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A Radiocarbon Inventory of Switzerland’s Lakes
(2023)EGUsphereThe Radiocarbon Inventories of Switzerland (RICH) project aims to construct the first national-scale census of (radio)carbon across aquatic, terrestrial, and atmospheric reservoirs. Within the carbon cycle, inland waters play a crucial role with lakes integrating carbon from various sources within their catchments in addition to that fixed by local primary productivity. Here we will present radiocarbon measurements of water-column dissolved ...Other Conference Item -
14C-based deconvolution of relationships between carbon pools in Icelandic rivers and streams
(2023)EGUsphereRivers are important agents in the lateral transfer of carbon from terrestrial to the marine realm, thus forming a key component of the global carbon cycle. Carbon sources and transformations along the land-ocean aquatic continuum are dynamic with a complex interplay between dissolved and particulate, and inorganic and organic carbon pools. Elucidating interrelationships between these pools is hindered by multiple sources and processes ...Other Conference Item -
A new UV-Oxidation set up for AMS radiocarbon analysis for small dissolved organic carbon in marine and fresh water samples
(2023)EGUsphereRadiocarbon measurements of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) can give us valuable information about origin and age of DOC, a major, yet little understood component in the global carbon cycle. One way to measure DOC in water is to remove dissolved inorganic carbon first, oxidize organic carbon with UV irradiation and ultimately analyses the formed inorganic CO2 for 14C. The main challenge of UV-Oxidation (UVox) methods is to extract the ...Other Conference Item -
When the desert was a lake: Tectonics, climate, river piracy and hominids in the Kalahari
(2023)EGUsphereThe Okavango rift zone/delta and the Makgadikgadi paleo-megalake form a dynamic system in northern Kalahari, where tectonic activity, climate change, sedimentation, and biota have interacted in a complex pattern. Previous research suggested that the region may have been a hotspot for hominid evolution. Here we present results from the first scientific deep drilling project (OKAMAK) in the northern Kalahari, Botswana. Two drill cores, ...Other Conference Item -
Using radiocarbon to identify the impact of climate and mineralogy on soil organic matter turnover
(2023)EGUsphereSoils are the largest carbon (C) reservoir in terrestrial ecosystems. There are still numerous uncertainties concerning the fate of soil organic carbon and its feedback on climate change. Radiocarbon is a useful approach to better understanding the carbon cycle. The nuclear weapon testing in the 1960s induced a peak in 14C atmospheric concentration – a signal that can be used to trace the incorporation and turnover of C in soil. By ...Other Conference Item -
Using the radiocarbon bomb spike to constrain the age of soil organic carbon delivered to Lake Constance sediments
(2023)EGUsphereThe residence time of carbon in terrestrial ecosystems, such as soils and freshwater, sets the pace of the terrestrial carbon cycle. Understanding export pathways and turnover times of soil organic carbon (OCSoil) is crucial to assess responses to climate and land use changes. Our study aims to quantify the average turnover time of OCSoil in the catchment of perialpine Lake Constance. Lake sedimentary sequences integrate organic carbon ...Other Conference Item -
Fate of Fire altered Organic Carbon in the arctic river-to-ocean continuum: Resolving Mackenzie River Black Carbon in the Beaufort Sea
(2023)EGUsphereClimate change is amplified in the arctic and boreal regions. This causes higher average temperatures and less precipitation in the summer months and is resulting in longer wildfire seasons, severity, frequency and extent. This increases the relies of carbon into the atmosphere as greenhouse gases and aerosols, amplifying climate change even further. Black carbon (BC) is a fraction of organic carbon, resulting from the incomplete combustion ...Other Conference Item