Old Organic Matter in Siberian Permafrost Deposits and its Degradation Features

• Main Authors: Strauss, Jens, Schirrmeister, Lutz, Wetterich, Sebastian, Mangelsdorf, Kai
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Fort Dialog-Iset Publisher 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Khaya; Buor-Khaya; Global warming; Ice; permafrost; Thermokarst; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/30849/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/30849/1/Strauss_abstract_TICOP.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.39819; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.39819.d001

Introduction During the late Quaternary, a large pool of organic matter (OM) accumulated in the arctic permafrost zone. Because of the potential re-introduction into the biogeochemical cycle from degrading permafrost, the OC inventory of ice-rich permafrost deposits and its degradation features are...