Ideas and perspectives: Holocene thermokarst sediments of the Yedoma  permafrost region do not increase the northern  peatland carbon pool

Hugelius, Gustaf; Kuhry, Peter; Tarnocai, Charles

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2003-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2003-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2003-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

Ideas and perspectives

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06 Apr 2016

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Ideas and perspectives: Holocene thermokarst sediments of the Yedoma permafrost region do not increase the northern peatland carbon pool

Gustaf Hugelius, Peter Kuhry, and Charles Tarnocai

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RC C8237: 'A well-written and useful contribution', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Dec 2015
- AC C9663: 'Author response to reviewer 1', Gustaf Hugelius, 10 Feb 2016
SC C8785: 'Walter Anthony et al. response', Katey Walter Anthony, 01 Jan 2016
- AC C9665: 'Author response', Gustaf Hugelius, 10 Feb 2016
RC C8888: 'Ideas and perspectives: why Holocene thermokarst sediments of the Yedoma region do not increase the northern peatland carbon pool', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Jan 2016
- AC C9667: 'Author response to reviewer 2', Gustaf Hugelius, 10 Feb 2016
RC C8952: 'Ideas and perspectives: why Holocene thermokarst sediments of the Yedoma region do not increase the northern peatland carbon pool', Anonymous Referee #3, 11 Jan 2016
- AC C9669: 'Author response to reviewer 3', Gustaf Hugelius, 10 Feb 2016

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (19 Feb 2016) by Richard Conant

AR by Gustaf Hugelius on behalf of the Authors (02 Mar 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Mar 2016) by Richard Conant

AR by Gustaf Hugelius on behalf of the Authors (29 Mar 2016)

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We investigate the properties of soils and sediments in a particular and ancient Siberian permafrost landscape. We critically examine statements from a recent study that specific permafrost landforms affected by thawed permafrost (alases) in this region contain very large quantities of peat that previous studies had failed to include because of data set biases. We conclude that there is no evidence to suggest biases in existing data sets or that alas deposits increase the northern peatland pool.