Burial and Origin of Permafrost‐Derived Carbon in the Nearshore Zone of the Southern Canadian Beaufort Sea
Detailed organic geochemical and carbon isotopic (δ13C and Δ14C) 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 environments...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:3821362 2024-09-15T17:58:21+00:00 Burial and Origin of Permafrost‐Derived Carbon in the Nearshore Zone of the Southern Canadian Beaufort Sea Grotheer, H. Meyer, V. Riedel, T. Pfalz, G. Mathieu, : Hefter, J. Gentz, T. Lantuit, H. Mollenhauer, G. Fritz, M. 2020-01-03 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085897 eng eng Zenodo https://zenodo.org/communities/nunataryuk https://zenodo.org/communities/eu https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085897 oai:zenodo.org:3821362 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode permafrost Beaufort Sea Canada organic carbon coastal erosion carbon sequestration biomarker Arctic nearshore zone info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085897 2024-07-26T19:44:32Z Detailed organic geochemical and carbon isotopic (δ13C and Δ14C) 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 environments. We use an end‐member model based on the carbon isotopic composition of bulk organic matter to identify sources of organic carbon. Monte Carlo simulations are applied to quantify the contribution of coastal permafrost erosion to the sedimentary carbon budget. The models suggest that ~40% of all carbon released by local coastal permafrost erosion is efficiently trapped and sequestered in the nearshore zone. This highlights the importance of sedimentary traps in environments such as basins, lagoons, troughs, and canyons for the carbon sequestration in previously poorly investigated, nearshore areas. Article in Journal/Newspaper Beaufort Sea Herschel Island permafrost Zenodo Geophysical Research Letters 47 3 |
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Detailed organic geochemical and carbon isotopic (δ13C and Δ14C) 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 environments. We use an end‐member model based on the carbon isotopic composition of bulk organic matter to identify sources of organic carbon. Monte Carlo simulations are applied to quantify the contribution of coastal permafrost erosion to the sedimentary carbon budget. The models suggest that ~40% of all carbon released by local coastal permafrost erosion is efficiently trapped and sequestered in the nearshore zone. This highlights the importance of sedimentary traps in environments such as basins, lagoons, troughs, and canyons for the carbon sequestration in previously poorly investigated, nearshore areas. |
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Grotheer, H. Meyer, V. Riedel, T. Pfalz, G. Mathieu, : Hefter, J. Gentz, T. Lantuit, H. Mollenhauer, G. Fritz, M. |
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Grotheer, H. Meyer, V. Riedel, T. Pfalz, G. Mathieu, : Hefter, J. Gentz, T. Lantuit, H. Mollenhauer, G. Fritz, M. |
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Burial and Origin of Permafrost‐Derived Carbon in the Nearshore Zone of the Southern Canadian Beaufort Sea |
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Burial and Origin of Permafrost‐Derived Carbon in the Nearshore Zone of the Southern Canadian Beaufort Sea |
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Burial and Origin of Permafrost‐Derived Carbon in the Nearshore Zone of the Southern Canadian Beaufort Sea |
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Burial and Origin of Permafrost‐Derived Carbon in the Nearshore Zone of the Southern Canadian Beaufort Sea |
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Burial and Origin of Permafrost‐Derived Carbon in the Nearshore Zone of the Southern Canadian Beaufort Sea |
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burial and origin of permafrost‐derived carbon in the nearshore zone of the southern canadian beaufort sea |
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