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Articles | Volume 10, issue 4
Articles | Volume 10, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1943-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1943-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 10, issue 4
22 Oct 2018
 | 22 Oct 2018

Radiocarbon measurements of ecosystem respiration and soil pore-space CO2 in Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska

Lydia J. S. Vaughn and Margaret S. Torn

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1943-2018-supplement

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Radiocarbon in Ecosystem Respiration and Soil Pore-Space CO2 with Surface Gas Flux, Air Temperature, and Soil Temperature and Moisture, Barrow, Alaska, 2012-2014 L. S. Vaughn, M. S. Torn, R. C., Porras, J. B. Curtis, and O. Chafe https://doi.org/10.5440/1364062

Radiocarbon in CO2 and soil organic matter from laboratory incubations, Barrow, Alaska, 2014 L. S. Vaughn and M. S. Torn https://doi.org/10.5440/1418853

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This paper discusses radiocarbon in CO2 and soil organic carbon from Arctic Alaska. From soil chamber measurements, we observed strong seasonal and spatial patterns in 14C of ecosystem respiration, which declined throughout the summer and differed among permafrost features. Radiocarbon in pore-space CO2 indicated decomposition of carbon as old as 3000 years near the permafrost table. Together, these data reveal different rates of old carbon decomposition from distinct permafrost features.
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