Permafrost peat plateau core data: Lac Levis - MRB13_08

• Main Author: Beilman, David
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Lac Levis; Climate change; Peat; Peat plateau; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2cn6z04x; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2CN6Z04X

This package contains permafrost peat plateau core data from the paper: Sensitivity of Northern Peatland Carbon Dynamics to Holocene Climate Change. The goal is to evaluate the long-term climate sensitivity and global carbon (C) cycle implications of northern peatland C dynamics by synthesizing available data and providing a conceptual framework for understanding the dominant controls, processes, and interactions of peatland initiation and C accumulation. Permafrost peat plateau core data of organic matter, nitrogen and carbon accumulation rates at different core level in this package were collected with a box corer (active layer) and gas-powered diamond-tipped drill (permafrost) for study of Arctic carbon accumulation during the Holocene.