Sedimentary ancient DNA and pollen reveal the composition of plant organic matter in Late Quaternary permafrost sediments of the Buor Khaya Peninsula (north-eastern Siberia)

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Zimmermann, Heike, Raschke, Elena, Epp, Laura, Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen, Schwamborn, Georg, Schirrmeister, Lutz, Overduin, Paul, Herzschuh, Ulrike
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH 2017
• Subjects: Buor-Khaya; Khaya; Ice; permafrost; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/44027/; http://www.biogeosciences.net/14/575/2017/bg-14-575-2017.html; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.50462; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.50462.d001

Organic matter deposited in ancient, ice-rich permafrost sediments is vulnerable to climate change and may contribute to the future release of greenhouse gases; it is thus important to get a better characterization of the plant organic matter within such sediments. From a Late Quaternary permafrost...