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

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 340, Issue , 2016, Pages 38-48

  Weiss, Niels ^a   Blok, Daan ^b   Elberling, Bo ^b   Hugelius, Gustaf ^a   Jørgensen, Christian Juncher ^b   Siewert, Matthias Benjamin ^a   Kuhry, Peter ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon; Permafrost; Soil incubation; SOM decomposition; Thermokarst; Yedoma

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; THAWING;

CARBON-TO-NITROGEN RATIO; DEGREE OF DECOMPOSITION; GREENHOUSE GAS RELEASE; SOIL INCUBATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOM DECOMPOSITION; THERMOKARST; YEDOMA;

PERMAFROST;

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; NITROGEN; PERMAFROST; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; THAWING; THERMOKARST;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 84960857838     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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