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Crabeck, O. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1882-9303, Delille, B., Thomas, D., Geilfus, N. X., Rysgaard, S. and Tison, J. L.
(2014)
CO2 and CH4 in sea ice from a subarctic fjord under influence of riverine input.
Biogeosciences, 11 (23).
pp. 6525-6538.
ISSN 1726-4170
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Abstract
We present the CH4 concentration [CH4], the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) and the total gas content in bulk sea ice from subarctic, land-fast sea ice in the Kapisillit fjord, Greenland. Fjord systems are characterized by freshwater runoff and riverine input and based on dδ18O data, we show that > 30% of the surface water originated from periodic river input during ice growth. This resulted in fresher sea-ice layers with higher gas content than is typical from marine sea ice. The bulk ice [CH4] ranged from 1.8 to 12.1 nmol Lg-1, which corresponds to a partial pressure ranging from 3 to 28 ppmv. This is markedly higher than the average atmospheric methane content of 1.9 ppmv. Evidently most of the trapped methane within the ice was contained inside bubbles, and only a minor portion was dissolved in the brines. The bulk ice pCO2 ranged from 60 to 330 ppmv indicating that sea ice at temperatures above -4 °C is undersaturated compared to the atmosphere (390 ppmv). This study adds to the few existing studies of CH4 and CO2 in sea ice, and we conclude that subarctic seawater can be a sink for atmospheric CO2, while being a net source of CH4.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics,earth-surface processes,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1105 |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2019 08:30 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 04:38 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/70485 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/bg-11-6525-2014 |
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