Gyttja
Gyttja(sometimesgytta,[1]fromSwedishgyttja) is a mud formed from the partialdecayofpeat.It is black and has a gel-like consistency. Aerobic digestion of the peat by bacteria formshumic acid[2]and reduces the peat in the first oxygenated metre (generally 0.5 metre) of the peat column. As the peat is buried under new peat or soil the oxygen is reduced, often by waterlogging, and further degradation byanaerobic microbes,anaerobic digestioncan produce gyttja. The gyttja then slowly drains to the bottom of the column.[3]It pools at the bottom of the peat column, about 10 metres (33 ft) below the surface or wherever it is stopped by e.g. compacted soil/peat,bedrock,orpermafrost.Gyttja accumulates as long as new material is added to the top of the column and the conditions are right for anaerobic degradation of the peat. Gyttja can form in layers reflecting changes in the environment[4]as with othersedimentary rock.Gyttja is the part of peat that formscoal,but it must be buried under thousands of meters for coalification to occur because it has to be hot enough to drive off the water it contains (seedopplerite). A good documented example of gyttja occurrence and its coverage change in time is the cultural heritage site inPuck Bay.[5]
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- ^"Suprahumic".Suprahumic.unina.it.Portici, Italy: Federico II University. Archived fromthe originalon 26 February 2021.Retrieved12 December2013.
- ^"peteet_03"(PDF).NASA.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 27 May 2010.Retrieved1 December2012.
- ^De Klerk, P."A pollen diagram from a small kettle-hole near Horst (northern Vorpommern, NE Germany)".Archived fromthe originalon 26 April 2012.Retrieved1 December2012.
- ^Pydyn, Andrzej; Popek, Mateusz; Kubacka, Maria; Janowski, Łukasz (8 May 2021)."Exploration and reconstruction of a medieval harbour using hydroacoustics, 3‐D shallow seismic and underwater photogrammetry: A case study from Puck, southern Baltic Sea".Archaeological Prospection.28(4): 527–542.doi:10.1002/arp.1823.
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