Organic matter characteristics using lipid biomarker analysis of a rapidly eroding permafrost cliff

• Main Authors: Haugk, Charlotte, Jongejans, Loeka Laura, Mangelsdorf, Kai, Fuchs, Matthias, Ogneva, Olga, Palmtag, Juri, Mollenhauer, Gesine, Mann, Paul James, Overduin, Pier Paul, Grosse, Guido, Sanders, Tina, Tuerena, Robyn E, Schirrmeister, Lutz, Wetterich, Sebastian, Kizyakov, Alexander, Strauss, Jens
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2021
• Subjects: Biomarker; CACOON; Carbon; Changing Arctic Carbon cycle in the cOastal Ocean Near-shore; erosion; n-alkane; n-fatty acids; Siberia; Yedoma; Arctic; lena river; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.935672; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.935672

Organic carbon (OC) stored in Arctic permafrost represents one of Earth's largest and most vulnerable terrestrial carbon pools. Amplified climate warming across the Arctic results in widespread permafrost thaw. Permafrost deposits exposed at river cliffs and coasts are particularly susceptible...