Peat Surveys: Blacklaw Bog

Peat Deposit: Blacklaw Bog, South Lanarkshire

Scientific article:

Peatland hydrology studies at Blacklaw Bog; Nicholson, I. A., Robertson, R. A. and Robinson, M. (1989) The effects of drainage on the hydrology of a peat bog. International Peat Journal, 3, 59-83.

Footnotes:

1. Interpolated values from field observations
2. All peat area surveyed, not only that greater than 0.5m

Notes:

Identifier: 

• 1 to 70: Scottish Peat Committee Moss Survey report number
• 71 to 122: Macaulay Institute for Soil Research survey number

Name:

• Name of peat deposit or bog

Survey year:

• Year of survey published, if known. U/K not recorded on map.

Total Area (ha) (>0.5 m depth):

• Area to nearest ha, of peat greater than 0.5 m.  For full topographic surveys, the area can be calculated

Total Volume (m³):

• Volume of peat for areas greater than 0.5m deep. For full topographic surveys, the volume can be calculated

Max. Depth (m):

• Maximum measured depth, unless otherwise stated

Mean depth (m):

• Mean depth of areas greater than 0.5 m deep.

Collated from survey data records, by: 

• David Miller – formerly surveyor, Peat and Forest Soils, Macaulay Institute for Soil Research and  Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, currently Knowledge Exchange Coordinator, James Hutton Institute
• Allan Robertson – formerly Head of Department, Peat and Forest Soils, Macaulay Institute for Soil Research
• John Bell – soil surveyor, Soil Survey of Scotland, Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, and peat surveys, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
• James Anderson - formerly of the Peat Section, Peat and Forest Soils, Macaulay Institute for Soil Research
• Jane Morrice - formerly of Peat and Forest Soils, Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, and Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, formerly research scientist, James Hutton Institute