Holocene peat in the Netherlands

Peat comes in many kinds. Within the Holocene of the Netherlands, various types of deltaic, coastal \nand lagoonal peat are recognised. Over adjacent inlands even more types are known. We can look \nat them with ecological eyes (plant species, nutrient availability), hydrological eyes (maintaining \ntheir own local groundwater table, or obeying a regional one), with the eyes of miners, farmers and \nbuilders (opportunity for fuel and need for drainage and foundations), or with the eyes of \npalaeogeographers (past marshes, swamps, cushions, away from active sedimentary systems}.