Carbon availability in soils of thermo-erosional valleys – a case study from a valley on Herschel Island, West Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: Durstewitz, Luca
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Herschel; Herschel Island; permafrost; Yukon
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/45963/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/45963/1/BT_2017_Durstewitz_Luca.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.3c839b5f-38d6-49b8-8e1e-d2ab41cb04c5

Permafrost is a perennially frozen ground often occurring in periglacial environments. Due to its frozen state, organic carbon accumulates in the soils. By temperature rise and thaw of the active layer, these stocks become vulnerable to microbial decomposition. To predict the future of organic carbo...