Table 1 Apparent rates of C accumulation in cores from the centre-margin midpoint of the natural and drained peatlands. For details of the simulations, see Methods.

From: Misinterpreting carbon accumulation rates in records from near-surface peat

Age of peat (yrs)

Natural (mean rate g C m−2 yr−1)

Drained (mean rate g C m−2 yr−1)

0−200

139.7

119.8

200−600

29.6

15.4