Articles | Volume 12, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4317-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4317-2015
Research article
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24 Jul 2015
Research article |  | 24 Jul 2015

Thermokarst lake methanogenesis along a complete talik profile

J. K. Heslop, K. M. Walter Anthony, A. Sepulveda-Jauregui, K. Martinez-Cruz, A. Bondurant, G. Grosse, and M. C. Jones

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The relative magnitude of thermokarst lake CH4 production in surface sediments vs. deeper-thawed permafrost is not well understood. We assessed CH4 production potentials from a lake sediment core and adjacent permafrost tunnel in interior Alaska. CH4 production was highest in the organic-rich surface lake sediments and recently thawed permafrost at the bottom of the talik, implying CH4 production is highly variable and that both modern and ancient OM are important to lake CH4 production.
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