The Mount Wellington string bog, Tasmania

Abstract

The steps in the subsurface blockstream preferentially underlie pools. Variations in pool hydrology are independent of pool size. There is a correlation between pool shape and pool type, an oval shape being indicative of more recent secondary pool formation, primary pools with rocky floors being variably shaped. Variation in the bog vegetation is closely related to variations in slope, drainage and peat depth. The major changes in abundance of pollen types are related to changes in abundance of charcoal. The Mt Wellington string bog complex appears likely to have been formed by similar processes to those postulated to have resulted in the string bog system at Mt Field. -from Authors