Stable isotope signatures of Holocene syngenetic permafrost trace seabird presence in the Thule District (NW Greenland)

Wetterich, Sebastian; Davidson, Thomas A.; Bobrov, Anatoly; Opel, Thomas; Windirsch, Torben; Johansen, Kasper L.; González-Bergonzoni, Ivan; Mosbech, Anders; Jeppesen, Erik

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4261-2019

Articles | Volume 16, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4261-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4261-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 21

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11 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 11 Nov 2019

Stable isotope signatures of Holocene syngenetic permafrost trace seabird presence in the Thule District (NW Greenland)

Sebastian Wetterich, Thomas A. Davidson, Anatoly Bobrov, Thomas Opel, Torben Windirsch, Kasper L. Johansen, Ivan González-Bergonzoni, Anders Mosbech, and Erik Jeppesen

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- AC2: 'Responses from the authors to comments of anonymous Referee #2 - bg-2019-71', Sebastian Wetterich, 12 Sep 2019

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The effects of seabird presence on permafrost peat evolution in NW Greenland were studied by tracing changes in stable C and N isotope composition along the path from bird sources into permafrost peat. The permafrost growth was triggered by organic matter and nutrient input since the neoglacial cooling and concurrent polynya establishment. The study deals with the complex response of biologic and permafrost dynamics to High Arctic climatic and oceanographic conditions of the Late Holocene.