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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1871-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1871-2022
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04 Apr 2022
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Low biodegradability of particulate organic carbon mobilized from thaw slumps on the Peel Plateau, NT, and possible chemosynthesis and sorption effects

Sarah Shakil, Suzanne E. Tank, Jorien E. Vonk, and Scott Zolkos

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Permafrost thaw-driven landslides in the western Arctic are increasing organic carbon delivered to headwaters of drainage networks in the western Canadian Arctic by orders of magnitude. Through a series of laboratory experiments, we show that less than 10 % of this organic carbon is likely to be mineralized to greenhouse gases during transport in these networks. Rather most of the organic carbon is likely destined for burial and sequestration for centuries to millennia.
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