paludification

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paludification

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From Latin paludem +‎ ification.

paludification (countable and uncountable, plural paludifications)

1. The formation or expansion of swamp or bog.
   • 1958, The Pleistocene of Fuego-Patagonia - Part 2, page 113:

     On the eastern side of Lago Fontana small bogs are to be found here and there, paludifications of spring water where there is still sufficient moraine bed; most of them, however, are already dried and covered with sand.

   • 2000, Charles W. Johnson, Bogs of the Northeast, →ISBN:

     Each peatland has its own individuality within the broad themes; there may be both lakefill and paludification, or perhaps some combination of both; there may be “final” peatland stages either wooded or treeless —most, it would appear, are combinations, variable in space and time.

   • 2009, Sylvie Gauthier, Ecosystem Management in the Boreal Forest, →ISBN, page 263:

     One of the most significant ecological processes occurring in the black spruce forests of northern Abitibi is the paludification of forest soils (Boudreault et al. 2002; Fenton et al. 2005; Lavoie et al. 2005; Simard et al. 2007).

   • 2013, John A. Romberger, Peitsa Mikola, International Review of Forestry Research - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 45:

     Research by Backman (1919) proved, however, that only about 5% of the swamps had arisin in that way, and that the paludification of mineral soils was the most common source of swamps.

   • 2015, Randall J. Schaetzl, Michael L. Thompson, Soils, →ISBN, page 331:

     At sites undergoing paludification, litter can accumulate to great thicknesses, as soils become increasingly colder, wetter, and nutrient-poor.

Many authors restrict the meaning of this term to the formation of swampland in previously dry ground, but some also include the filling in of lakes, rivers, or ponds.