Permafrost peat plateau core data: Caribou - MRB13_04

• Main Author: David Beilman
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Northwest Territories; Canada; Climate change; Peat; Peat plateau; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2445HC6Q

This package contains permafrost peat plateau core data from the paper: Sensitivity of Northern Peatland Carbon Dynamics to Holocene Climate Change. The goal is to evaluate the long-term climate sensitivity and global carbon (C) cycle implications of northern peatland C dynamics by synthesizing available data and providing a conceptual framework for understanding the dominant controls, processes, and interactions of peatland initiation and C accumulation. Permafrost peat plateau core data of organic matter, nitrogen and carbon accumulation rates at different core level in this package were collected with a box corer (active layer) and gas-powered diamond-tipped drill (permafrost) for study of Arctic carbon accumulation during the Holocene.