Selective Sorting and Degradation of Permafrost Organic Matter in the Nearshore Zone of Herschel Island (Yukon, Canada)

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Jong, Dirk, Bröder, Lisa, Tesi, Tommaso, Tanski, George, Oudenhuijsen, Mickolai, Fritz, Michael, Lantuit, Hugues, Haghipour, Negar, Eglinton, Timothy, Vonk, Jorien
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2024
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Herschel Island; Yukon; Herschel; permafrost
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/58255/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/58255/1/JGR%20Biogeosciences%20-%202024%20-%20Jong%20-%20Selective%20Sorting%20and%20Degradation%20of%20Permafrost%20Organic%20Matter%20in%20the%20Nearshore%20Zone%20of.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2023jg007479; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.e7a066dc-a640-4da8-8d04-3299d93ec0f6

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Erosion of permafrost coasts due to climate warming releases large quantities of organic carbon (OC) into the Arctic Ocean. While burial of permafrost OC in marine sediments potentially limits degradation, resuspension of sediments in the ne...