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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2227-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2227-2015
Research article
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15 Apr 2015
Research article |  | 15 Apr 2015

Organic-matter quality of deep permafrost carbon – a study from Arctic Siberia

J. Strauss, L. Schirrmeister, K. Mangelsdorf, L. Eichhorn, S. Wetterich, and U. Herzschuh

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Climatic warming is affecting permafrost, including decomposition of organic matter (OM). However, quantitative data for the quality of OM and its availability for decomposition is limited. We analyzed the quality of OM in late Pleistocene (Yedoma) and Holocene (thermokarst) deposits. A lack of depth trends reveals a constant quality of OM showing that permafrost acts like a freezer, preserving OM quality. This OM will be susceptible to decomposition under climatic warming.
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