ORCID Profile
0000-0002-1252-7059
Current Organisation
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
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Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Date: 10-2009
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002488
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Date: 22-05-2014
DOI: 10.1130/B30979.1
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-07-2016
DOI: 10.1111/BRE.12199
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-10-2021
DOI: 10.1038/S41561-021-00845-7
Abstract: Rivers transfer terrestrial organic carbon (OC) from mountains to ocean basins, playing a key role in the global carbon cycle. During fluvial transit, OC may be oxidized and emitted to the atmosphere as CO 2 or preserved and transported to downstream depositional sinks. The balance between oxidation and preservation determines the amount of particulate OC (POC) that can be buried long term, but the factors regulating this balance are poorly constrained. Here, we quantify the effects of fluvial transit on POC fluxes along an ~1,300 km lowland channel with no tributaries. We show that sediment transit time and mineral protection regulate the magnitude and rate of POC oxidation, respectively. Using a simple turnover model, we estimate that annual POC oxidation is a small percentage of the POC delivered to the river. Modelling shows that lateral erosion into POC-rich floodplains can increase POC fluxes to downstream basins, thereby offsetting POC oxidation. Consequently, rivers with high channel mobility can enhance CO 2 drawdown while management practices that stabilize river channels may reduce the potential for CO 2 drawdown.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2019
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Date: 13-02-2014
DOI: 10.1130/B30942.1
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 13-09-2019
DOI: 10.1002/ESP.4723
Location: Germany
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