Impact of modern thermokarst on mineral element release: case study in Cape Bounty, Canada

• Main Authors: Thomas, Maxime, Opfergelt, Sophie, Monhonval, Arthur, Bemelmans, Nathan, Lafreniere Melissa, Heslop Joanne, Fouché Julien, Rochereau Thomas, Artic Week
• Other Authors: UCL - SST/ELI/ELIE - Environmental Sciences
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: thaw slump; permafrost; climate change; thermokarst; minerals; Arctic; Canada; Cape Bounty; Climate change; Ice; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/224224

Rapid permafrost thaw, exposing organic matter (OM) to decomposition, is also responsible for mineral alteration and nutrient release from previously perennially frozen materials. Ice-rich permafrost thaw creates local landscape degradations (subsidence) known as thermokarst structures, resulting in...