Fire and Flood at Holme Moss: Erosion Processes in an Upland Blanket Mire

Tallis, John

doi:10.2307/2260317

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“…Based on peat accumulation rates and subsequent coal compaction, this clay parting was deposited of the order of 500 years after the K-T event. Increased deposition might be seen in some areas e.g., as fire splays as described above, but extensive erosion is also a key feature after wildfire events, for example significant peat erosion has been shown after severe fires (42). There is no evidence of erosion (e.g., erosion surfaces) in either of the coal/lignite sequences in this study, the K-T BIRs simply interrupt a continuous episode of peat accumulation.…”

Section: Summary Of Evidence Of K-t Conflagrations Versus Combustion Ofmentioning

confidence: 53%

Geochemical evidence for combustion of hydrocarbons during the K-T impact event

Belcher¹,

Finch

Collinson³

et al. 2009

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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It has been proposed that extensive wildfires occurred after the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) impact event. An abundance of soot and pyrosynthetic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pPAHs) in marine K-T boundary impact rocks (BIRs) have been considered support for this hypothesis. However, nonmarine K-T BIRs, from across North America, contain only rare occurrences of charcoal yet abundant noncharred plant remains. pPAHs and soot can be formed from a variety of sources, including partial combustion of vegetation and hydrocarbons whereby modern pPAH signatures are traceable to their source. We present results from multiple nonmarine K-T boundary sites from North America and reveal that the K-T BIRs have a pPAH signature consistent with the combustion of hydrocarbons and not living plant biomass, providing further evidence against K-T wildfires and compelling evidence that a significant volume of hydrocarbons was combusted during the K-T impact event.

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Section: Summary Of Evidence Of K-t Conflagrations Versus Combustion Ofmentioning

confidence: 53%

Geochemical evidence for combustion of hydrocarbons during the K-T impact event

Belcher¹,

Finch

Collinson³

et al. 2009

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…Tallis published a series of papers on peat erosion in the Pennines with extensive erosion being reported at Featherbed Moss (Tallis, 1985) and Holme Moss (Tallis, 1987) with the intention of informing management. Mackay and Tallis' (1996) have also focussed on erosion within the area with a study on the disappearance of Sphagna from sites on Fairsnape Fell, demonstrating the extent of the issue, specifically in the Pennines.…”

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Using palaeoecology to advise peatland conservation: An example from West Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire, UK

McCarroll

Chambers

Webb

et al. 2016

Journal for Nature Conservation

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“…Gully systems have been dated to 2000 years BP in some areas of the UK (Ellis and Tallis, 2001;Tallis, 1987). As a result, in active gullies where the water table has been drawn down for an extended period of time, the surrounding vegetation may have been adapted to dry conditions for several centuries.…”

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Restoration of blanket peatlands

Parry

Holden

Chapman

2014

Journal of Environmental Management

110

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Abstract:There is concern that ecosystem services provided by blanket peatlands have come under threat due to increasing degradation. Blanket peatlands are subject to a wide range of drivers of degradation and are topographically variable. As a result, many degradation forms can develop, including those resulting from eroding artificial drainage, incising gullies and areas of bare peat. Many degraded blanket peatlands have undergone restoration measures since the turn of the century. However, there has been little formal communication of the techniques used and their success. Using practitioner knowledge and a review of the available literature, this paper discusses the methodologies used for restoring sloping blanket peatlands. It then considers current understanding of the impact of restoration on blanket peatland ecosystem services. There is a paucity of research investigating impacts of several common restoration techniques and much more is needed if informed management decisions are to be made and funding is to be appropriately spent. Where data are available we find that restoration is largely beneficial to many ecosystem services, with improvements being observed in water quality and ecology. However, the same restoration technique does not always result in the same outcomes in all locations. The difference in response is predominantly due to the spatial and temporal heterogeneity inherent in all blanket peatlands. Peatland practitioners must take this variability into account when designing restoration strategies and monitoring impact.

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Fire and Flood at Holme Moss: Erosion Processes in an Upland Blanket Mire

Cited by 69 publications

References 9 publications

Geochemical evidence for combustion of hydrocarbons during the K-T impact event

Geochemical evidence for combustion of hydrocarbons during the K-T impact event

Using palaeoecology to advise peatland conservation: An example from West Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire, UK

Restoration of blanket peatlands

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