Articles | Volume 15, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6033-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-6033-2018
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15 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 15 Oct 2018

Organic matter characteristics in yedoma and thermokarst deposits on Baldwin Peninsula, west Alaska

Loeka L. Jongejans, Jens Strauss, Josefine Lenz, Francien Peterse, Kai Mangelsdorf, Matthias Fuchs, and Guido Grosse

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Sedimentological, biogeochemical and geochronological data of yedoma and thermokarst deposits in West-Alaska L. L. Jongejans, J. Strauss, J. Lenz, F. Peterse, K. Mangelsdorf, M. Fuchs, and G. Grosse https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.892310

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Arctic warming mobilizes belowground organic matter in northern high latitudes. This study focused on the size of organic carbon pools and organic matter quality in ice-rich permafrost on the Baldwin Peninsula, West Alaska. We analyzed biogeochemistry and found that three-quarters of the carbon is stored in degraded permafrost deposits. Nonetheless, using biomarker analyses, we showed that the organic matter in undisturbed yedoma permafrost has a higher potential for decomposition.
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