldi, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  114065 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  USING NEAR SURFACE GEOPHYSICS TO CHARACTERIZE PEATLAND SYSTEMS
  Lee D. Slater, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ and Xavier Comas, Rutgers Univ, Newark, NJ and Andrew Reeve, Univ of Maine, Orono, ME
  113600 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  PEATLAND HYDROLOGY IN TROPICAL INDONESIA
  Sandra G. Neuzil, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA
  114905 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  USING GROUND-WATER FLOW SIMULATIONS FOR PRELIMINARY CHARACTERIZATION OF PEATLAND HYDROLOGY IN THE KENAI PENINSULA LOWLANDS, ALASKA
  Andrew S. Reeve, Univ of Maine, Orono, ME and Mike Gracz, Kenai Watershed Forum, Homer, AK
  114123 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  HEAT TRANSPORT IN NORTHERN PEATLANDS: NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS, BENCHMARKS, AND APPLICATIONS WITH FREEZING
  Jeffrey McKenzie, McGill University, Montreal, QC and Clifford I. Voss, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA
  109829 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  FEEDBACK BETWEEN SUBSURFACE WATER FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER IN A SUBARCTIC PERMAFROST PEATLAND
  Masaki Hayashi, Univ of Calgary, Calgary, AB and William L. Quinton, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON and Nicole Wright, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
  114289 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:25 PM
  HYDROLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON VEGETATION AND MARL FLAT PATTERNS IN MINEROTROPHIC FENS
  Timothy Peter Duval, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON and J. Michael Waddington, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON and Brian A. Branfireun, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
  115175 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:40 PM
  EVOLUTION OF BIOGENIC GASSES IN PEAT SOILS USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR)
  Xavier Comas, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ and Lee Slater, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ and Andrew Reeve, Univ of Maine, Orono, ME and Jay Nolan, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ and Michael O'Brien, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
  113741 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:55 PM
  THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY AND BIOGENIC FREE PHASE GAS (FPG) BUILD UP IN PEAT SOILS
  Maitry Roy Moulik, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, Newark, NJ and Xavier Comas, Rutgers Univ, Newark, NJ and Lee D. Slater, Rutgers Univ, Newark, NJ
  113480 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:10 PM
  GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF KANOKOLUS BOG (MAINE): IMPLICATIONS FOR PEAT BASIN DEVELOPMENT
  James Nolan, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ and Lee Slater, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ and Xavier Comas, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ and Michael O'Brien, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
  116104 (Technical Sessions)