Redistribution of soil organic matter by permafrost disturbance in the Canadian High Arctic

• Published in: Biogeochemistry
• Main Authors: Grewer, David M., Lafrenière, Melissa J., Lamoureux, Scott F., Simpson, Myrna J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Springer International Publishing 2016
• Subjects: Cape Bounty; Soil organic matter characterization; Active layer detachments; Solvent extractable biomarkers; Solid-state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/81096; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-016-0215-7

This is an accepted manuscript of a published article. With increased warming in the Arctic, permafrost thaw may induce localized physical disturbance of slopes. These disturbances, referred to as active layer detachments (ALDs), redistribute soil across the landscape, potentially releasing previous...