Thermokarst dynamics and soil organic matter characteristics controlling initial carbon release from permafrost soils in the Siberian Yedoma region

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Thermokarst dynamics and soil organic matter characteristics controlling initial carbon release from permafrost soils in the Siberian Yedoma region. / Weiss, Niels; Blok, Daan; Elberling, Bo; Hugelius, Gustaf; Jørgensen, Christian Juncher; Siewert, Matthias; Kuhry, Peter.

In: Sedimentary Geology, 2016.

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Harvard

Weiss, N, Blok, D, Elberling, B, Hugelius, G, Jørgensen, CJ, Siewert, M & Kuhry, P 2016, 'Thermokarst dynamics and soil organic matter characteristics controlling initial carbon release from permafrost soils in the Siberian Yedoma region', Sedimentary Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.12.004

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Weiss, N., Blok, D., Elberling, B., Hugelius, G., Jørgensen, C. J., Siewert, M., & Kuhry, P. (2016). Thermokarst dynamics and soil organic matter characteristics controlling initial carbon release from permafrost soils in the Siberian Yedoma region. Sedimentary Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.12.004

Vancouver

Weiss N, Blok D, Elberling B, Hugelius G, Jørgensen CJ, Siewert M et al. Thermokarst dynamics and soil organic matter characteristics controlling initial carbon release from permafrost soils in the Siberian Yedoma region. Sedimentary Geology. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.12.004

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Weiss, Niels ; Blok, Daan ; Elberling, Bo ; Hugelius, Gustaf ; Jørgensen, Christian Juncher ; Siewert, Matthias ; Kuhry, Peter. / Thermokarst dynamics and soil organic matter characteristics controlling initial carbon release from permafrost soils in the Siberian Yedoma region. In: Sedimentary Geology. 2016.

Bibtex

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title = "Thermokarst dynamics and soil organic matter characteristics controlling initial carbon release from permafrost soils in the Siberian Yedoma region",
abstract = "This study relates soil organic matter (SOM) characteristics to initial soil incubation carbon release from upper permafrost samples in Yedoma region soils of northeastern Siberia, Russia. Carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) content, carbon to nitrogen ratios (C:N), δ13C and δ15N values show clear trends that correspond with SOM age and degree of decomposition. Incubation results indicate that older and more decomposed soil material shows higher C respiration rates per unit incubated C than younger and less decomposed samples with higher C content. This is important as undecomposed material is often assumed to be more reactive upon thawing. Large stocks of SOM and their potential decomposability, in combination with complex landscapedynamics that include one or more events of Holocene thaw in most of the landscape, are of consequence for potential greenhouse gas release from permafrost soils in the Yedoma region.",
author = "Niels Weiss and Daan Blok and Bo Elberling and Gustaf Hugelius and J{\o}rgensen, {Christian Juncher} and Matthias Siewert and Peter Kuhry",
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AU - Weiss, Niels

AU - Blok, Daan

AU - Elberling, Bo

AU - Hugelius, Gustaf

AU - Jørgensen, Christian Juncher

AU - Siewert, Matthias

AU - Kuhry, Peter

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N2 - This study relates soil organic matter (SOM) characteristics to initial soil incubation carbon release from upper permafrost samples in Yedoma region soils of northeastern Siberia, Russia. Carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) content, carbon to nitrogen ratios (C:N), δ13C and δ15N values show clear trends that correspond with SOM age and degree of decomposition. Incubation results indicate that older and more decomposed soil material shows higher C respiration rates per unit incubated C than younger and less decomposed samples with higher C content. This is important as undecomposed material is often assumed to be more reactive upon thawing. Large stocks of SOM and their potential decomposability, in combination with complex landscapedynamics that include one or more events of Holocene thaw in most of the landscape, are of consequence for potential greenhouse gas release from permafrost soils in the Yedoma region.

AB - This study relates soil organic matter (SOM) characteristics to initial soil incubation carbon release from upper permafrost samples in Yedoma region soils of northeastern Siberia, Russia. Carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) content, carbon to nitrogen ratios (C:N), δ13C and δ15N values show clear trends that correspond with SOM age and degree of decomposition. Incubation results indicate that older and more decomposed soil material shows higher C respiration rates per unit incubated C than younger and less decomposed samples with higher C content. This is important as undecomposed material is often assumed to be more reactive upon thawing. Large stocks of SOM and their potential decomposability, in combination with complex landscapedynamics that include one or more events of Holocene thaw in most of the landscape, are of consequence for potential greenhouse gas release from permafrost soils in the Yedoma region.

U2 - 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.12.004

DO - 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.12.004

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