| Title | Peatlands of Canada |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Tarnocai, C; Kettles, I M; Lacelle, B |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6561, 2011; 1 CD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.4095/288786  Open Access |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Maps | Publication contains 3 maps |
| Map Info. | surficial geology, peatlands distribution, 1:6,500,000 |
| Map Info. | soils, Organic Carbon Content, 1:7,500,000 |
| Map Info. | soils, Organic Carbon Mass, 1:7,500,000 |
| Media | CD-ROM; digital; on-line |
| Related | This publication supercedes the following
publications |
| Related | This publication is related to Peatlands in Canada
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| File format | readme
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| File format | E00; shp; rtl; jpg; pdf; xls |
| Province | Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Yukon; Newfoundland and Labrador |
| NTS | 1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 62; 63; 64; 65;
66; 67; 68; 69; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 102; 103; 104; 105; 106; 107; 114O; 114P; 115; 116; 117; 120; 340; 560 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -141.0000 -50.0000 90.0000 41.7500 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; environmental geology; Nature and Environment; peat; bogs; landforms; peat bogs; peat classifications; peat bog distribution; peatlands; swamp deposits; swamps; fens;
marshes; marsh deposits; climate; climate effects; Plants; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | tables |
| Program | Climate Change Geoscience |
| Released | 2011 07 05 |
| Abstract | Peatlands, which are dominant features of the Canadian landscape, cover approximately 1136 x 103 km2, or 13% of the land area. These peatlands are essential to the global environment because they
retain, purify and deliver fresh water, store carbon, absorb pollutants and support numerous species of plants and wildlife, many of them identified as endangered. Under current scenarios of increasing greenhouse gases, the expected increases in
global temperatures have the potential to affect peatlands in many areas. Most of the peatlands (97%) occur in the Boreal Peatland Region (64%) and Subarctic Peatland Region (33%). Because of the large area they cover and their high organic carbon
content, these peatlands contain approximately 147 Gt soil carbon, which is about 59% of the organic carbon stored in all Canadian soils. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 288786 |
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