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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 195, 2020
4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT 2020)
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Article Number | 01020 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Field Studies and Engineering Applications | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019501020 | |
Published online | 16 October 2020 |
Subsidence of dredged organic sediments in cultivated peatlands
1 Arizona State University, School for Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Tempe, USA.
2 CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Environment and Planning, Aveiro, Portugal
3 Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
4 Delft University of Technology, Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands
* Corresponding author: leon.vanpaassen@asu.edu
Many low-lying peatlands in delta areas undergo significant subsidence due to drainage for agricultural purposes. Subsidence may be attributed to shrinkage, consolidation or oxidation. At the same time the canals and ditches are regularly dredged to maintain water quality and drainage capacity. Often these dredged sediments are placed on land, which may help to slow down subsidence. In this study subsidence of organic sediments was monitored for a period of three years. The sediments were dredged from lakes and canals in the peatlands of Wormer- en Jisperveld, in the Netherlands and placed in an on-land constructed depot. Samples were collected at regular time intervals to measure water content and organic content. Additionally, laboratory tests were performed to characterize the organic sediments and determine the compression, consolidation, shrinkage and water retention characteristics under various oxidizing conditions. The laboratory tests showed that oxidation can significantly affect the compression, consolidation, water retention and shrinkage characteristics of organic soils. However, monitoring results in the field showed that the major part of the subsidence, which occurred within the three years of this study, could be attributed to shrinkage of the dredged sediments and the remainder to consolidation of the underlying peat layers, while the organic matter content did not change significantly.
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