Format:
1 Online-Ressource(XV, 508 p. 202 illus., 169 illus. in color.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2020.
ISBN:
9783030313791
Series Statement:
Springer eBook Collection
Content:
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The energy balance of permafrost soils and ecosystems -- Chapter 3. The role of ground ice -- Chapter 4. Permafrost carbon quantities and fluxes -- Chapter 5. Permafrost in transition -- Chapter 6. Vegetation change -- Chapter 7. Methane -- Chapter 8. Models: Forecasting the present and future of permafrost -- References -- Glossary.
Content:
This book provides a cross-disciplinary overview of permafrost and the carbon cycle by providing an introduction into the geographical distribution of permafrost, with a focus on the distribution of permafrost and its soil carbon reservoirs. The chapters explain the basic physical properties and processes of permafrost soils: ice, mineral and organic components, and how these interact with climate, vegetation and geomorphological processes. In particular, the book covers the role of the large quantities of ice in many permafrost soils which are crucial to understanding carbon cycle processes. An explanation is given on how permafrost becomes loaded with ice and carbon. Gas hydrates are also introduced. Structures and processes formed by the intense freeze-thaw action in the active layer are considered (e.g. ice wedging, cryoturbation), and the processes that occur as the permafrost thaws, (pond and lake formation, erosion). The book introduces soil carbon accumulation and decomposition mechanisms and how these are modified in a permafrost environment. A separate chapter deals with deep permafrost carbon, gas reservoirs and recently discovered methane emission phenomena from regions such as Northwest Siberia and the Siberian yedoma permafrost.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030313784
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030313807
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030313814
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Huissteden, J. van Thawing permafrost Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2020 ISBN 9783030313784
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Huissteden, J. van Thawing permafrost Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2020 ISBN 9783030313814
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030313784
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030313807
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030313814
Language:
English
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Keywords:
Arktis
;
Polargebiete
;
Klimaänderung
;
Dauerfrostgebiet
;
Dauerfrostboden
;
Erwärmung
;
Dauerfrostboden
;
Kohlenstoffhaushalt
;
Treibhausgas
;
Kohlendioxid
;
Methan
;
Senke
;
Dauerfrostboden
;
Schmelzen
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-31379-1
