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RECENT work on the Yorkshire peat has raised some very interesting problems as to the ages of various types of peat deposit in the British Isles. One of the striking features of the Pennine peat is the normal absence of any marked differences in composition, such, for example, as the definite forest layers observed in the Scotch deposits by Prof. Lewis. Typical Pennine peat is usually composed entirely of cotton-grass remains, though here and there the remains of heather or birch point to local desiccation, which can usually be traced to drainage. In the
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PEARSALL, W. The Ages of Peat Deposits. Nature 114, 829–830 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114829a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/114829a0