Ideas and perspectives: Holocene thermokarst sediments of the Yedoma permafrost region do not increase the northern peatland carbon pool

Permafrost deposits in the Beringian Yedoma region store large amounts of organic carbon (OC). Walter Anthony et al. (2014) describe a previously unrecognized pool of 159 Pg OC accumulated in Holocene thermokarst sediments deposited in Yedoma region alases (thermokarst depressions). They claim that...

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Main Authors: G. Hugelius, P. Kuhry, C. Tarnocai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-04-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/13/2003/2016/bg-13-2003-2016.pdf