Surface organic and inorganic carbon in the landscapes of the Lena-Amga interfluve (Central Yakutia)
https://doi.org/10.31242/2618-9712-2021-26-3-52-63
Abstract
The content of organic and inorganic carbon was evaluated in the upper part of the active layer of the Holocene sediments, represented mainly by sandy loam formed at the Bestyakh and Tyungyulyun terraces in the Lena-Amga interfluve. A clear pattern of organic carbon decrease from south to north in relation to the structural features of terraced landscapes is observed. On average, this parameter is 7.70 % Сorg at the southern margin of the Tyungyulyun pseudo-terrace, 1.64 % Сorg in the central part of the Tyungyulyun surface (the Byokyo region) , while to the north, at the joint of the Tyungyulyun and Bestyuakh surfaces, the content of organic carbon decreases to the minimal value, which is 0.99 % Сorg. Inorganic carbon exhibits a more complicated scattered distribution between the terraces. in the central part of the Tyungyulyun surface, its average content is 1.03 % Сinorg, with a sudden decrease at the Tyungyulyun pseudo-terrace to 0.19 % Сinorg and at the highland of the Ulu-Kyuel region to 0.03 % Сinorg. The effect of the post-pyrogene past at the Maya-2 and Bedzhelek sites is depicted in the depletion and loss of the noticeable content of organic carbon from the upper soil horizons in comparison with the Maya-1 region by 55 % and 80 %, respectively. At the same time, an increase in the content of carbon of plant origin up to the initial level is outlined during self-recovery for 19 years.
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out with support from the base project of SB RAS «Structure and key stages of the evolution of continental cryolithozone in the Neopleistocene and Holocene» (Project number АААА-А20-120122290035-5).
About the Authors
A. M. Cherepanova
Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SB RAS;
Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
CHEREPANOVA, Alexandra Mikhaylovna, junior researcher, 36 Merzlotnaya st., Yakutsk 677010;
master’s student, 48 Kulakovsky st., Yakutsk 677013
V. V. Spektor
Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SB RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
SPEKTOR, Valentin Vladimirovich1, Cand. Sci. (Geography), leading researcher
36 Merzlotnaya st., Yakutsk 677010
Researcher ID: J-9015-2018
A. G. Shepelev
Melnikov Permafrost Institute, SB RAS;
Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
SHEPELEV, Andrei Gennadievich, Cand. Sci. (Biology), senior researcher, 36 Merzlotnaya st., Yakutsk 677010;
master’s student, 48 Kulakovsky st., Yakutsk 677013
Researcher ID: M-7299-2016
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Cherepanova A.M., Spektor V.V., Shepelev A.G. Surface organic and inorganic carbon in the landscapes of the Lena-Amga interfluve (Central Yakutia). Arctic and Subarctic Natural Resources. 2021;26(3):52-63. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31242/2618-9712-2021-26-3-52-63
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