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Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-975-2016
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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
Research article
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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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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.
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