Carbon isotopes and lipid biomarker investigation of sources, transport and degradation of terrestrial organic matter in the Buor-Khaya Bay, SE Laptev Sea

• Main Authors: Karlsson, Emma, Charkin, Alexander, Dudarev, Oleg V., Semiletov, Igor P., Vonk, Jorien, Sánchez-García, Laura, Andersson, August, Gustafsson, Örjan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus 2011
• Subjects: Arctic; Buor-Khaya; East Siberian Sea; East Siberian Shelf; Khaya; Laptev Sea; laptev; lena river; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/41949; https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000041949

The world's largest continental shelf, the East Siberian Shelf Sea, receives substantial input of terrestrial organic carbon (terr-OC) from both large rivers and erosion of its coastline. Degradation of organic matter from thawing permafrost in the Arctic is likely to increase, potentially crea...