Burial and origin of permafrost derived carbon in the nearshore zone of the southern Canadian Beaufort Sea ...

• Main Authors: Grotheer, Hendrik, Meyer, Vera D, Riedel, Torsten, Pfalz, Gregor, Mathieu, Laura, Hefter, Jens, Gentz, Torben, Lantuit, Hugues, Mollenhauer, Gesine, Fritz, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Carbon cycling; Coastal erosion; permafrost; Permafrost Research Periglacial Dynamics @ AWI AWI_PerDyn; Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems @ AWI AWI_Envi; Herschel Island; Beaufort Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.910013; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.910013

Detailed organic geochemical and carbon isotopic (d13C and D14C) analyses are performed on permafrost deposits affected by coastal erosion (Herschel Island, Canadian Beaufort Sea), and adjacent marine sediments (Herschel Basin) to understand the fate of organic carbon in Arctic nearshore environment...