Characteristics, impacts and causes of the carntogher bog‐flow, sperrin mountains, northern ireland

Scottish Geographical Magazine

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-46

  Wilson, Peter ^a   Griffiths, David ^a   Carter, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antecedent rainfall; Bog flow; Fish kill and recolonisation; Pore water pressures

Indexed keywords

BOG FLOW; MASS MOVEMENT; PEAT EROSION; PORE PRESSURE; RAINFALL EVENT;

UK, NORTHERN IRELAND, SPERRIN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0029751750     PISSN: 00369225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00369229618736976     Document Type: Article

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