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Peat Surveys: Mindork Moss

Peat Deposit: Mindork Moss, Wigtownshire

 Scottish Peat Survey sites, Scottish Peat Committee and Macaulay Institute for Soil Research [1]
Mindork Moss Wigtownshire, Depths; Scottish Peat Survey sites, Scottish Peat Committee and Macaulay Institute for Soil Research [2]
Identifier Name Survey Year Total Area (>0.5m depth) Total Volume (m3) Max. Depth (m) Mean Depth (m)
41 Mindork Moss [3] 1961 182 6,290,000 6.8 3.5

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 [4] – formerly surveyor, Peat and Forest Soils, Macaulay Institute for Soil Research and  Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, currently Knowledge Exchange Coordinator, James Hutton Institute [5]
  • 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
Related Staff

Related staff 

David Miller [4]
Related Content

Related content 

Natural resource datasets and databases [6]
Peat Surveys: Peat Deposits [7]

1. External link title 

National Peatland Plan

1. External link 

http://www.snh.gov.uk/climate-change/taking-action/carbon-management/peatland-action/national-peatland-plan/

2. External link title 

Scottish Peat Committee

2. External link 

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Business-Industry/Energy/Energy-sources/19185/17852-1/CSavings/PS1964

3. External link title 

Scotland's Soils

3. External link 

http://www.soils-scotland.gov.uk/

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Links:
[1] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Mindork Moss_Points and labels.jpg
[2] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Mindork Moss_Depths_2.jpg
[3] http://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/files/Mindork%20Moss_Depths.jpg
[4] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/david-miller
[5] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/
[6] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/natural-resource-datasets
[7] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/natural-resource-datasets/peat-surveys/peat-deposits