Geochemical, sedimentological and microbial diversity in two thermokarst lakes of far Eastern Siberia

• Published in: Biogeochemistry
• Main Authors: Meisel, O.H., Rijkers, R., Dean, J.F., in ‘t Zandt, M. H., van Huissteden, J., Maximov, T. C., Karsanaev, S. V., Belelli Marchesini, L., Goovaerts, A., Wacker, L., Reichart, G.-J., Bouillon, S., Welte, C. U., Jetten, M.S.M., Vonk, J.E., Dolman, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Talik; Ice Lakes; Thermokarst; Siberia
• Online Access: https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/50/393650.pdf

Thermokarst lakes are important conduits for organic carbon sequestration, soil organic matter (soil-OM) decomposition and release of atmospheric greenhouse gases in the Arctic. They can be classified as either floating-ice lakes, which sustain a zone of unfrozen sediment (talik) at the lakebed year...