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Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	The Philippi Peatland (Greece)
Auteurs :	Kimon Christanis, Auteur ; C. Max Finlayson, Auteur ; G. Randy Milton, Auteur ; R. Crawford Prentice, Auteur ; Nick C. Davidson, Auteur
Type de document :	Chapitre
Editeur :	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2018
Format :	1149-1154
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés:	Cultivation ; Greece ; Peat ; Peatland ; Philippi ; Power generation ; Subsidence
Résumé :	The Philippi peatland is located in the intermontane Drama basin in northern Greece. The mire occupied an area of 274 km2 before drainage in the 1940s. A drilling project carried out in the 1960s proved that the thickness of the peat alternating with other limnic and limnotelmatic sediments reaches up to 190 m. Plans to exploit the upper part of the peatland for power generation, were canceled due to the lack of social acquiescence. After drainage the area started being cultivated with maize, tobacco and sugar beet but the intensive cultivation caused severe soil subsidence and flooding.
En ligne :	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4001-3_147
contenu dans :	The Wetland Book II: Distribution, Description, and Conservation

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