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The Baupte peatland (Manche) A quick survey

The Baupte peatland (Manche) A quick survey. Map from «Atlas des tourbières de France» (published in 1949). Carentan. Map scale 1/80 000. Red : sites with major peat thickness Green : about 0.5 m peat depth. Baupte peatland area. Baupte factory (Degussa Company). River Sèves.

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The Baupte peatland (Manche) A quick survey

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  1. The Baupte peatland (Manche)A quick survey

  2. Map from «Atlas des tourbières de France» (published in 1949) Carentan Map scale 1/80 000 Red : sites with major peat thickness Green : about 0.5 m peat depth

  3. Baupte peatland area Baupte factory (Degussa Company) River Sèves Bauptois Marshes Marshes of River Sèves Valley Artificial pools (old part of exploitation) Mesnil Marshes Experimental trenches and sites Actual extraction area (milled peat)

  4. No comment, …

  5. The old exploited sector, flooded in 1995

  6. Terrestrialization of old pools with Phragmites and Typha

  7. Trench n° 1 September 2004

  8. Trench n° 2 Sept. 2004

  9. Sphagnum in the lower part of the trench

  10. and Sphagnum in the upper range

  11. WP1, replicate 3 : cracks in the peat (at the beginning of September)

  12. WP1, Eriophorum angustifolium site, replicate 1 Measurement of CO2 exchange with the IRGA apparatus

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