Using lake sediment in estimating possible environmental impacts of peat Production: Case studies from Finland

Authors:
Tuija Vähäkuopus, Tommi Kauppila, Jari E. Mäkinen, Antti E. K. Ojala and Samu E. Valpola

Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress

Venue:
Kuching

Keywords:
environmental-impact, finland, lake-sediments, peat-production

Documentfile:
ipc16p169-171a192vahakuopuskauppila.etal_.pdf

Summary:

SUMMARY

Since the early 2010‘s, the impact of environmental loading of peat production in lakes and waterways has been widely discussed in Finland. The scarcity of scientific evidence related to influx of allochthonous carbon and the rate of sedimentation in lakes and rivers affected by peat production activities has been a problem and partially prevented a detailed scientific discussion on the topic. In order to provide unbiased data, the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) launched a sedimentological research project on this topic in 2013. The goal is to compare data from several pairs of lakes on the same catchment, the other lake affected by water coming from peat production area, and the other without any connection to peat production areas. The lakes that are possibly affected by peat…