Soil travels
Today I was on an excursion around Skåne looking at different bogs and marshes. We drilled soil samples and learned to see the difference between different types of soil, clay, mud and peat. We learned to how to spot the level of humification, acidity and some about the more important fossils of the different stratas. We took samples dating all the way back to just after the last iceage. Around 8000 BC. Here’s a sample of pictures from today.
Picture below. 8000 year old sample of Birch tree.
Picture below. And then we looked at a fascility that extracted/mined peat.
May 8, 2008 + Posted in Geoscience, Soil, Excursions +
Great pictures, you have taken! I have very little to non, knowledge about geologi, but it is always intersting to read and learn something new.
Comment by Inget att säga — May 8, 2008 @ 4:32 pm
Thanks!
Comment by Antimonite — May 8, 2008 @ 7:09 pm