High organic carbon mineralization rates in sediments of the Ryder and Petermann fjords – effects of subglacial meltwater runoff from the northern Greenland icesheet?

Volker Bruchert1, Jonas Fredriksson2, Adam Ulfsbo3, Christian Stranne4, Johan Nilsson5, Alan C Mix6, Brendan T Reilly7, Larry A Mayer8 and Martin Jakobsson4, (1)Stockholm University, Geological Sciences and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm, Sweden, (2)Stockholm University, Geological Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, (3)University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, (4)Stockholm University, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden, (5)Stockholm University, Department of meteorology, Stockholm, Sweden, (6)CEOAS, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (7)CEOAS, Corvallis, OR, United States, (8)Univ of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States