Organic matter characteristics of a rapidly eroding permafrost cliff in NE Siberia (Lena Delta, Laptev Sea region)
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 to th...
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ftunivnorthumb:oai:nrl.northumbria.ac.uk:48901 2023-05-15T15:03:40+02:00 Organic matter characteristics of a rapidly eroding permafrost cliff in NE Siberia (Lena Delta, Laptev Sea region) Haugk, Charlotte Jongejans, Loeka L. Mangelsdorf, Kai Fuchs, Matthias Ogneva, Olga Palmtag, Juri Mollenhauer, Gesine Mann, Paul Overduin, P. Paul Grosse, Guido Sanders, Tina Tuerena, Robyn E. Schirrmeister, Lutz Wetterich, Sebastian Kizyakov, Alexander Karger, Cornelia Strauss, Jens 2022-04-14 text https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48901/ https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2079-2022 https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48901/1/bg_19_2079_2022.pdf https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48901/2/bg_2021_331_manuscript_version4.pdf en eng European Geosciences Union https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48901/1/bg_19_2079_2022.pdf https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/48901/2/bg_2021_331_manuscript_version4.pdf Haugk, Charlotte, Jongejans, Loeka L., Mangelsdorf, Kai, Fuchs, Matthias, Ogneva, Olga, Palmtag, Juri, Mollenhauer, Gesine, Mann, Paul, Overduin, P. Paul, Grosse, Guido, Sanders, Tina, Tuerena, Robyn E., Schirrmeister, Lutz, Wetterich, Sebastian, Kizyakov, Alexander, Karger, Cornelia and Strauss, Jens (2022) Organic matter characteristics of a rapidly eroding permafrost cliff in NE Siberia (Lena Delta, Laptev Sea region). Biogeosciences, 19 (7). pp. 2079-2094. ISSN 1726-4189 cc_by_4_0 CC-BY F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences Article PeerReviewed 2022 ftunivnorthumb https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2079-2022 2022-09-25T06:15:30Z 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 to thawing processes. Accelerating erosion of terrestrial permafrost along shorelines leads to increased transfer of organic matter (OM) to nearshore waters. However, the amount of terrestrial permafrost carbon and nitrogen as well as the OM quality in these deposits are still poorly quantified. We define the OM quality as the intrinsic potential to further transformation, decomposition and mineralization. Here, we characterise the sources and the quality of OM supplied to the Lena River at a rapidly eroding permafrost river shoreline cliff in the eastern part of the delta (Sobo-Sise Island). Our multi-proxy approach captures bulk elemental, molecular geochemical and carbon isotopic analyses of late Pleistocene Yedoma permafrost and Holocene cover deposits, discontinuously spanning the last ~52 ka. We showed that the ancient permafrost exposed in the Sobo-Sise cliff has a high organic carbon content (mean of about 5 wt%). The oldest sediments stem from Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 interstadial deposits (dated to 52 to 28 cal kyr BP) and is overlaid by Last Glacial MIS 2 (dated to 28 to 15 cal ka BP) and Holocene MIS 1 (dated to 7-0 cal ka BP) deposits. The relatively high average chain length (ACL) index of n-alkanes along the cliff profile indicates a predominant contribution of vascular plants to the OM composition. The elevated ratio of iso and anteiso-branched FAs relative to mid and long chain (C≥20) n-FAs in the interstadial MIS 3 and the interglacial MIS 1 deposits, suggests stronger microbial activity and consequently higher input of bacterial biomass during these climatically warmer periods. The overall high carbon preference index (CPI) and higher plant fatty acid (HPFA) values as well as high C/N ratios point to ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic laptev Laptev Sea lena delta lena river permafrost Siberia Northumbria University, Newcastle: Northumbria Research Link (NRL) Arctic Laptev Sea Biogeosciences 19 7 2079 2094 |
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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 to thawing processes. Accelerating erosion of terrestrial permafrost along shorelines leads to increased transfer of organic matter (OM) to nearshore waters. However, the amount of terrestrial permafrost carbon and nitrogen as well as the OM quality in these deposits are still poorly quantified. We define the OM quality as the intrinsic potential to further transformation, decomposition and mineralization. Here, we characterise the sources and the quality of OM supplied to the Lena River at a rapidly eroding permafrost river shoreline cliff in the eastern part of the delta (Sobo-Sise Island). Our multi-proxy approach captures bulk elemental, molecular geochemical and carbon isotopic analyses of late Pleistocene Yedoma permafrost and Holocene cover deposits, discontinuously spanning the last ~52 ka. We showed that the ancient permafrost exposed in the Sobo-Sise cliff has a high organic carbon content (mean of about 5 wt%). The oldest sediments stem from Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 interstadial deposits (dated to 52 to 28 cal kyr BP) and is overlaid by Last Glacial MIS 2 (dated to 28 to 15 cal ka BP) and Holocene MIS 1 (dated to 7-0 cal ka BP) deposits. The relatively high average chain length (ACL) index of n-alkanes along the cliff profile indicates a predominant contribution of vascular plants to the OM composition. The elevated ratio of iso and anteiso-branched FAs relative to mid and long chain (C≥20) n-FAs in the interstadial MIS 3 and the interglacial MIS 1 deposits, suggests stronger microbial activity and consequently higher input of bacterial biomass during these climatically warmer periods. The overall high carbon preference index (CPI) and higher plant fatty acid (HPFA) values as well as high C/N ratios point to ... |
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Haugk, Charlotte Jongejans, Loeka L. Mangelsdorf, Kai Fuchs, Matthias Ogneva, Olga Palmtag, Juri Mollenhauer, Gesine Mann, Paul Overduin, P. Paul Grosse, Guido Sanders, Tina Tuerena, Robyn E. Schirrmeister, Lutz Wetterich, Sebastian Kizyakov, Alexander Karger, Cornelia Strauss, Jens |
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Haugk, Charlotte Jongejans, Loeka L. Mangelsdorf, Kai Fuchs, Matthias Ogneva, Olga Palmtag, Juri Mollenhauer, Gesine Mann, Paul Overduin, P. Paul Grosse, Guido Sanders, Tina Tuerena, Robyn E. Schirrmeister, Lutz Wetterich, Sebastian Kizyakov, Alexander Karger, Cornelia Strauss, Jens |
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Organic matter characteristics of a rapidly eroding permafrost cliff in NE Siberia (Lena Delta, Laptev Sea region) |
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Organic matter characteristics of a rapidly eroding permafrost cliff in NE Siberia (Lena Delta, Laptev Sea region) |
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Organic matter characteristics of a rapidly eroding permafrost cliff in NE Siberia (Lena Delta, Laptev Sea region) |
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Organic matter characteristics of a rapidly eroding permafrost cliff in NE Siberia (Lena Delta, Laptev Sea region) |
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Organic matter characteristics of a rapidly eroding permafrost cliff in NE Siberia (Lena Delta, Laptev Sea region) |
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