The origin of methane in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf unraveled with triple isotope analysis

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Sapart, Celia J., Shakhova, Natalia, Semiletov, Igor, Jansen, Joachim, Szidat, Sonke, Kosmach, Denis, Dudarev, Oleg, van der Veen, Carina, Egger, Matthias, Sergienko, Valentine, Salyuk, Anatoly, Tumskoy, Vladimir, Tison, Jean Louis, Rockmann, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC-MATTER; BUOR-KHAYA BAY; LAPTEV SEA; SUBMARINE PERMAFROST; ANAEROBIC OXIDATION; CARBON ISOTOPES; NE SIBERIA; LENA RIVER; DEGRADATION; WATERS; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Buor-Khaya; Khaya; Laptev Sea; Ice; laptev; lena river; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/the-origin-of-methane-in-the-east-siberian-arctic-shelf-unraveled-with-triple-isotope-analysis(bbcd30ee-ee1c-4539-af45-203e28eb0b0f).html; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2283-2017

The Arctic Ocean, especially the East Siberian Arctic Shelf (ESAS), has been proposed as a significant source of methane that might play an increasingly important role in the future. However, the underlying processes of formation, removal and transport associated with such emissions are to date stro...