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Change in runoff initiation probability over a severe drought in a peat soil – Implications for flowpaths. (2007)
Journal Article
Worrall, F., Burt, T., & Adamson, J. (2007). Change in runoff initiation probability over a severe drought in a peat soil – Implications for flowpaths. Journal of Hydrology, 345(1-2), 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.07.008

Severe drying of soils can lead to cracking and thus the generation of new hydrological pathways. In soils that show hydrophobic behaviour upon drying, it is possible that such flowpaths survive beyond the period of the drought that caused the initia... Read More about Change in runoff initiation probability over a severe drought in a peat soil – Implications for flowpaths..

Short term impact of peat drain blocking on water colour, dissolved organic carbon concentration and water table depth (2007)
Journal Article
Worrall, F., Armstrong, A., & Holden, J. (2007). Short term impact of peat drain blocking on water colour, dissolved organic carbon concentration and water table depth. Journal of Hydrology, 337(2-4), 315-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.01.046

Water discolouration is a major management problem for UK water companies as a proportion of the supply relies on runoff from peat-covered catchments. Many peats have been drained using surface ditches but this has been shown to lead to more severe w... Read More about Short term impact of peat drain blocking on water colour, dissolved organic carbon concentration and water table depth.

Flux of dissolved organic carbon from U.K. rivers (2007)
Journal Article
Worrall, F., & Burt, T. (2007). Flux of dissolved organic carbon from U.K. rivers. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006gb002709

The rise in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in the Northern Hemisphere in recent decades has been taken as indicative of increased turnover of terrestrial carbon and in particular in the vital reserve of peat. Hypotheses for this rise h... Read More about Flux of dissolved organic carbon from U.K. rivers.