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example 5

volume change
in drained organic material

This large organic matter volume change following drainage is responsible for the subsidence, or lowering of the land surface in drained Histosols.
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  Examples:
1. Histosol landscape
 North Carolina
2. Limnic Haplosaprist
southern Michigan
3. Haplosaprist landscape
northern Idaho
4. Typic Haplosaprist
northern Idaho
5. volume change
in drained organic material
6. subsidence in drained Histosol
Everglades, Florida

7. use of Histosol for fuel
Scotland
8. Lithic Torrifolist
southern Idaho
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University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2339.