PEAT - ITS ORIGIN, USES AND DISTRIBUTION IN MICHIGAN

A SERIES OF PAPERS IS PRESENTED ON PEAT INCLUDING: THE ECOLOGY OF PEAT FORMATION IN MICHIGAN (CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION, AND CLASSIFICATION), FORMATION, CHARACTER AND DISTRIBUTION OF PEAT BOGS IN THE NORTHERN PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN (DRUMLIN REGION PEAT DEPOSITS, VALLEY BOGS, PEAT IN MORAINAL REGIONS, IN SAND DUNE AREAS, IN THE HURON MOUNTAINS), AND THE ECONOMICS OF PEAT AS A FUEL, SPECIFICALLY THE HISTORY, METHODS OF PROSPECTING, COMMERCIAL VALUE, SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION, LOCATION AND EXTENT OF PEAT DEPOSITS AND MACHINERY FOR PREPARATION.

• Corporate Authors:

  Michigan Geological Survey

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• Authors:
  • Davis, C A
• Publication Date: 0

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 395 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical composition; Classification; Deposits (Geology); Ecology; Economics; Fuels; History; Moraines; Peat; Physical distribution; Swamps
• Old TRIS Terms: Deposits
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; History;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00231409
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Research Board Bibliography
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 2004 1:41AM