Vault lake thermokarst methane cycling, Goldstream valley, Spring 2013-2017

• Main Authors: Matthias Winkel, Katey Walter-Anthony
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2021
• Subjects: methane; anaerobic oxidation of methane; archaea; bacteria; stable isotopes; Fairbanks; permafrost; Thermokarst; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2RN3083Q

Thermokarst (thaw) lake sediments are natural chronosequences presenting an outlook of future changes for one of the largest terrestrial carbon stocks in an ever warming Earth. Permafrost thawing and microbial breakdown of organic matter is expected to release a large fraction as methane, a potent g...