A Lipid Biomarker Investigation of Organic Matter Sources and Methane Cycling in Alaskan Thaw Lake Sediments

• Main Author: Williams, Mark
• Other Authors: Love, Gordon
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2012
• Subjects: Biogeochemistry; Alaska; Biomarkers; Methane Cycling; Primary Production; Thaw Lakes; Barrow Peninsula; Barrow; north slope
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4rv3g9pp

Barrow Peninsula is located on the North Slope of Alaska with much of it consisting of high latitude wetlands. Thaw lakes, an important feature of these wetlands, have been shown to be significant sources of methane to the atmosphere; however the origins of the methane remain poorly constrained. We...