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The deep permafrost carbon pool of the Yedoma region in Siberia and Alaska.

ABSTRACT: [1] Estimates for circumpolar permafrost organic carbon (OC) storage suggest that this pool contains twice the amount of current atmospheric carbon. The Yedoma region sequestered substantial quantities of OC and is unique because its deep OC, which was incorporated into permafrost during ice age conditions. Rapid inclusion of labile organic matter into permafrost halted decomposition and resulted in a deep long-term sink. We show that the deep frozen OC in the Yedoma region consists of two distinct major subreservoirs: Yedoma deposits (late Pleistocene ice- and organic-rich silty sediments) and deposits formed in thaw-lake basins (generalized as thermokarst deposits). We quantified the OC pool based on field data and extrapolation using geospatial data sets to 83?+?61/-57 Gt for Yedoma deposits and to 128?+?99/-96 Gt for thermokarst deposits. The total Yedoma region 211?+?160/-153 Gt is a substantial amount of thaw-vulnerable OC that must be accounted for in global models.

SUBMITTER: Strauss J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4459201 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The deep permafrost carbon pool of the Yedoma region in Siberia and Alaska.

Strauss Jens J   Schirrmeister Lutz L   Grosse Guido G   Wetterich Sebastian S   Ulrich Mathias M   Herzschuh Ulrike U   Hubberten Hans-Wolfgang HW  

Geophysical research letters 20131211 23

[1] Estimates for circumpolar permafrost organic carbon (OC) storage suggest that this pool contains twice the amount of current atmospheric carbon. The Yedoma region sequestered substantial quantities of OC and is unique because its deep OC, which was incorporated into permafrost during ice age conditions. Rapid inclusion of labile organic matter into permafrost halted decomposition and resulted in a deep long-term sink. We show that the deep frozen OC in the Yedoma region consists of two disti  ...[more]

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