Ideas and perspectives: Holocene thermokarst sediments of the Yedoma permafrost region do not increase the northern peatland carbon pool

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Hugelius, Gustaf, Kuhry, Peter, Tarnocai, Charles
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Mineral Lake; permafrost; Thermokarst
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2003-2016; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00013682; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00013638/bg-13-2003-2016.pdf; https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/13/2003/2016/bg-13-2003-2016.pdf

Permafrost deposits in the Beringian Yedoma region store large amounts of organic carbon (OC). Walter Anthony et al. (2014) describe a previously unrecognized pool of 159 Pg OC accumulated in Holocene thermokarst sediments deposited in Yedoma region alases (thermokarst depressions). They claim that...