Title: Geochemistry of NW-BG_core2 peat core
Citation: Tarnocai, Charles (2018): Geochemistry of NW-BG_core2 peat core [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.890204
Study Site: Northwest Territories
Purpose: Organic Cryosols (permafrost-affected organic soils) are common soils in Subarctic and Arctic Canada. These soils cover approximately 284 x103 km2, which is about 23% of the entire area of organic soils in Canada, and contain approximately 35 Gt of organic carbon. They are associated with perennially frozen peatlands such as peat plateaus, polygonal peat plateaus and low-centre and high-centre lowland polygons. In this paper carbon dynamics are given for Organic Cryosols associated with high-centre lowland polygons in the Low Arctic and polygonal peat plateaus in the Subarctic of the Mackenzie Valley in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Abstract: Sediment/rock depth, age, dry bulk density, total carbon, organic carbon density of a peat core.
Supplemental Information Summary: Tarnocai, Charles (2018): Age determination of NW-BG_core2 peat core [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.890218
Research: Past Global Changes - Carbon in Peat on Earth through Time (PAGES_C-PEAT)
Further Info: Tarnocai, Charles (2010): Carbon sequestration dynamics and climate change in Subarctic and Low Arctic organic cryosols in Canada. Paper presented at 19th World Congress of Soil Science, Curran Associates, Brisbane, Australia
Status: Complete
Keywords:
soil carbon,
peat properties,
Bog,
Geographical coordinates: North: 65.21, South: 65.21 East: -127.01 West: -127.01
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2008-01-01, End
Date: 2008-12-31
