Research in regional peat investigations
1930
Dachnowski-Stokes, A.P.
The object of this paper has been to call attention to the main lines of work that are under consideration or await further study, rather than to present results. Peat investigations require organization, a central station, and prolonged research. It is greatly to be hoped that the national sections will each maintain an information service or clearing house for projects, staff members, publications of their scientific institutions, and for the methods and results of agricultural work on peat lands of different types. The study of regional areas of "Low Moor" (Niedermoor) has been proposed from the point of view of stratigraphy, profile analyses, and cultural operations on a comparative basis, with the view to adopting a uniform procedure in peat investigations. In this connection, Dr. Hissink suggests consideration of a nomenclature in three languages, German, French, and English. By adopting more uniform methods, terms, and criteria, the investigations, under way and proposed, will not only increase our knowledge concerning deposits of peat and the conditions affecting them, but will also hasten the solution of those peat problems that have application and value for all countries.
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