Multimolecular tracers of terrestrial carbon transfer across the pan-Arctic: 14C characteristics of sedimentary carbon components and their environmental controls

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1855-1873

  Feng, Xiaojuan ^a,b   Gustafsson, Örjan ^c   Holmes, R Max ^d   Vonk, Jorien E ^e,f   Van Dongen, Bart E ^g   Semiletov, Igor P ^h,i,j   Dudarev, Oleg V ^i,j   Yunker, Mark B ^k   Macdonald, Robie W ^l   Wacker, Lukas ^m   Montluçon, Daniel B ^b,n   Eglinton, Timothy I ^b,n  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

ⁱ IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^j NATIONAL RESEARCH TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^k Institute of Ocean Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^l INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^m ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁿ WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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Author keywords

compound specific radiocarbon analysis; diacids; lignin; pan arctic rivers; plant wax lipids; terrestrial carbon markers

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CARBON FLUX; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LIGNIN; MOBILIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PERMAFROST; RADIOCARBON DATING; RUNOFF; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRACER; TRANSLOCATION;

ARCTIC; EURASIA;

EID: 84955181971     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GB005204     Document Type: Article

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