Organic carbon flux and particulate organic matter composition in Arctic  valley glaciers: examples from the Bayelva River and adjacent Kongsfjorden

Zhu, Zhuo-Yi; Wu, Ying; Liu, Su-Mei; Wenger, Fred; Hu, Jun; Zhang, Jing; Zhang, Rui-Feng

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-975-2016

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-975-2016

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-975-2016

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

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22 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 22 Feb 2016

Organic carbon flux and particulate organic matter composition in Arctic valley glaciers: examples from the Bayelva River and adjacent Kongsfjorden

Zhuo-Yi Zhu, Ying Wu, Su-Mei Liu, Fred Wenger, Jun Hu, Jing Zhang, and Rui-Feng Zhang

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RC C6664: 'Comments to authors', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Oct 2015
- AC C7942: 'reply to comment starts with page C6664', Zhuo Yi Zhu, 26 Nov 2015
RC C6768: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Oct 2015
- AC C7949: 'reply to comment starts with page C6768', Zhuo Yi Zhu, 26 Nov 2015
SC C7144: 'Comments to 'Particulate organic matter composition and organic carbon flux in Arctic valley glaciers'', Jun Ru, 28 Oct 2015
- AC C7957: 'reply to comment starts with page C7144', Zhuo Yi Zhu, 26 Nov 2015
SC C7188: 'Comments to 'Particulate organic matter composition and organic carbon flux in Arctic valley glaciers'', Jun Ru, 29 Oct 2015
- AC C7961: 'reply to comment starts with page C7188', Zhuo Yi Zhu, 26 Nov 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (04 Dec 2015) by Nobuhito Ohte

AR by Zhuo-Yi Zhu on behalf of the Authors (02 Jan 2016) Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Jan 2016) by Nobuhito Ohte

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (28 Jan 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (01 Feb 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Feb 2016) by Nobuhito Ohte

AR by Zhuo-Yi Zhu on behalf of the Authors (07 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Svalbard archipelago has lots of valley glaciers, and its position in organic carbon flux to ocean remains unclear. In this work, we found that these valley glaciers have a much higher area-weighted and discharge-weighted organic carbon flux, relative to Greenland Ice Sheet, and are comparable to other valley glaciers like those in the Alaska region. Hence Svalbard glaciers are an important source for terrestrial carbon.