Simulating soil organic carbon in yedoma deposits during the Last Glacial Maximum in a land surface model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 5133-5142

  Zhu, D ^a   Peng, S ^a,b   Ciais, P ^a   Zech, R ^c   Krinner, G ^d   Zimov, S ^e   Grosse, G ^f  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

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

Author keywords

frozen organic carbon; Last Glacial Maximum; yedoma

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; LAND SURFACE MODELING; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; ORGANIC-RICH SEDIMENT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; YEDOMA;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; LAND SURFACE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; ORGANIC CARBON; PARAMETERIZATION; PERMAFROST; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL CARBON; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALASKA; SIBERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84971350856     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068874     Document Type: Article

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