Organic-matter quality of deep permafrost carbon - A study from Arctic Siberia

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2227-2245

  Strauss, J ^a,b   Schirrmeister, L ^a   Mangelsdorf, K ^c   Eichhorn, L ^d   Wetterich, S ^a   Herzschuh, U ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREEZING; GEOACCUMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; LIPID; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THERMOKARST; VULNERABILITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BUOR-KHAYA GULF; LAPTEV SEA; SIBERIA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; KHAYA;

EID: 84927732538     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-2227-2015     Document Type: Article

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