Landform partitioning and estimates of deep storage of soil organic matter in Zackenberg, Greenland

Palmtag, Juri; Cable, Stefanie; Christiansen, Hanne H.; Hugelius, Gustaf; Kuhry, Peter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1735-2018

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24 May 2018

Research article |

| 24 May 2018

Landform partitioning and estimates of deep storage of soil organic matter in Zackenberg, Greenland

Juri Palmtag, Stefanie Cable, Hanne H. Christiansen, Gustaf Hugelius, and Peter Kuhry

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Final revised paper (published on 24 May 2018)
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RC1: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Dec 2017
- AC1: 'Author response to RC1', Juri Palmtag, 21 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Review “Improved landscape partitioning and estimates of deep storage of soil organic carbon in the Zackenberg area (NE Greenland) using a geomorphological landform approach”', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Author response to RC2', Juri Palmtag, 21 Feb 2018
EC1: 'revisions of your paper', Julia Boike, 27 Feb 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Juri Palmtag on behalf of the Authors (21 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (10 Mar 2018) by Julia Boike

AR by Juri Palmtag on behalf of the Authors (20 Mar 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Mar 2018) by Julia Boike

RR by Jens Strauss (22 Mar 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (18 Apr 2018) by Julia Boike

AR by Juri Palmtag on behalf of the Authors (23 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Apr 2018) by Julia Boike

AR by Juri Palmtag on behalf of the Authors (04 May 2018)

Short summary

This study aims to improve the previous soil organic carbon and total nitrogen storage estimates for the Zackenberg area (NE Greenland) that were based on a land cover classification approach, by using geomorphological upscaling. The landform-based approach more correctly constrains the depositional areas in alluvial fans and deltas with high SOC and TN storage. This research emphasises the need to consider geomorphology when assessing SOC pools in mountain permafrost landscapes.