Close up of Peat Patch (IMAGE)

Lehigh University

Close up of Peat Patch

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Photo of a 25-cm-long soil core collected from a peat patch on a hillslope at Imnavait Creek showing soil and ecosystem shifts and transformations from mineral tundra soil, to sedge peat and Sphagnum peat.

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Zicheng Yu, Lehigh University

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