Erosion of organic carbon in the Arctic as a geological carbon dioxide sink

Robert G. Hilton (), Valier Galy, Jérôme Gaillardet, Mathieu Dellinger, Charlotte Bryant, Matt O'Regan, Darren R. Gröcke, Helen Coxall, Julien Bouchez and Damien Calmels
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Robert G. Hilton: Durham University
Valier Galy: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jérôme Gaillardet: Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Universite Paris Diderot
Mathieu Dellinger: Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Universite Paris Diderot
Charlotte Bryant: NERC Radiocarbon Facility
Matt O'Regan: Stockholm University
Darren R. Gröcke: Durham University
Helen Coxall: Stockholm University
Julien Bouchez: Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Universite Paris Diderot
Damien Calmels: Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire GEOPS

Nature, 2015, vol. 524, issue 7563, 84-87

Abstract: Measurements of sediments eroded by the Mackenzie River reveal the widespread export of permafrost-derived biospheric carbon that is several thousand years old, and demonstrate its burial in the Arctic Ocean, suggesting that high-latitude rivers can act as important carbon dioxide sinks.

Date: 2015
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