Fluxes of soil organic carbon from eroding permafrost coasts, Canadian Beaufort Sea

• Main Author: Couture, Nicole
• Other Authors: Wayne H Pollard (Supervisor)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2010
• Subjects: Earth Sciences - Physical Geography; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Mer de Beaufort; Yukon; Arctique*; Beaufort Sea; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=92229

Resolving uncertainties about the cycling of organic carbon in the world's oceans is particularly crucial in the Arctic because it is the locus of deep water formation, as well as rapid environmental change. The specific goal of this thesis was to quantify the flux of soil organic carbon (SOC)...