Organic carbon characteristics in ice-rich permafrost in alas and Yedoma deposits, central Yakutia, Siberia

Windirsch, Torben; Grosse, Guido; Ulrich, Mathias; Schirrmeister, Lutz; Fedorov, Alexander N.; Konstantinov, Pavel Y.; Fuchs, Matthias; Jongejans, Loeka L.; Wolter, Juliane; Opel, Thomas; Strauss, Jens

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3797-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3797-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3797-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 14

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23 Jul 2020

Research article |

| 23 Jul 2020

Organic carbon characteristics in ice-rich permafrost in alas and Yedoma deposits, central Yakutia, Siberia

Torben Windirsch, Guido Grosse, Mathias Ulrich, Lutz Schirrmeister, Alexander N. Fedorov, Pavel Y. Konstantinov, Matthias Fuchs, Loeka L. Jongejans, Juliane Wolter, Thomas Opel, and Jens Strauss

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (13 Apr 2020) by Tyler Cyronak

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (26 May 2020) by Tyler Cyronak

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To extend the knowledge on circumpolar deep permafrost carbon storage, we examined two deep permafrost deposit types (Yedoma and alas) in central Yakutia. We found little but partially undecomposed organic carbon as a result of largely changing sedimentation processes. The carbon stock of the examined Yedoma deposits is about 50 % lower than the general Yedoma domain mean, implying a very hetererogeneous Yedoma composition, while the alas is approximately 80 % below the thermokarst deposit mean.