Burial and origin of permafrost-derived carbon in the nearshore zone of the southern Canadian Beaufort Sea

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Grotheer, Hendrik, Meyer, Vera, Riedel, Theran, Pfalz, Gregor, Mathieu, Lucie, Hefter, Jens H., Gentz, Torben, Lantuit, Hugues (Prof. Dr.), Mollennauer, Gesine (Prof. Dr.), Fritz, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: ddc:550; Institut für Geowissenschaften; Institut für Umweltwissenschaften und Geographie; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Herschel Island; Beaufort Sea; permafrost
• Online Access: https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/60737; https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085897

Detailed organic geochemical and carbon isotopic (delta C-13 and Delta C-14) analyses are performed on permafrost deposits affected by coastal erosion (Herschel Island, Canadian Beaufort Sea) and adjacent marine sediments (Herschel Basin) to understand the fate of organic carbon in Arctic nearshore...