PEATS OF NEW JERSEY AND THEIR UTILIZATION. GEOLOGICAL SERIES

A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF PEAT IS PRESENTED, INCLUDING: (1) PEAT TERMINOLOGY, (2) PEAT TYPES AND SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATIONS, (3) CLIMATOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN PEAT FORMATION, (4) CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF PEATS, (5) PHYSICAL AND PHYSIO- CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF PEATS AND PEAT SOILS, (6) MICROBIOLOGY OF PEATS, (7) UTILIZATION OF PEAT FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES, AND (8) INDUSTRIAL UTILIZATION OF PEAT.

• Corporate Authors:

  Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  Department of Conservation and Development
  New Brunswick, NJ  United States  08903
• Authors:
  • Waksman, S A
• Publication Date: 0

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 139 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agriculture; Botany; Chemical composition; Classification; Climate; Definitions; Geology; Industrial materials; Microbiology; Peat; Physicochemical properties; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Nomenclature
• Old TRIS Terms: Geology (Soils); Industrial use
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00231400
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Bulletin 155
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 2004 1:41AM