Northern Peatlands Soil Warming Project Gallery 1
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Peat transfer - Heavy equipment used to extract the frozen monoliths to build mesocosms. Click on picture for larger image (160K). |
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Plot transfer onto trailer - Hydraulic clamshell placing a bog monolith onto a trailer for transport to the mesocosm facility. In the background is shown the source bog site. Click on picture for larger image (176K). |
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Winter dig - Building the mesocosm facility in Nov. 1993. The insulated plastic tanks have plywood over them as the trench is being backfilled. In the lower right is a sump tank used to control water-levels. Click on picture for larger image (120K). |
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Placing peat into plot - Forklift placing bog monolith into mesocosm tank, shown by white lip on the ground. Click on picture for larger image (99K). |
