Journal article
Pressure variations in peat as a result of gas bubble dynamics
Abstract
Transient high pore‐water pressures, up to 50 cm higher than ambient pressure, developed over the summer season at various depths in a shallow (1 m) fen peat. The excess pressures had a pattern of gradual increases and sharp drops, and their initiation and release typically corresponded to abrupt changes in atmospheric pressure. We conclude that these phenomena depend on gas bubbles (probably methane) generated by biological activity, both by …
Authors
Kellner E; Price JS; Waddington JM
Journal
Hydrological Processes, Vol. 18, No. 13, pp. 2599–2605
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
September 2004
DOI
10.1002/hyp.5650
ISSN
0885-6087