peat-forming layer

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• Peat — is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter. Peat forms in wetlands or peatlands , variously called bogs , moors , muskegs , pocosins , mires , and peat swamp forests . By volume there is about 4 trillion m³ of peat in the world… …   Wikipedia

• торфогенный слой — Верхний слой торфяной залежи, в котором интенсивно протекают процессы биохимических изменений отмерших болотных растений и образование торфа. [ГОСТ 21123 85] Тематики торф Обобщающие термины геология торфяных месторождений EN peat forming layer… …   Справочник технического переводчика

• Permian–Triassic extinction event — …   Wikipedia

• Triassic — Geological period from=251 middle=225 to=199 o2=16 co2=1750 temp=17The Triassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about 251 to 199 Ma (million years ago). As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian… …   Wikipedia

• Lepidodendron — ▪ fossil plant genus  extinct genus of tree sized lycopsid plants (plant) that lived during the Carboniferous Period (360 to 300 million years ago). Lepidodendron and its relatives Lepidophloios, Bothrodendron, and Paralycopodites were related to …   Universalium

• bryophyte — bryophytic /bruy euh fit ik/, adj. /bruy euh fuyt /, n. Bot. any of the Bryophyta, a phylum of nonvascular plants comprising the true mosses and liverworts. [1875 80; < NL Bryophyta name of the group; see BRYO , PHYTE] * * * Any of the green,… …   Universalium

• Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock …   Wikipedia

• Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …   Universalium

• sedimentary rock — Rock formed at or near the Earth s surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. Sedimentary rocks can be formed only where sediments are… …   Universalium

• Aulacomnium palustre — Taxobox image caption = regnum = Plantae divisio = Bryophyta classis = Bryopsida subclassis = Bryidae ordo = Bryales familia = Aulacomniaceae genus = Aulacomnium species = A. palustre binomial = Aulacomnium palustre binomial authority = (Hedw.)… …   Wikipedia

• plant — plantable, adj. plantless, adj. plantlike, adj. /plant, plahnt/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that… …   Universalium