Sedimentary ancient DNA and pollen reveal the composition of plant organic matter in Late Quaternary permafrost sediments of the Buor Khaya Peninsula (north-eastern Siberia)

• Main Authors: Zimmermann, Heike Hildegard (Dr.), Raschke, Elena, Epp, Laura Saskia, Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen R. (Dr.), Schwamborn, Georg, Schirrmeister, Lutz (Dr.), Overduin, Pier Paul, Herzschuh, Ulrike (Prof. Dr.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: ddc:550; ddc:570; Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät; Buor-Khaya; Khaya; Ice; permafrost; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/41713; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-417130; https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-41713; https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/files/41713/pmnr670.pdf

Organic matter deposited in ancient, ice-rich permafrost sediments is vulnerable to climate change and may contribute to the future release of greenhouse gases; it is thus important to get a better characterization of the plant organic matter within such sediments. From a Late Quaternary permafrost...