Sedimentological and biogeochemical composition of fractionated permafrost- and sediment organic carbon of the nearshore zone of Herschel Island (Yukon, Canada) ...

• Main Authors: Jong, Dirk, Bröder, Lisa, Tesi, Tommaso, Tanski, George, Oudenhuijsen, Mickolai, Fritz, Michael, Lantuit, Hugues, Haghipour, Negar, Eglinton, Timothy Ian, Vonk, Jorien E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2024
• Subjects: Arctic; Biomarkers; organic carbon; Permafrost; sediment; Multiple investigations; Canada; Herschel Island; Mackenzie River; Yukon; Herschel; Mackenzie river; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.960026; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.960026

This study aims to give insight into the processes affecting permafrost organic carbon (OC) during transport from its source to its sink, through a study on three sediment fractions along a land-to-ocean transect. Material was followed from thawing permafrost, through a dynamic 'disturbed zone&...