Organic-matter quality of deep permafrost carbon –  a study from Arctic Siberia

Strauss, J.; Schirrmeister, L.; Mangelsdorf, K.; Eichhorn, L.; Wetterich, S.; Herzschuh, U.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2227-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2227-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2227-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 7

Research article

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15 Apr 2015

Research article |

| 15 Apr 2015

Organic-matter quality of deep permafrost carbon – a study from Arctic Siberia

J. Strauss, L. Schirrmeister, K. Mangelsdorf, L. Eichhorn, S. Wetterich, and U. Herzschuh

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RC C7221: 'Review of the manuscript « Organic matter quality of deep permafrost carbon – a case study from Arctic Siberia »', O.S. Pokrovsky, 09 Dec 2014
- AC C8727: 'Reply to interactive comment on "Organic matter quality of deep permafrost carbon - a study from Arctic Siberia"', Jens Strauss, 13 Feb 2015
RC C7367: 'Comment for "Organic matter quality of deep permafrost carbon - a case study from Arctic Siberia"', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Dec 2014
- AC C8734: 'Reply to interactive comment on "Organic matter quality of deep permafrost carbon - a study from Arctic Siberia"', Jens Strauss, 13 Feb 2015
RC C7528: 'Comments on ‘Organic matter quality of deep permafrost carbon – a study from Arctic Siberia’', Anonymous Referee #3, 19 Dec 2014
- AC C8740: 'Reply to interactive comment on "`Organic matter quality of deep permafrost carbon - a study from Arctic Siberia"'', Jens Strauss, 13 Feb 2015

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AR by Jens Strauss on behalf of the Authors (13 Feb 2015) Author's response Manuscript

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RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (09 Mar 2015)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (10 Mar 2015) by Daniel Obrist

AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (17 Mar 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Mar 2015) by Daniel Obrist

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Climatic warming is affecting permafrost, including decomposition of organic matter (OM). However, quantitative data for the quality of OM and its availability for decomposition is limited. We analyzed the quality of OM in late Pleistocene (Yedoma) and Holocene (thermokarst) deposits. A lack of depth trends reveals a constant quality of OM showing that permafrost acts like a freezer, preserving OM quality. This OM will be susceptible to decomposition under climatic warming.