Assessing permafrost erosion in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, Herschel Island - A biomarker and radiocarbon approach

• Main Authors: Grotheer, Hendrik, Meyer, Vera, Riedel, Thorsten, Hefter, Jens, Fritz, Michael, Mollenhauer, Gesine
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Herschel Island; Mackenzie River; Yukon; Beaufort Sea; Herschel; Mackenzie river; permafrost
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47484/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.772d6631-bc16-4348-89e9-fd9de4a63f48

Terrestrial organic matter (terrOM) stored in high latitude permafrost soils represents one of the largest carbon pools on Earth. This pool of carbon is highly vulnerable to climatic changes, due to its susceptibility to mobilization during permafrost thawing, increasing river discharge and sea leve...